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. And I laid out these were the two options, and that in our budget, the only thing we could control was the last resort. (34:51–35:01)
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Asserts the preferred path to address the deficit involved raising taxes on the wealthiest and improving relations with Albany.
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