Nearly 2,000 New Yorkers have died from the coronavirus since Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced a book on his handling of the pandemic earlier this year.
It’s called “American Crisis: Leadership Lessons from the COVID-19 Pandemic.” A Washington Post review described it as “the riveting story of how [Cuomo] took charge in the fight against COVID-19 as New York became the epicenter of the pandemic.” New York Gov.
Andrew Cuomo removes a mask as he holds a news conference in Tarrytown, N.Y. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan, File) There were 32,604 confirmed or probable coronavirus deaths in the Empire State at the time of the book announcement on Aug.18.