And if the locals don't want it, I can't jam it down their throats. And so again, asking people for an understanding of what we're Looking at and also understanding that New Yorkers cannot pay anymore. We have to cut their cost of living, job number one in this budget. I don't want to belabor the point, but you are going to get a lot of opposition from the legislature on something like this. I mean, you were already hearing it. (16:35–16:43)
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