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New York Governor Lashes Out at Trump Administration's COVID Response

Margaret Besheer

   NEW YORK - New York Governor Andrew Cuomo criticized the federal
   government's COVID-19 response as he headed to Savannah, Georgia Monday
   to offer equipment and expertise to officials in that hard-hit city.

   "I feel compelled to go because I know a little bit about this, I've
   been in the midst of it," he told reporters at John F. Kennedy Airport
   in New York. "We are in a position to help where we are now. Our
   numbers are down low. We have the medical staff, we have the equipment,
   we have the ventilators and we have the knowledge of how to do this."

   Cuomo said he is making good on a pledge he made when New York was
   hitting its peak to help other states should they need it. In March and
   April, New York was the epicenter of the coronavirus pandemic in the
   United States, at the time seeing as many as 13,000 confirmed
   infections daily, and for ten days in April more than 700 deaths a day.
   Now the state is registering fewer than 1,000 new infections each day
   and daily deaths have dropped into the single and double digits.

   The governor said he would go anywhere in the country that needs help.
   And noted that New York is also sending medication and supplies to
   Florida and has reached out to Texas -- the two worst affected U.S.
   states right now.

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