Mayor Adams attacked ex-Gov. Cuomo’s dealing with of COVID and his nursing dwelling scandal on Monday — escalating his criticism of the previous governor gunning for his job.
“Someone said, well, he’s a great manager. Well, he darn sure didn’t manage that crisis well,” Adams mentioned of Cuomo at a press briefing Monday.
Each Adams and Cuomo have largely kept away from bashing one another brazenly, as a substitute resorting to extra veiled jabs. However with Adams dropping each monetary backers and political endorsers to Cuomo, he seems to be ratcheting up the assaults in opposition to his opponent.
“New Yorkers are smart: they know the Mayor is a desperate man who is an Agent of Trump, and desperate men will do or say anything,” Wealthy Azzopardi, a spokesperson for Cuomo, mentioned in a press release.
Adams’ feedback got here a day after 9 mayoral candidates, excluding Cuomo and Adams, gathered to memorialize the anniversary of an order Cuomo gave as governor for nursing houses to readmit sufferers who had examined optimistic for COVID.
The sufferers’ households, in addition to many elected officers, say Cuomo’s 2020 directive prompted hundreds of deaths, and in 2021 state Legal professional Normal Letitia James discovered that Cuomo’s administration had undercounted hundreds of COVID-related deaths in nursing houses.
“He incorrectly handled the nursing home issue,” Adams mentioned. “I think those family members are right, and I met with them, and I’m going to be communicating with them further.”
The mayor additionally mentioned there have been racial disparities in how Cuomo distributed vaccines and protecting provides like masks, in addition to how hospitals have been supported general.
“… It was because of defunding and destabilizing those hospitals that when they became ground zero … they were not prepared,” Adams mentioned.
Initially Printed: March 24, 2025 at 5:41 PM EDT
