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Gov. Andrew Cuomo is begging wealthy New Yorkers to return to the city to save it from economic ruin while fighting off calls from other lawmakers to raise their taxes, a move he fears could permanently drive the top 1 percent out of the city. Thousands of New York City residents fled Manhattan and Brooklyn … Read more
New York Gov. Cuomo signs major police reform bills that make disciplinary records public as Rev. Al Sharpton praises him for ‘standing with us when no-one else will’ Gov. Cuomo signed the new bill in a press conference Friday The bill will require local governments to develop and adopt plans to revamp police departments to … Read more
Donald Trump furiously defends his coronavirus response showing clips of Andrew Cuomo praising him – as he says protesters simply have cabin fever: ‘These people love our country’ By Nikki Schwab, Senior U.s. Political Reporter For Dailymail.com Published: 01:40 BST, 20 April 2020 | Updated: 01:45 BST, 20 April 2020 In a briefing that stretched … Read more
New York Governor Andrew Cuomo took another swipe at Donald Trump on Saturday by channeling Abraham Lincoln saying there’s ‘no time for politics’ as he announced the state’s death rate has dropped to the lowest since April 1. Speaking in his daily press briefing, Cuomo said he had some ‘good news’ for New Yorkers as he … 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
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
Oscar-winning Hollywood actor Joaquin Phoenix has called on New York State to release some of its prisoners because of coronavirus. In a video shared on Twitter by the ‘Release Aging People in Prison Campaign’, the ‘Joker’ star, 45, speaks to camera about why he feels it is important to release prisoners. In the video, he says … Read more
New York Governor Andrew Cuomo called President Donald Trump ‘schizophrenic’ for claiming he has ‘total authority’ over the states to reopen the country. Cuomo pointed out Trump left it up to the states to buy their own medical supplies and to issue stay-at-home orders during the coronavirus crisis, arguing the president can’t accede that responsibility to the states … 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 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