Posted on 05/07/2020 11:18:33 PM PDT by knighthawk
We are beginning to see a light at the end of the coronavirus tunnel. But there are hard times ahead for our nation, state and beloved New York City. The choices we make now will determine how quickly we recover. Vague and contradictory policies — the kind we’re all too accustomed to from this mayoralty — won’t help.
Mayor Bill de Blasio reacted too late to the health side of the crisis, delaying lockdowns when a week or two earlier could have reduced deaths by as much as 80 percent, according to former city Health Commissioner Dr. Tom Frieden. As late as March 13, the mayor was encouraging people to “go on about their lives,” and on March 16, he went to his precious gym.
To repair the damage and build a better future going forward, we need better leadership than that — especially on the fiscal front. State and city history is instructive.
(Excerpt) Read more at nypost.com ...
Fortunately he had the foresight to marry the worldwide leader in the study of disparate racial effects of epidemics. Or else he just became the king nepotist by putting his wife in charge of a worthless propoganda office.
Cuomo has to run the state into the ground so he can then plead for federal funds to bails him out. The plea will look sincere and country wide for the most sympathy.
They know they ran the state into the ground long before the virus, that has just become a convenient excuse.
No question.
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