Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer Chuck SchumerPelosi orders Capitol flags at half-staff to honor Ginsburg Ginsburg in statement before her death said she wished not to be replaced until next president is sworn in Democrats call for NRA Foundation to be prohibited from receiving donations from federal employees MORE (D-N.Y.) says New York City should not pay for President Trump’s security detail when he visits.

In an interview with BuzzFeed News published Saturday, Schumer said New York Mayor Bill de Blasio should decline to fund the commander-in-chief’s security.

“[de Blasio] ought to tell the Congress if we don’t pay for it, New York City cops aren’t guarding it, and let the Feds put more people in,” Schumer said. “That’s what I think he should do.”

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Trump, who until becoming president lived in Manhattan, conducted most of his transition meetings at Trump Tower on New York City’s Fifth Avenue.

First Lady Melania Trump and son Barron still currently reside at Trump Tower. The two will reportedly move down to Washington, D.C. this summer.

Schumer is also a New York City resident, with an apartment in the Park Slope neighborhood of Brooklyn.