Politics
Cuomo-De Blasio Feud Reignites With Talk of State Takeover
- Widespread NYC looting and arson brings governor’s criticism
- ‘The NYPD and the mayor did not do their job,’ governor says
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The friction between New York City mayors and governors in far-off Albany is centuries old, but rarely have the stakes been so high.
In recent weeks, Governor Andrew Cuomo and Mayor Bill de Blasio have been trying and often failing to suppress their mutual animosity with the Covid-19 pandemic claiming almost 22,000 lives in the city, an economically devastating lockdown and now an explosion of rage in the streets.