//How New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo failed, then succeeded, on Covid-19

How New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo failed, then succeeded, on Covid-19

New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo speaks at the Democratic National Convention on August 17, 2020. | DNCC via Getty Images

Cuomo was slow to act on the coronavirus. But once he did, he got most of it right.

New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo is now widely seen by Democrats and the left as a hero in the fight against Covid-19.

In the spring, his daily news conferences about the coronavirus became the liberal counterbalance to President Donald Trump’s rambling, bizarre press briefings. At the Democratic National Convention, Cuomo claimed New Yorkers “climbed the impossible mountain, and right now we are on the other side.” He’s now writing a book about New York’s response to the pandemic, in which he seems poised to portray himself in a positive light.

Cuomo might seem like an unlikely hero, given that New York suffered the worst Covid-19