'It's only half-time': Cuomo defends book deal, warns worst is not over in New York
ALBANY, N.Y. — New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo defended his decision to pen a book mid-pandemic Wednesday as he warned that the worst of the coronavirus crisis is far from over.
Touting New York’s consistently low infection rate, which has been below 1% for 12 straight days, the governor likened the current lull in cases to “half-time” and cautioned against losing sight of the seriousness the state still faces.
“Complacency is the issue,” he said during a morning call with reporters. “My book is not ‘the history of COVID,’ because COVID is not over. We’re still in the midst of it, my friends. Don’t write about it in the past tense. Here’s some reality, we need to prepare for a second wave.”
Publishing company Crown announced Tuesday that Cuomo’s new tome, “American Crisis,” will be released in October.
