Cuomo Lifts N.Y. Covid Mandates After Reaching 70% Vaccine Goal
- Governor, who faces investigations, touts state’s recovery
- ‘We can get back to living,’ the governor says at briefing
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Governor Andrew Cuomo lifted New York state’s pandemic mandates effective immediately, saying that 70% of the adult population has now been given at least one dose of a coronavirus vaccine.
New York, the early center of the U.S. outbreak, now has the lowest positive-test rate in the U.S., according to Cuomo. The governor, who wrote a book about his leadership during the pandemic, lifted all remaining mandates and restrictions on businesses and residents.