So Gov. Andrew Cuomo killed Grandma and cratered New York’s economy. But he looked good doing it.
Too harsh? Well, report cards are snapshots, and the pandemic is an evolving event. Numbers are shifting, and surely things will look different down the road.
But if New York had dodged the coronavirus bullet, this governor surely would be taking full credit. So because in fact it has been hit squarely between the eyes, it seems reasonable to hand him the blame.
The same holds true for the governor’s stewardship of New York’s rapidly crumbling economy. On Friday, the Albany-based Empire Center reported New York had lost 1.8 million private-economy jobs last month. The state’s overall lockdown-driven private-economy job losses exceed the national average by 50 percent.
Further, the center reported, unemployment insurance claims suggest that joblessness in New York soon will exceed 20 percent, compared to a national rate of 14 percent-plus.
Meanwhile, state Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli reports a 68 percent drop in state tax revenues in April — a figure driven in part by changes in tax filing deadlines, but staggering nevertheless.
Historically, when America goes into recession, New York feels it first, stays there longer and emerges more damaged than most other states. So it follows that Cuomo’s new burden will be heavier than most......snip~
https://nypost.com/2020/05/25/andrew...yorks-economy/
Cuomo wont be running for President, huh? LOL Oh and lets not bail out New York. Let the Demos show why they were always destined for failure.