New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo
Andrew CuomoOvernight Health Care: Fauci says he does not see US mandate COVID-19 vaccine. WHO warns against ‘nationalism’ in coronavirus fight De Hill’s 12:30 Post: Sights and Sounds of Night 1 of Dem’s virtual convention Andrew Cuomo penned new book on response to coronavirus MORE (D) is writing a book that largely focuses on his response to the coronavirus pandemic, according to the publisher.
In his own voice, Andrew Cuomo chronicles in ‘American Crisis’ the ingenuity and sacrifice needed to combat the pandemic, by sharing his personal reflexes and the decision-making that shaped his policies, and offers his sincere accounting and assessing its interactions with the federal government and the White House, as well as other state and local health and policy officials, “Crown Books said in a statement Tuesday.
Cuomo’s book, “American Crisis,” is slated for release in October, just three weeks before the presidential election.
“The questions are what do you do with the fear and would you go through it,” Cuomo wrote in an excerpt shared with The Associated Press. “I would not allow the fear to control me. The fear kept my adrenaline high and that was a positive. But I would not leave the fear negative, and I would not spread it. Fear is also a virus.”
The governor of New York has generally received high marks for his handling of the crisis, despite the state taking more deaths than any other in the U.S. Overall, more than 32,000 New Yorkers have died since the pandemic hit in March , but the state has seen deaths drop dramatically every day from 952 on May 5 to just five on August 14.
A Marist interview in July shows that the governor’s approval is the highest since taking office in 2011. Overall, 60 percent of New York voters say Cuomo is doing an excellent or good job as mayor, a sharp jump from a 38 percent approval rating in March 2019.
Cuomo has rejected calls for an independent investigation into thousands of coronavirus deaths at nursing homes in New York, calling criticism of his treatment of patients in those facilities “all politically motivated.”
An AP study published last week found that New Yorkers’ deaths of patients in nursing homes could be double if the more than 6,000 already admitted.
“Unlike any other state with major outbreaks of nursing homes, New York only counts dead people taking place in the home, not in hospitals. That could make New York’s official toll, even among the nation’s highest, an important one. undercount, “the AP reported on Aug. 11.
Unlike any other state with major outbreaks of nursing homes, New York counts only dead residents who occur in the home, not in hospitals. That could make New York’s official toll, even among the nation’s highest, a major undercount. https://t.co/Krrw3OrVuZ
– The Associated Press (@AP) 11 August 2020
Financial terms of his new book were not disclosed.
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