Even on Tuesday, earlier than the president criticized Mr. Cuomo for “complaining,” he acknowledged that he had simply seen the governor’s briefing
Even on Tuesday, earlier than the president criticized Mr. Cuomo for “complaining,” he acknowledged that he had simply seen the governor’s briefing. “I watched Governor Cuomo and he was very good,” Mr. Trump mentioned.
The governor has a historical past, in fact, of working with Republicans: till 2019, the New York Legislature had largely been cut up by advantage of the Republicans’ lengthy maintain on the State Senate, a scenario which some progressive teams accused Mr. Cuomo of encouraging, as a option to thwart insurance policies he felt have been too liberal or impractical.
The governor additionally shares different private contact factors with Mr. Trump: They’re each from Queens, have recognized one another for years and have adopted of their fathers’ footsteps.
Mr. Cuomo’s father, who looms massive within the present governor’s life, additionally had a second of nationwide prominence: the famed “Shining Metropolis on a Hill” speech in 1984, which appeared poised to propel him to greater workplace. It didn’t.
Mr. Cuomo has discovered a poetic, nearly sentimental streak amid the darkish information, showing alongside his daughters at information conferences, and naming a brand new regulation, aimed toward defending older residents from an infection, for his mom, Matilda.
On Monday, sitting along with his daughter, Cara Kennedy-Cuomo, the governor mentioned the disaster had afforded him alternative to spend extra time along with her as she has volunteered to assist with the state’s response, staying with him within the governor’s mansion.
“She’s going to go do her factor, however this loopy scenario is loopy as it’s, got here with this stunning reward,” Mr. Cuomo mentioned. “So one door closes, one other door opens. Take into consideration that.”
Jonathan Martin contributed reporting from Washington and Maggie Haberman and Luis Ferré-Sadurní contributed reporting from New York.