At NYC rally, warning of thousands of furloughs for federal workers on LI
At a rally in Lower Manhattan with the Statue of Liberty as the backdrop, New York leaders assailed President Donald Trump and Republicans over the shutdown, and the havoc it is unleashing in the state, across the country and among workers.
“Thousands of individuals in this city will be furloughed. Thousands on Long Island,” said the state’s attorney general, Letitia James, adding, “in upstate New York, in central New York,” with cuts affecting “every possible program you can think of.”
Gov. Kathy Hochul, at the rally, said, “Enough is enough."
“We’re not going to let Donald Trump and these Republicans extinguish the values that our Statue of Liberty symbolizes," she added, with the statue behind her. "And if her flame does go dark here in New York, we know what we must do: We will pick up that torch. We’ll hold it high. Make sure it shines brightly as a symbol of the compassion and the fairness and opportunity that have always been represented by this incredible symbol. This is personal to us."
Matthew Chayes, a Newsday reporter since 2007, covers New York City.
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