Whatever the situation is, natural disaster, hurricane Katrina, the people standing on those rooftops were not rich white people. Why? Why is it that the poorest people always pay the highest price?
Andrew Cuomo
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Andrew Cuomo is an American politician who served as the 56th governor of New York from 2011 to 2021. A member of the Democratic Party, he focused on issues such as economic development, healthcare reform, and education during his tenure. Prior to his governorship, Cuomo served as the Attorney General of New York from 2007 to 2010, where he gained recognition for his work on consumer protection and public corruption cases. He also held the position of Secretary of Housing and Urban Development under President Bill Clinton from 1997 to 2001, advocating for affordable housing and urban development initiatives.
Let's learn from this moment and let's learn these lessons and let's do it now.
While none of this is good news, the flattening -- possible flattening of the curve is better than the increases that we have seen.
If you don't have a healthcare crisis in your community, please, come help us in New York now. We need relief. We need relief for nurses who are working 12-hour shifts, one after the other after the other. We need relief for doctors. We…
this is a war and our medical personnel are the soldiers on the front lines.
These provisions will be enforced. This is the most drastic action we can take.
We talked to people all across the globe about what they did, what they've done, what worked, what doesn't work. And that has all informed this policy. We need everyone to be safe. Otherwise, no one can be safe.
Somebody wants to blame someone or complain about someone, blame me. If everything we do saves just one life, I'll be happy.
The president and I agree this is a war. And we're in the same trench.
I'm asking all businesses to work from home. But today, we are announcing a mandatory statewide requirement that no business can have more than 50 percent of their workforce report to work outside of their home.





