Gov. Andrew Cuomo on Sunday blamed The Post for Florida and Arizona’s surging coronavirus cases.
“The Wall Street Journal, New York Post — they continue to beat a horse that is dead: ‘We should reopen the economy faster in New York,’ ‘The infection rate is low; re-open faster,'” Cuomo ranted to reporters during an early-morning conference call.
“The infection rate is low because we have done an intelligent, phased reopening. What they are advocating has been demonstrated to be wrong and to be a failure,” the governor continued.
“Florida listened to the New York Post. Texas listened to the Wall Street Journal. Arizona listened to the Wall Street Journal and the New York Post. That was wrong. That was wrong.”
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis ended his state’s stay-at-home order on April 29, according to CNN.
Arizona’s stay-at-home order expired on May 15. Gov. Doug Ducey permitted barbershop and salons to re-open on May 8, followed by indoor restaurants on May 11.
New York, where the virus has killed over 32,000 people — many in nursing homes, which were controversially required by Cuomo to admit or readmit recovering COVID-19 patients discharged from hospitals — began a phase re-opening of its economy in early June.
Just 500 New Yorkers tested positive for COVID-19 on Saturday, and three more people died, Cuomo said.
Florida in comparison saw 12,199 new cases, according to Johns Hopkins University. Arizona saw 3,740 new cases.