Scott Stringer: “We actually had billions of dollars in surplus.”

“What he was doing was a performative dance. Using that word a lot with him today. That basically had nothing to do with the crisis because there was no financial crisis. We actually had billions of dollars in surplus. So as the ex control, the former control, I'm watching this saying, when did we suddenly have a $15 billion budget deficit? Well, we never did. It was manageable back then.” (11:33–11:36)

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