There's a second level of the story. What's missing? The federal government, the largest, wealthiest entity that exists that could put its resources behind these things. Any governor, Governor Hochul and her colleagues, governor of Connecticut, governor of New Jersey, if they had a partner in Washington, D.C. in the White House, how much more could we do? What could we do for Yonkers and for Livingston Manor and for Ellenville and for all the cities and the villages and the towns of New York and the villages and the towns in Massachusetts, in Illinois, in Georgia, in Texas. (31:26–31:37)
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Asserts that state governors could achieve more with federal partnership.
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