An alert posted Saturday on the official National Park Service webpage for the sites says they're open thanks to funding from New York state.
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It's the third time in five years the state has kept the Statue of Liberty and Ellis Island open during a federal government shutdown.
During the January 2018 shutdown, Gov. Andrew Cuomo said the cost was about $65,000 per day. The state also funded the sites during a 2013 shutdown.
About 10,000 people visit them each day.
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Cuomo is planning deliver his third inaugural address on Ellis Island on New Year's Day. A spokesman for the Democrat didn't immediately respond to a message seeking comment.
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