Andrew Cuomo Says It’s “Very Taxing” Not Seeing His Mom and Daughter Due to Coronavirus
Andrew Cuomo opened up about his personal life and governing during the coronavirus pandemic in a new interview with Rolling Stone.
The governor of New York said he’s had a hard time with not being able to be with his mom and one of his daughters.
Cuomo said he’s been leaning on the support of his family and strength he learned from his late father, former New York governor Mario Cuomo.
With more than 160,000 confirmed cases of COVID-19 in New York, governor Andrew Cuomo has been tirelessly guiding the state through the coronavirus pandemic that’s taken the lives of more than 10,000 New York residents.
While Cuomo, 62, said the worst may be over as the death toll start to steady, the governor’s job isn’t slowing down any time soon. “A situation like this is pretty much 24 hours a day, seven days a week, if you’re going to do it right,” he told Rolling Stone. “You work until you can’t work anymore, and then you close your eyes for 20 minutes and then you work again.”
The pressure has weighed on the governor, especially as social distancing has kept him away from some of his loved ones. “I haven’t been able to see my mother,” he said of Matilda Cuomo, 88. “I’m not with one of my daughters. That on a personal level is very taxing,” he said.
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“I constantly say to myself, ‘What else should I be doing? What else could I be doing?’” he continued. “People are dying every day, and I don’t know what else to do. And I know that tomorrow more people will die. And I don’t know what else to do. And that is a terrible weight, and just an oppressive burden.”
Cuomo is father to Cara, 25, Mariah, 25, and Michaela, 22, who he shares with ex-wife Kerry Kennedy. He has been leaning on his family and drawing on the wealth of knowledge he acquired from his late father, former New York governor Mario Cuomo. “There is nothing that I learned from him that wasn’t useful. No challenge is too great,” he said of his father.
Cuomo, who was very much a close aide to his dad during his governorship, said his father taught him to find support in family. “I have my daughter here working with me the way I worked with my father,” he said. He also learned to speak honestly. “Tell people the truth. They will respond to the truth, and logic, even if they don’t like it. The trust between an elected official and the people they serve is everything. Trust and respect is everything.”
“And when you’re tired and you can’t work anymore, work harder,” he said.
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