West Point and the USMA remain open
WASHINGTON – The federal government went into partial shutdown mode at midnight Friday into Saturday as Congress and the President were unable to reach a deal on the budget. President Trump has threatened the shutdown if he did not receive funding to build his southern border wall.
West Point and the New York Air National Guard Base at Stewart Airport are not impacted by the shutdown.
Hudson Valley Congressman Sean Patrick Maloney (D, NY-18) said “the Trump Tantrum” must end.
U.S. Sen, Charles Schumer (D-NY)
also referred to a “Trump
temper tantrum”
“Republicans in the Senate and Democrats in the House were collaborating on bipartisan measures to avoid a shutdown,” Maloney said it a statement. “Only the President – by his own admission – wanted this crisis. We can protect the border and keep the government open at the same time. The Trump Tantrum has to stop – we have a job to do for the people we represent.”
Maloney said as he has done in the past, he will tell the House administration office to withhold his pay during the government shutdown. “Congress should not get paid until it does its job.”
The shutdown impacts about one-quarter of federal agencies including the
departments of Homeland Security, Commerce, State, Justice and the Interior.
Westchester County Executive George Latimer said TSA employees at the
Westchester County Airport are working without pay. “They are our
neighbors and we need to be supportive of them as they work to continue
to keep us safe,” he said, nothing they will receive retroactive
pay when the shutdown ends.
Latimer said there will be impacts “over the long haul if the shutdown
continues for an extended period of time, and my administration will continue
to monitor the situation to best mitigate any impacts to Westchester County
residents.”
He said it is “an embarrassment to use a federal government shutdown
as a tool to force public policy changes.It’s not how we operate here
in Westchester. I, as the American people, hope this comes to a resolution
before the impacts intensify.”
