Governor Andrew Cuomo says Georgia election "changes everything" for New Yorkers

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New York Governor Andrew Cuomo mentioned Georgia’s runoff election “adjustments every thing” throughout a Wednesday briefing, saying shifts within the Senate will return cash to New York and assist the state combat the unfold of the coronavirus.

Democrat Raphael Warnock defeated incumbent Senator Kelly Loeffler, a Republican, on Tuesday in a runoff race whereas Democratic challenger Jon Ossoff held a slender lead over incumbent Senator David Perdue, a Republican, on Wednesday, as votes had been nonetheless being counted in that race.

An Ossoff win would give the Senate a 50-50 cut up alongside social gathering strains, with Vice President-elect Kamala Harris the tie-breaker vote. It will additionally make Senator Chuck Schumer, a New Yorker, Senate majority chief.

Cuomo accused Republicans in Washington of sending New York taxpayers’ {dollars} to Republican states “as a pure political train,” blaming the state’s $15 billion finances shortfall on “federal negligence” of the coronavirus.

“They’ve actually taken billions of {dollars} from us, and that was a perform of the Senate and the president and they’re each gone. And right this moment, Washington theft ends and compensation for the victims of the crimes of the previous 4 years begins. And New Yorkers have been crime victims so far as I am involved by the theft of the federal authorities,” he mentioned.

Cuomo additionally requested the federal authorities to take motion on screening incoming passengers in New York airports, saying the state didn’t have authority to require incoming vacationers to be examined for COVID-19 however he has requested federal officers to have Customs and Border Safety accomplish that.

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“We do not need tens of 1000’s of individuals coming by our airports day by day from nations around the globe who weren’t examined — it is simply that straightforward, and it makes complete frequent sense,” he mentioned.

The state noticed its first confirmed analysis of the brand new, apparently extra contagious virus variant this week, detected in Saratoga Springs. Although the particular person had beforehand reported to not have any journey historical past, Cuomo mentioned Wednesday that case was presumably related to journey to the UK, the place the variant was first recognized.

Complete coronavirus hospitalizations within the state Wednesday stood at 8,655 and there have been 161 new deaths because of the virus.