ALBANY – NYGOP Chair Ed Cox released the following statement after all but one Democrat from New York in Congress voted against reopening the government:

“While Americans are feeling the pain from Democrats’ reckless government shutdown, nearly every New York Democrat in Congress chose to keep it going in order to appease their radical left base. Laura Gillen, Pat Ryan, Josh Riley, and John Mannion proved tonight that they lack the courage to put New Yorkers ahead of politics.

“All four stood with Chuck Schumer, Hakeem Jeffries and the extremists who would rather jeopardize airplane safety by not paying air traffic controllers and cut off SNAP benefits just before Thanksgiving than pay our troops and federal workers. New Yorkers will remember next November.”

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