The Prince
Andrew Cuomo, Coronavirus, and the Fall of New York
Published on 15. July 2021
Book
Paperback/Softback
256 pages
978-1-68219-410-2 (ISBN)
Description
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.
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.
Reviews / Votes
""One of the sharpest state policy minds I know."" -Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez"A damning political polemic of a controversial administration mired in failed leadership." - reviewed in Kirkus Reviews
"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
"There's a brawl shaping up between two books about New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo" - featured in the Washington Post's Book Club
"Ross Barkan Talks Cuomo Scandals, COVID-19, and How the Governor Blocked Progressive Measures" - author interviewed on NewsBeat
"Ross Barkan on the Zero Sum Game That Democrats Don't Know They're Playin?g" - author interviewed on Trickle-Down Socialism
"Andrew Cuomo's narrative whiplash" - author featured in the Columbia Journalism Review
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Language
English
Place of publication
New York
United States
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Illustrations
Illustrations
Dimensions
Height: 212 mm
Width: 138 mm
Thickness: 18 mm
Weight
249 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-68219-410-2 (9781682194102)
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Ross Barkan teaches journalism at NYU and St. Joseph's College, Brooklyn. He writes regularly for The Guardian and Jacobin, and has contributed to a range of other publications including The New York Times, The New Yorker and New York magazine. Working as a City Hall reporter, he has written frequently on New York state politics, covering Cuomo for the last eight years. His novel, Demolition Night, was published in 2018.