Mayor Bill de Blasio was in attendance for Cuomo's speech and, in a news conference afterward, praised certain aspects of it, such as Cuomo's promise to fight the federal tax overhaul, while taking a wait - and - see approach as the governor still did not unveil a
congestion pricing scheme, and outlining a few of the city's top priorities for the upcoming state budget, like more funding for the mayor's
plan to extend pre-school to all three - year -
olds.