{"id":1057915,"date":"2021-11-26T18:14:08","date_gmt":"2021-11-26T23:14:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1057915"},"modified":"2021-11-26T18:14:11","modified_gmt":"2021-11-26T23:14:11","slug":"report-ny-covid-response-under-cuomo-was-frantic-strained-by-impossible-demands-and-ridiculous-requests","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/report-ny-covid-response-under-cuomo-was-frantic-strained-by-impossible-demands-and-ridiculous-requests\/","title":{"rendered":"Report: NY COVID Response Under Cuomo Was \u2018Frantic,\u2019 Strained By \u2018Impossible Demands\u2019 And \u2018Ridiculous Requests\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">30<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Freport-ny-covid-response-under-cuomo-was-frantic-strained-by-impossible-demands-and-ridiculous-requests%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1057915&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Disgraced former New York Governor Andrew Cuomo\u2019s daily press conferences masked an atmosphere of chaos and confusion during the state\u2019s response to the COVID-19 pandemic, as state health administrators were forced to find ways to work around the former governor\u2019s \u201cimpossible requests\u201d and \u201cridiculous demands,\u201d according to a report from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/news\/2021\/11\/26\/cuomo-coronavirus-pandemic-new-york-523366\">Politico<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>New York State health officials and employees resigned in droves because of a work environment that was described as \u201cfrantic\u201d and \u201cbased in politics, not science,\u201d the report detailed. Officials said they often worked from early in the morning until midnight, while dealing with severely low morale due to the mounting death toll and resources that were stretched thin. One health official, whose testimony was included in the New York Attorney General\u2019s investigation into Cuomo\u2019s handling of the COVID-19 response, reportedly told investigators that working conditions at the Department of Health had so deteriorated that they asked one of the largest public-sector unions in the state, the Public Employees Federation, if they had legal recourse when it came to matters like unpaid overtime, which they were told was \u201cnot illegal during a public health crisis.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Politico noted one instance where Cuomo, seeking to draw attention to the number of tickets issued for non-compliance with COVID guidelines at his nationally-televised daily press briefings, \u201csuggested that the state health department deploy half its roughly 5,000 employees to check restaurants for their compliance with the state\u2019s mask-wearing and capacity limit rules.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe was like, \u2018You could use them like an army,\u2019\u201d said the official, who spoke to Politico on condition of anonymity. The official, who was on the phone call where Cuomo suggested the idea, described it as \u201can impossible request,\u201d but said that no one could turn the governor down. \u201c[T]he call ended and no one said \u2018no\u2019 to him \u2026 No one could explain to him how bad the idea was,\u201d the official said.<\/p>\n<p>Officials were forced to come up with a workaround to satisfy Cuomo, the same official told Politico, which involved recruiting about 50 agency staffers who would post pictures of their enforcement actions on Twitter. The plan \u201cbecame just one of several subterfuges state health officials concocted to deal with demands from the governor\u2019s office they believed to be based in politics, not science,\u201d Politico reported.<\/p>\n<p>Officials were also allegedly forced to meet Cuomo\u2019s \u201cridiculous demands\u201d first, taking precedence over the Department of Health\u2019s priorities and judgment. Important decisions, including those about where to send Personal Protective Equipment, which areas would be included in various enforcement \u201czones,\u201d and which data was to be shared with officials in the Trump White House, were decided or overruled by members of Cuomo\u2019s inner circle. The governor\u2019s office would even hold up official communications, like press releases and directives, over grammar issues, the report added.<\/p>\n<p>The press conferences themselves took up much of the time and effort of public health officials as well, Politico noted. Staffers were working round the clock, developing and creating Cuomo\u2019s daily PowerPoint presentations. In many cases, staffers would finish the last slides after the governor\u2019s briefings had already begun. One official told Politico that Cuomo would often request other slides while on his way to the briefing. While drafting the next day\u2019s presentation, another official noted that they would often be caught off guard by impromptu announcements or reactions to press coverage. The briefings, an official noted, \u201cdiverted people\u2019s attention to service the press conference instead of servicing the running of the state,\u201d an anonymous former staffer said. \u201cIt became more about the press conference and about the issue that he was talking about at the press conference.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The report from Politico comes in the wake of an official <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/report-former-ny-gov-cuomo-engaged-in-sexual-harassment-violated-ethics-rules-in-book-publishing-not-fully-transparent-about-nursing-home-deaths\">impeachment report<\/a> conducted by the New York State Assembly, that found evidence that Cuomo committed sexual misconduct with 12 different women, unethically utilized state resources, including state employees\u2019 time and resources to \u201cfurther his personal gain\u201d in the publishing of his book about New York\u2019s COVID response, and misrepresented data on COVID deaths in nursing homes to \u201ccombat criticisms\u201d of the state\u2019s pandemic response.<\/p>\n<p>The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. Get inside access to The Daily Wire by becoming a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/subscribe\">member<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Disgraced former New York Governor Andrew Cuomo\u2019s daily press conferences masked an atmosphere of chaos and confusion during the state\u2019s response to the COVID-19 pandemic, as state health administrators were forced to find ways to work around the former governor\u2019s \u201cimpossible requests\u201d and \u201cridiculous demands,\u201d according to a report from Politico.New York State health officials and employees resigned in droves because of a work environment that was described as \u201cfrantic\u201d and \u201cbased in politics, not science,\u201d the report detailed. Officials said they often worked from early in the morning until midnight, while dealing with severely low morale due to the mounting death toll and resources that were stretched thin. One health official, whose testimony was included in the New York Attorney General\u2019s investigation into Cuomo\u2019s handling of the COVID-19 response, reportedly told investigators that working conditions at the Department of Health had so deteriorated that they asked one of the largest public-sector unions in the state, the Public Employees Federation, if they had legal recourse when it came to matters like unpaid overtime, which they were told was \u201cnot illegal during a public health crisis.\u201dPolitico noted one instance where Cuomo, seeking to draw attention to the number of tickets issued for non-compliance with COVID guidelines at his nationally-televised daily press briefings, \u201csuggested that the state health department deploy half its roughly 5,000 employees to check restaurants for their compliance with the state\u2019s mask-wearing and capacity limit rules.\u201d\u201cHe was like, \u2018You could use them like an army,\u2019\u201d said the official, who spoke to Politico on condition of anonymity. The official, who was on the phone call where Cuomo suggested the idea, described it as \u201can impossible request,\u201d but said that no one could turn the governor down. \u201c[T]he call ended and no one said \u2018no\u2019 to him \u2026 No one could explain to him how bad the idea was,\u201d the official said.Officials were forced to come up with a workaround to satisfy Cuomo, the same official told Politico, which involved recruiting about 50 agency staffers who would post pictures of their enforcement actions on Twitter. The plan \u201cbecame just one of several subterfuges state health officials concocted to deal with demands from the governor\u2019s office they believed to be based in politics, not science,\u201d Politico reported.Officials were also allegedly forced to meet Cuomo\u2019s \u201cridiculous demands\u201d first, taking precedence over the Department of Health\u2019s priorities and judgment. Important decisions, including those about where to send Personal Protective Equipment, which areas would be included in various enforcement \u201czones,\u201d and which data was to be shared with officials in the Trump White House, were decided or overruled by members of Cuomo\u2019s inner circle. The governor\u2019s office would even hold up official communications, like press releases and directives, over grammar issues, the report added.The press conferences themselves took up much of the time and effort of public health officials as well, Politico noted. Staffers were working round the clock, developing and creating Cuomo\u2019s daily PowerPoint presentations. In many cases, staffers would finish the last slides after the governor\u2019s briefings had already begun. One official told Politico that Cuomo would often request other slides while on his way to the briefing. While drafting the next day\u2019s presentation, another official noted that they would often be caught off guard by impromptu announcements or reactions to press coverage. The briefings, an official noted, \u201cdiverted people\u2019s attention to service the press conference instead of servicing the running of the state,\u201d an anonymous former staffer said. \u201cIt became more about the press conference and about the issue that he was talking about at the press conference.\u201dThe report from Politico comes in the wake of an official impeachment report conducted by the New York State Assembly, that found evidence that Cuomo committed sexual misconduct with 12 different women, unethically utilized state resources, including state employees\u2019 time and resources to \u201cfurther his personal gain\u201d in the publishing of his book about New York\u2019s COVID response, and misrepresented data on COVID deaths in nursing homes to \u201ccombat criticisms\u201d of the state\u2019s pandemic response.The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. Get inside access to The Daily Wire by becoming a member.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":189,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1057915","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1057915","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/189"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1057915"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1057915\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1057915"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1057915"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1057915"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}