The Prince : Andrew Cuomo, Coronavirus, and the Fall of New York

Governor Andrew Cuomo, scion of Mario Cuomo, is as we speak as well-known as his father, additionally a governor of New York state for 3 phrases. Like Robert Moses, he’s one in all New York’s nice and notorious energy brokers. Although initially lavishly celebrated for his dealing with of the coronavirus pandemic, not least by himself, it’s now obvious that Cuomo’s administration of the disaster was a juddering and deadly failure. 1000’s died as a result of, ignoring the recommendation of consultants, he shut down too late and returned nonetheless sick sufferers to nursing houses. The disaster was intensified by his earlier dedication to austerity, which noticed the slashing of funding to hospitals.

A significant riposte to Cuomo’s just lately revealed guide in regards to the pandemic, now more and more derided as self-serving and deceitful, The Prince is a searing indictment of Cuomo’s dealing with of coronavirus and his time total within the highest workplace of the state.