They call it a preliminary budget. And in that version, I said that we had two paths of how we could get the remaining deficit down to zero. I said there was a path of last resort. And I said that the reason it's last resort is it would mean raising property taxes. And then there was the path that we wanted to pursue that we would spend every day looking to pursue, raising taxes on the wealthiest and having a fairer relationship with Albany. (34:44–34:52)
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