One of Cuomo's nightmares: 'What if the essential workers don’t show up?” That didn't happen, thankfully, but what about the other?
“I had two nightmares when this started,” he told his daily press briefing. “One that I would put out directives on what we need to do, and 19 million New Yorkers would say, ‘I haven't been convinced, I’m not going to do this.’” He added, “I can’t remember when government was more disruptive to individual life. What if New Yorkers said, ‘It’s too much, it’s an overreaction, it’s political.’” — New York Gov.
Read also:‘When somebody is president of the United States, the authority is total.’ Can President Trump save the U.S. economy and save lives from coronavirus? ‘It’s appalling to attach a dollar number to a human life — for noneconomists’ “We want to reopen, but we want to do it without infecting more people or overwhelming the hospital system,” Cuomo said. “Government is not about spouting philosophical or political opinions, government is about delivering services.” He added, “Separate the emotion from the logic.” He said he won’t be swayed by protesters, adding that the CDC set reopening guidelines for states.
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