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The sound of the pandemic, was the sound of Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo’s (D) voice. Between March 2 and May 31, 2020, he averaged one lengthy news conference a day almost all broadcast in full on my public radio station.

 By the end of March 2020, 87 % of New Yorkers approve of his handling of the pandemic, but his newfound popularity spurred talk of federal office. He appeared on CNN nine times  with anchor/brother Chris Cuomo in the comedy series “Mom Loves Me Better.” 

 New York Attorney General Letitia James (D)reported that the state had undercounted Nursing Homes deaths by as much as 50 %,  that the state’s initial policy allowing covid patients to return to nursing homes before they recovered had put other residents at risk.

Then the undercount began to look like a Coverup. Soon after that, a former aide published an essay accusing Cuomo of sexual harassment; . Once the subject of late-night TV fawning, Cuomo has become the butt of its jokes.

Cuomo may have a darker side.    He talked and talked and talked. He asked his own questions and then answered them.... In October: “The fall is here. …  The Virus goes up. The leaves come down.