Reporter: It appears the president is also watching this press conference. He tweeted 13 minutes ago. ‘Governor Cuomo should spend more time doing and less time complaining. Get out there and get the job done. Stop talking! We built you thousands of hospital beds that you didn’t need or use, gave large numbers of Ventilators … Read more
New York Governor Andrew Cuomo gave a seething rebuttal to Donald Trump after the president demanded he say ‘thank you’ for federal help building out New York’s hospital capacity to confront the coronavirus crisis. Cuomo, who has called for a measured focus on data rather than opinion in many of his briefings, lit into the … Read more
CUOMO’S BACK TO WORK BLUEPRINT 1) How essential is the business? Cuomo did not explain how he would determine which businesses were essential and which were not. He said: ‘How essential is the business service or product or function, the more essential a business service or product, the more urgent the need to immediately get … Read more
New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo has ordered all residents that they must now wear masks or face coverings in public if they cannot stay 6ft apart as part of his ‘blueprint’ in reopening the economy which is to determine how essential a business is and then how it an ensure employees stay 6ft apart. Cuomo signed … Read more
Donald Trump on Tuesday called any governor who resisted his ‘total authority’ as president a mutineer and threatened to withhold coronavirus aid from them if they didn’t heed his call to reopen the country. ‘Tell the Democrat Governors that “Mutiny On The Bounty” was one of my all time favorite movies. A good old fashioned … Read more
Donald Trump on Tuesday called any governor who resisted his ‘total authority’ as president a mutineer and threatened to withhold coronavirus aid from them if they didn’t heed his call to reopen the country. ‘Tell the Democrat Governors that “Mutiny On The Bounty” was one of my all time favorite movies. A good old fashioned … Read more
New York Governor Andrew Cuomo has rebuked President Trump’s claims that he has blanket authority to order a reopening of the country and cease stay-at-home orders, saying Monday night that the last time he checked the US had ‘a constitution…not a king’. In a heated press conference inside the White House on Monday evening, Trump … Read more
New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo on Monday gathered the Democratic governors of five neighboring states to form a coronavirus ‘council’ to tackle how to reopen the country in a direct insult to President Trump who earlier tweeted that it was his decision and his alone. Cuomo was joined on a televised conference call by the governors of … Read more
New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo said the ‘worst is over for New York if we continue to be smart’ as hospitalizations, deaths and ICU admissions all slowed on Monday and he announced he and the governors of New Jersey and Connecticut will decide on a reopening plan in a slapdown of President Trump. While deaths … Read more
The daily death toll in New York dipped Sunday, a sign that the state may have hit the apex of the pandemic, Governor Andrew Cuomo said. There were 4,159 fatalities as of Sunday morning – up 594 from the day before. A record 630 deaths were reported Saturday. The numbers Sunday reflect the first time fatalities have … Read more