{"id":116589,"date":"2021-02-03T12:40:45","date_gmt":"2021-02-03T17:40:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=116589"},"modified":"2021-02-03T12:43:26","modified_gmt":"2021-02-03T17:43:26","slug":"andrew-cuomo-wants-to-reopen-indoor-dining-for-valentines-day-the-new-york-times-isnt-having-it","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/andrew-cuomo-wants-to-reopen-indoor-dining-for-valentines-day-the-new-york-times-isnt-having-it\/","title":{"rendered":"Andrew Cuomo Wants To Reopen Indoor Dining For Valentine\u2019s Day. The New York Times Isn\u2019t Having It."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">34<\/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%2Fandrew-cuomo-wants-to-reopen-indoor-dining-for-valentines-day-the-new-york-times-isnt-having-it%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=116589&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--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/GettyImages-1228913863.jpg?w=1200&amp;h=800&amp;ixlib=react-9.0.3\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p>The New York Times is continuing its series of articles critical of Gov. Andrew Cuomo (D-NY) in the weeks after President Joe Biden was inaugurated.<\/p>\n<p>While Donald Trump was president, the Times and other media outlets heaped praise on Cuomo, gave him awards, and chose to make Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, a Republican, some kind of villain in the coronavirus pandemic. Now that Trump is out of office, the Times, at least, seems to be more critical of the governor who oversaw one of the worst states as far as pandemic statistics are concerned.<\/p>\n<p>On Tuesday, the Times <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/interactive\/2021\/02\/02\/nyregion\/cuomo-nyc-indoor-dining.html?smid=tw-nytimes&amp;smtyp=cur\">reported<\/a> that various metrics in The Empire State are worse now than they were when Cuomo announced in December that he was instituting an indefinite ban on indoor dining.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs the governor spoke, average per-capita case counts in New York City were 64 percent higher than when he announced an indefinite ban on indoor dining in December,\u201d the Times reported. \u201cAverage Covid-19 hospitalizations in the city, while trending downward, were still 60 percent higher late last week than they were when Mr. Cuomo closed the restaurants. And the test positivity rate was more than a percentage point higher.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Cuomo, the Times noted, has said his economic closure decisions were based on four metrics, only one of which, \u201cthe rate at which people are infecting one another,\u201d is better now than it was in December when he announced the indefinite ban.<\/p>\n<p>The reason for the openings even though the numbers are worse now is that they are all heading downward, when in December they were trending upward.<\/p>\n<p>The Times\u2019 pushback on Cuomo\u2019s reopening decision is the latest from the media outlet to heavily criticize Cuomo\u2019s handling of the pandemic. A day earlier, the outlet <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2021\/02\/01\/nyregion\/cuomo-health-department-officials-quit.html\">reported<\/a> that at least nine top health officials have left their positions in the top year due to Cuomo\u2019s response to the pandemic.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen I say \u2018experts\u2019 in air quotes, it sounds like I\u2019m saying I don\u2019t really trust the experts,\u201d Cuomo said Friday. \u201cBecause I don\u2019t. Because I don\u2019t.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Trump was excoriated repeatedly by the media for allegedly ignoring his health experts, yet Cuomo always received a pass.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cState health officials have grown increasingly irritated at Cuomo\u2019s approach to the pandemic, claiming that the governor has issued top-down orders to combat the coronavirus without first notifying health department staff. Typically, he has announced an order then directed health officials to adapt to it with no prior warning,\u201d The Daily Wire\u2019s Tim Pearce <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/ny-gov-cuomo-shunned-experts-embraced-lobbyists-drove-top-health-officials-to-quit-over-pandemic-response-report\">reported<\/a>. \u201cOne of the latest incidents occurred in Cuomo\u2019s shaping of the state\u2019s vaccine distribution plan. The governor scrapped a plan that health officials at all levels of state government had been working on in some fashion for about two decades.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In late January, the Times pulled no punches in its <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2021\/01\/28\/nyregion\/nursing-home-deaths-cuomo.html?smtyp=cur&amp;smid=tw-nytimes\">report<\/a> about New York \u201cseverely\u201d undercounting nursing home deaths in the state. The Times wrote that the report from New York Attorney General Letitia James accused Cuomo\u2019s administration of undercounting the deaths.<\/p>\n<p>The Times noted that the \u201cfindings of Ms. James, a Democrat, could put her in direct conflict with Mr. Cuomo, the state\u2019s three-term Democratic incumbent, who has touted his and his administration\u2019s response to the coronavirus crisis, despite&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/interactive\/2020\/us\/new-york-coronavirus-cases.html\">more than 42,000 deaths in the state<\/a>.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><em>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<\/em> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/subscribe\"><em>member<\/em><\/a><em>.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The New York Times is continuing its series of articles critical of Gov. Andrew Cuomo (D-NY) in the weeks after President Joe Biden was inaugurated. 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