Gov. Andrew Cuomo on Sunday opposed President Trump’s new executive orders for coronavirus delivery, saying it was “laughable” to wait for New York with more money for unemployment.
Trump on Saturday announced a $ 400 weekly improvement in unemployment benefits, reduced from $ 600, of which states should cover 25 percent or $ 100.
“What the president has done has made it impossible, impossible across the state,” Cuomo said during a conference call with reporters.
“The concept of saying to states ‘you pay 25 percent of unemployment insurance’ is just ridiculous,” Cuomo said.
Cuomo shared the benefits would give the Empire State $ 4 billion back, Cuomo estimated, saying the costs were “incompatible.”
The mandates also do not solve the problem of getting state support from the federal government in the midst of the health crisis, the governor said, adding: “You can not say now against states that do not have funding, you have to pay the insurance costs. ‘”
The orders signed by Trump on Saturday – which are intended to provide financial relief to Americans suffering in the midst of the pandemic – have been criticized by Democrats as an attempt to bypass Congress.
Cuomo claimed that the actions were “illegal” and could not replace any other bill for coronavirus.
‘They need legislation,’ he said, ‘it’s the only way to do it.’
In addition to extending the improved unemployment benefits that expired at the end of July, the orders create a “payday holiday” until the end of 2020, provide relief for student debt and demand a moratorium on eviction for homeowners with federally supported mortgages.
But sen. Chuck Schumer on Sunday also attacked the order, saying it still left gaps, such as the lack of funding for state and local governments – including making schools reopened safely, and no money for testing, detecting and treating the virus. even though.
“The biggest problem with the Executive Orders is not what they do, but what they do not do,” Schumer said in a press release.
He argued that stopping tax cuts could endanger social security.
“The president has not repealed ‘tax cuts’ and this will in fact hurt companies, workers and end up weakening Social Security and Medicare, because most employers will withhold tax cuts so they and their employees will not be hit by an enormous tax account in December when it expires, ”said Schumer.
The New York Democrats are urging Republicans and the White House to continue negotiations and come up with a relief law “that addresses the most critical issues of public health and economic crisis that have been addressed to us by the coronavirus.”
“I call on President Trump and the GOP to meet Democrats in the middle – as we have done in previous bills – and come up with an agreement that will actually help us get through this crisis,” Schumer said. .
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