Not necessarily. Cuomo would be under pressure from the WNY delegation in both the Assembly and the Senate as well as United States Senator Charles Schumer to make sure the funding is in place. There have been state funds used to built two Baseball Stadiums and a Basketball Arena in NYC in the past few years, so the precedent is there. Cuomo is one of the few Governors to win New York State without winning WNY, but I am sure he does not want to temp fate twice. Besides Andrew Cuomo is only the most powerful man in New York State until Sheldon Silver(D), Speaker of the Assembly decides to take the title back.