Ned Lamont

Well, the folks here at the Greenwich Economic Forum are really important to the state and the fintech sector, the financial services sector, a big piece of our economy, a part of the New York City financial ecosystem.

I think what they like here is a little bit of certainty and stability.

They sort of know where the state's going to go, our taxes a little bit less, and it's not a bad lifestyle.

A little bit.

New York City is the financial capital of the world, and we're a big piece of it here, as evidenced at the Economic Forum.

And I want to make sure that the next mayor understands how important New York City is to that system, and that's important to Connecticut.

Governors.

Okay, I'm a little loaded for bear on that.

I like governors.

Governors have to get stuff done.

Governors have to balance a budget.

They have to do it on time.

Governors can't shut down a government.

Governors are sort of the opposite of what you see going on in Washington.

I think on both sides, but in our case, the Democrats have seized real leadership coming from the governors.

But don't ask me to ask names.

I can tell you the governors are incredibly frustrated.

Democrats are louder about it than Republicans.

You know, we balance our budget.

We do it based upon some assumptions in terms of what our relationship is with the federal government.