The Prince
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"One of the sharpest state policy minds I know." —Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez "A writer with real literary flair. Like I.F. Stone, Barkan works independently with a left point of view, but it's his shoe leather, his working the phones and hitting the street, that's invaluable because, sadly, it's so scarce." —Christian Lorentzen Governor Andrew Cuomo, scion of Mario Cuomo, is today as famous as his father, also a governor of New York state for three terms. Like Robert Moses, he is one of New York's great and infamous power brokers. Though initially lavishly celebrated for his handling of the coronavirus pandemic, not least by himself, it is now apparent that Cuomo's management of the crisis was a juddering and fatal failure. Thousands died because, ignoring the advice of experts, he shut down too late and returned still sick patients to nursing homes. The crisis was intensified by his previous commitment to austerity, which saw the slashing of funding to hospitals. A vital riposte to Cuomo's recently published book about the pandemic, now increasingly derided as self-serving and deceitful, The Prince is a searing indictment of Cuomo's handling of coronavirus and his time overall in the highest office of the state.
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"Deftly ferrying readers from the pandemic's horrific early days to the press briefings that made the governor a star to New York's stunningly high rates of infection and death ..."
"Based on original reporting and expansive interviews, this slim, scathing book convincingly debunks Cuomo's "false narrative of triumph" and, in exacting detail, reveals the corrupt side of present-day New York government."
"Enriched by the author's deep knowledge of New York politics and sharp parsing of facts (he notes, for instance, that denser cities around the world had significantly lower death tolls than New York City), this exposé delivers a knockout punch."
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