I’m Andrew Cuomo, and I could pretend to do a lot of jobs.

Washington Republicans have already cut billions from health care, public safety and food assistance for New Yorkers – and now their cruel, senseless cuts are sending us spiraling toward a federal shutdown that will harm workers, small businesses and families throughout our state and across the nation.

Cutting $187 million, defunding our police and fire department here in New York City to protect us from possible terrorism attacks? My God, you can’t make this up.

This is the birthplace of freedom, and I think medical and health care freedom is central to those tenets of what we need more of in this country.

If Lady Liberty’s iconic torch goes dark, it will be thanks to the Washington Republicans who refused common sense and abandoned the people they were elected to represent.

And now we realize that they’ve decided to put their own interpretation of proper culture ahead of our needs, the needs of a nation.

The bad news just keeps coming.

I do not want you to be guided by someone like RFK Jr., who I believe is wholly unqualified to give medical advice and who is restricting our freedoms.

The irony, the paradox is by shutting the government, we’re actually giving Trump more power. And that was why I voted yes.

My decision doesn’t change the impact. I sincerely ask for your understanding.

As we’ve done before when Washington’s dysfunction has shut down the government, New York will step up and ensure the Statue of Liberty and Ellis Island remain open for the world to look to for strength and hope during this tumultuous time.

Our health, our safety and our economy all depend on people having access to vaccines.

I’ve been very amazed at the comments I’ve got from federal workers who are saying they’ve been terrorized enough, they want us to push back.

We could have done better and for that I’m truly sorry.

However, I recognize some of those decisions caused pain in the Jewish community because we did not always fully consider the sensitivities and traditions that are so deeply important.

I have been in intensive conversations with colleagues from both sides of the aisle on how to find a path forward and I’m eager to work with my Republican colleagues to find common ground.

That’s what a partnership with Washington looks like as we’re standing here. We’ve done our part. We’re ready to build. It’s underway.

I just came from the Senate floor, where I took one of the most difficult votes I’ve taken since I’ve been in the Senate.