Cuomo: Governors, in call with Biden, asked for $500B for states, vaccine distribution plan
A Nov. 19 Zoom call with President-elect Joe Biden, Vice President-elect Kamala Harris and the nation’s governors centered around federal stimulus for states and equal distribution of the Covid-19 vaccine, Gov. Andrew Cuomo said.
Cuomo, chair of the National Governors Association, said during a Nov. 20 call with reporters that the bipartisan group officially asked for $500 billion in state and local funding to offset revenue losses and aggressive spending during the pandemic. The governors, he said, also voiced concerns that a federal vaccine distribution plan could disproportionately affect poor and minority communities if it primarily utilizes chains such as CVS and Walgreens.
Background: Cuomo became head of the NGA in August. He said the call with Biden and Harris was with the NGA executive team, but had previously convened a call with all of the group’s governors to decide the agenda.
What’s next: Cuomo said the conversation “went very well.” The $500 billion the governors are seeking is more than what is laid out in the revised version of the House of Representatives‘ HEROES Act.
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