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New York orders Russia sanctions, invites Ukrainian refugees

New York, Feb 28 (AP): New York Go.

New York, Feb 28 (AP): New York Gov. Kathy Hochul signed an executive order forbidding her state from doing business with Russia, including cancelling its investments there.

The governor also said that New York will welcome Ukrainian refugees in response to Russia's invasion, noting at a press conference in Albany on Sunday that her state is home to the largest Ukrainian population in the U.S.

"We have said we'll open up our hearts, our homes, our resources to the people of the Ukraine, to say, We stand with you," Hochul said. Federal estimates show that around 1,40,000 of the more than 1 million people in the U.S. who report Ukrainian ancestry live in New York.

"If you need a place to stay, you want to come over here, we will help you become integrated into our community," she said, "as we have been open so to so many other refugees in the past, including those from Afghanistan most recently." Hochul didn't immediately get into specifics regarding her state's economic sanctions against Moscow, but pointed out that New York's economy is larger than that of Russia.

The governor's executive order means the state "will not permit its own investment activity, whether directly or indirectly, to aid Russia as it commits these human rights violations and atrocities." Ukraine filed a case at the United Nations' highest court accusing Russia of planning genocide.

"We strongly condemn the action of Putin and Russia for this unprovoked attack which is now leading to atrocities against innocent human beings, and that is not tolerable," Hochul said.

New York's sanctions follow those issued by President Joe Biden last week targeting Russia's financial system. Biden said the U.S. will block assets of large Russian banks, impose export controls aimed at the nation's high-tech needs and sanction its business oligarchs. (AP) DIV DIV

(This story is published as part of the auto-generated syndicate wire feed. No editing has been done in the headline or the body by ABP Live.)

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