Grading Cuomo's Pandemic Performance

The Brian Lehrer Show | Jun 29, 2021

Ross Barkan, journalism instructor at NYU and St. Joseph’s College, contributor to The Nation and New York magazine, and author of The Prince: Andrew Cuomo, Coronavirus, and the Fall of New York (OR Books June 29, 2021), argues that Governor Cuomo garnered more national praise than he deserved for his handling of the pandemic and that his delay to shut down New York City last March cost lives.

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