Unveiling the “Self-Portrait of America,” a wall of masks sent from citizens across the country, April 29, 2020.
Corning Tower in Albany was lit “NY Tough” in honor of health-care professionals and essential workers, April 23, 2020.
A desolate Grand Central Terminal during the early Monday evening “rush hour” on May 11, 2020.
Governor Cuomo demonstrating the three-step disinfectant process of a New York City 7-line subway train car on May 2, 2020.
Waving goodbye, April 12, 2020, after returning ventilators to the Pathways Nursing Home, where residents and staff made an unsolicited donation to New York State.
After seventy-five days, this is what sleep looks like. The governor and his daughter Michaela on their way back to Albany on May 15, 2020.
To encourage New Yorkers to get tested for the coronavirus, Governor Cuomo took a test via nasal swab during his daily briefing on national television, May 17, 2020.
Taking the helicopter to New York City, May 26, 2020, to re-open the New York Stock Exchange, which was shuttered on March 23.
Signing police reform legislation in the aftermath of the murder of George Floyd, joined by the Reverend Al Sharpton; Dr. Hazel N. Dukes, president of the NAACP State Conference; Valerie Bell, mother of Sean Bell; Gwen Carr, mother of Eric Garner; state senate majority leader Andrea Stewart-Cousins; and state assembly Speaker Carl Heastie, on June 12, 2020.
Preparing for the final daily briefing, on June 19, 2020, which the governor would give from behind his desk, the same one used by FDR.
Day 112, the first day after the final daily briefing.
The governor’s mother, Matilda Cuomo, with her favorite son and Chris.
At home with Michaela, Cara, and Mariah—and Captain.
Dedicated to the people of New York.
We’re going to make it. We are tough. You have to be. This place makes you tough, but it makes you tough in a good way. I love New York because New York loves you. New York loves all of you. Black and white and brown and short and tall and gay and straight. New York loves everyone. It always has, it always will. At the end of the day, my friends, even if it is a long day—and this has been a very long day—love wins.
Always.
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
I WOULD ESPECIALLY LIKE TO THANK the incredibly talented team at Crown—Gina Centrello, David Drake, Gillian Blake, and Libby Burton—who worked closely with me to transform these reflections into print, as well as Bob Barnett for his wise counsel. American Crisis would not have been possible without their efforts.
BY ANDREW CUOMO
American Crisis
All Things Possible: Setbacks and Success in Politics and Life
Crossroads: The Future of American Politics (editor)
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
ANDREW CUOMO is the fifty-sixth governor of New York, serving since 2011. He is the author of All Things Possible: Setbacks and Success in Politics and Life and the editor of Crossroads: The Future of American Politics.
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