New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo called the federal government's early coronavirus tracking a 'terrible blunder' in an interview with 'Good Morning America,' said he would not accept a cabinet position in a Joe Biden administration and insisted that his gradual but disciplined approach
New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo called the federal government's early coronavirus tracking a"terrible blunder" in an interview with"Good Morning America," said he would not accept a cabinet position in a Joe Biden administration and insisted that his gradual but disciplined approach to shutting down New York state was the best course -- then and now.
As for the three grueling months battling to contain the coronavirus from which he just emerged, Cuomo was obediently -- if colorfully -- concise."Hell!" Cuomo replied, his expressive face broadening into a signature smile."Can I say that?" Critics have suggested Cuomo should have recognized the scope of the threat when the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention began screening incoming passengers from China on Jan. 17, more than two months before the first confirmed New York case. Yet the governor looks back on the early days of the pandemic from a different perspective.
He laid the blame for early, severe outbreaks in New York City and Westchester County, at the feet of the federal government. "If I had just stood up there and said to 19 million New Yorkers, 'This is what you have to do: you have to stay home, you can't go out, you can't go to the movie, you can't go to work, schools are closed' … Let's be honest: the credibility of the government is not where it was. So, I wanted to give them the facts. I wanted to earn their confidence."
A spokeswoman for the governor said that to date, the state has distributed more than 80 million pieces of PPE to hospitals and other facilities in New York, made 90,000 volunteer healthcare workers available to support overburdened healthcare systems, created a central inventory system to coordinate and distribute key resources like ventilators and other hard-to-find medical supplies.
Yet he readily acknowledged what has become apparent in recent weeks: His relationship with Trump – a fellow son of Queens from across the political aisle – may be long, but it's complicated. "I take my position very seriously," he told ABC News."I put myself in a position where I said, 'Look, I take all the blame. I'm accountable. Buck stops at – on my desk, whatever expression you want to use."
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