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TexasTowelie

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Sun Jan 21, 2018, 07:18 AM Jan 2018

Cuomo vows to keep Statue of Liberty open amid federal shutdown

ALBANY – The Statue of Liberty will be staffed by state workers if the federal government doesn’t keep it open during its shutdown, Gov. Andrew Cuomo said Saturday.

While the federal government has indicted that parks and monuments could stay open, there was uncertainty how that would work.

Cuomo said the state would step in — as it did during the last federal shutdown in 2013.

"I’m volunteering that the state will pay to keep the Statue of Liberty open because it’s the symbol of our nation," Cuomo told reporters after speaking at the Women's March in Manhattan.

Read more: https://www.northjersey.com/story/news/politics/albany/2018/01/20/cuomo-vows-keep-statue-liberty-open-amid-federal-shutdown/1050978001/

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Cuomo vows to keep Statue of Liberty open amid federal shutdown (Original Post) TexasTowelie Jan 2018 OP
Bravo Cuomo! BigmanPigman Jan 2018 #1
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