Cuomo has COVID’s-over rally — without mention of 50K-plus who died on his watch

Gov. Andrew Cuomo used a campaign-style rally that included a stage announcer and handing out plaques to union leaders to announce the lifting of New York’s coronavirus restrictions Tuesday — while conspicuously making no mention of the state’s estimated 50,000-plus deaths from the disease on his watch.

Cuomo’s victory-style speech — delivered in a loud and exuberant manner — glossed over the personal devastation wrought by the pandemic, even as he compared it to the Sept. 11 terror attacks. And while the three-term Democrat never urged New Yorkers to remember those killed by COVID-19 — including about 15,000 nursing home residents WHO may have died because of an administration directive — he choked up while noting that Tuesday was also the birthday of his late father, former Gov. Mario Cuomo, who died of heart failure at age 82 in 2016.