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Climate Change Is A Controversial Subject, Right? People Will Debate Whether There Is Climate Change... That's A Whole Political Debate That I Don't Want To Get Into. I Want To Talk About The Frequency Of Extreme Weather Situations, Which Is Not Political.

-Andrew Cuomo

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Climate Change Is A

Andrew Cuomo

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Climate Change Is A Controversial Subject, Right? People Will Debate Whether There Is Climate Change... That's A Whole Political Debate That I Don't Want To Get Into. I Want To Talk About The Frequency Of Extreme Weather Situations, Which Is Not Political.

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