Cuomo Dares McConnell to Let States Seek Bankruptcy

  • Governor says state filings would send wrong signal to markets
  • Cuomo sees $61 billion revenue hit over four fiscal years

Andrew Cuomo 

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New York Governor Andrew Cuomo dared U.S. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell to pass a bill allowing states to seek bankruptcy, saying it would signal to the stock market and other countries that the economy is flailing.

“You want to send a signal to the markets that this nation is in real trouble? You want to send an international message the economy is in trouble? Do that,” Cuomo said Friday at a press briefing.