ALBANY, N.Y. -- New York is missing out on $6 billion in federal aid due to a glitch in Congress’s coronavirus relief bill, Gov. Andrew Cuomo said today.

Cuomo is asking New York’s Congressional delegation to fix that immediately, or else New York gets nothing.

“New York has more coronavirus cases than any state in the United States of America," Cuomo said. "That we should not be included in the bill obviously makes no sense.”

President Donald Trump signed multiple bipartisan bills earlier this week dedicating money to combat the spread of COVID-19 and assist states and local governments.

There’s a line in the bill that says in order to qualify for relief money, a state can’t make any changes to its Medicaid procedures. Cuomo said he began changing Medicaid procedures in January. He had assembled a team to assess the program, which issued a report earlier this year.

Cuomo said the changes are an effort to eliminate waste in Medicaid. Because of those, however, New York can’t access that huge pot of federal money.

“It’s not really funny. It’s sad,” he said, chuckling. “But either you cry or you laugh...We’ve been changing procedures since January.”

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