On the heels of several unexpected federal funding cuts to New York, Gov. Kathy Hochul and a number of other elected officials gathered to denounce Republicans over the federal government shutdown that began at midnight. In a lower Manhattan park with the Statue of Liberty as a backdrop, Hochul laid the blame for the second government shutdown under President Donald Trump squarely on the GOP. Republicans have blamed Democrats for the shutdown, dubbing it the “Schumer shutdown” after Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer. A Rhode Island federal judge on Tuesday granted a temporary restraining order to prevent the Trump administration from immediately cutting those funds.