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And that is why I find it hilarious to see everybody fawning over governer Cuomo now.

• ashtonkem 7y ago
  It’s still unclear to me whether Cuomo dropped the ball, or whether he was hindered by De Blasio. Either way, Inslee and Breed deserve more credit. Preventing a crisis is superior to responding effectively after its started.
  • hilbertseries 7y ago
    No, De Blasio wanted to issue a shelter in place order on March 17 and Cuomo said absolutely not. Then eventually Cuomo comes around and they start a shelter in place on March 22nd.
  • CydeWeys 7y ago
    They both dropped the ball big time. de Blasio went to the gym on literally the last day before those kinds of businesses were shuttered. He kept waffling on shuttering the schools and waited way too late. He only started taking things seriously when the heads of his department of health threatened to resign if he didn't take more action. See e.g.: https://www.cityandstateny.com/articles/politics/new-york-city/coronavirus-de-blasios-katrina.html https://www.cityandstateny.com/articles/politics/new-york-ci... They both started off as a complete joke on this. Cuomo has at least since been improving, but de Blasio remains a complete joke. He's incapable of so much as even closing some empty streets (or some lanes on streets) to give pedestrians more space to spread out. Other cities have been doing this to great success, but de Blasio has only ever understood things from the perspective of being behind a windshield.
• bduerst 7y ago
  I'm not so sure it's 'fawning' so much as he's in the spotlight so much because his state is currently the worst.
  • CydeWeys 7y ago
    There has definitely been plenty of fawning, I can confirm.