New York Governor Mario Cuomo is saying it’s time to call out the Army here at home.
“Cuomo said he sent a letter to President Donald Trump asking him to deploy the Army Corps of Engineers to the state to “start building temporary health-care capacity.” He also criticized the federal government’s response to the pandemic, saying it has “been behind from day one on this crisis.”
“States, frankly, don’t have the capacity or the power to make up for the federal government,” Cuomo said, calling on U.S. officials to coordinate closings across the country, saying state and local leaders have adopted a “hodgepodge” of different actions.”
Cuomo is coordinating response for New York, New Jersey and Connecticut.
Cuomo says the lack of direction from federal government has forced states and municipalities to go it alone.
