I talked to Mayor de Blasio within the last hour about this. He called me, which shows his concern, which I appreciate.
Well, thank you, Senator Menendez.
If you make the program so onerous and you have got to dot the 'I' and cross the 't' 48 times before you get a nickel, something is wrong.
If people had $80,000 of damage and got $70,000 from their insurance company, the only amount we want them to get is $10,000.
Zero dollars for New York City makes you scratch your head and wonder if something is wrong with the way they set it up.
You obviously want to see the money only go to people who need it and deserve it.
I am concerned about the speed of money flowing to New York City.
I will be deeply disappointed if we do not have a Nassau County plan.
We do not yet have a plan in place for the rest of Nassau County.
I can tell you, as the author of the bill here in the Senate, along with Senators Menendez, Gillibrand, and--is there another Senator?
My view is this has to be funded federally.