What would a government shutdown mean for New York? Senator Kirsten Gillibrand says the New York state economy stands to lose millions of dollars a day if the government shuts down and it will be very disruptive in a lot of ways.
"If these federal workers aren't working, well all the places they go for lunch and for dinner and for dropping off for dry cleaning and bringing their kids to daycare, all of that becomes at risk."
The feds recently approved money to help with the migrant crisis. Gillibrand says that would be delayed and so would federal disaster relief funds to areas hard hit this past year with flooding. There are 700 thousand federal employees along with tens of thousands of service members. Gillibrand says they would be furloughed or work without pay.