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#Cuomo says Trump’s order for New York to pay unemployment ‘impossible’

#Cuomo says Trump’s order for New York to pay unemployment ‘impossible’

August 9, 2020 | 1:14pm | Updated August 9, 2020 | 1:14pm

Gov. Andrew Cuomo on Sunday railed against President Trump’s new executive orders for coronavirus relief, saying it’s “laughable” to expect cash-strapped New York to pitch in more money for unemployment.

Trump on Saturday announced a $400 weekly enhanced jobless benefits, reduced from $600, of which the states would have to cover 25 percent, or $100.

“What the president has done has made it impossible, impossible on 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 laughable,” Cuomo said.

Covering part of the benefits would set the Empire State back $4 billion, Cuomo estimated, saying the cost was “irreconcilable.”

The orders also don’t solve the issue of getting states aid from the federal government amid the health crisis, the governor said, adding: “You can’t now say to states, who have no funding, ‘you have to pay off the insurance cost.’”

The orders signed by Trump on Saturday — which aim to provide financial relief to Americans suffering amid the pandemic — have been criticized by Democrats as an attempt to bypass Congress.

Cuomo claimed the actions are “on shaky ground legally” and can’t replace another coronavirus relief bill.

“They need legislation,” he said, “it’s the only way to do it.”

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