New York Gov Cuomo to bizarrely get an EMMY for his ‘masterful TV’ delivering Covid briefings
ANDREW Cuomo will receive an Emmy for the "leadership" he displayed during more than a hundred daily coronavirus briefings which have been praised as "masterful television."
The New York governor will be presented the 2020 International Emmy Founders Award during a live-streamed show on November 23, the International Academy of Television Arts and Sciences said on Friday.
International Academy President and CEO Bruce Paisner said the governor's decisive action made his state "a symbol of the determination to fight back."
"The governor's 111 daily briefings worked so well because he effectively created television shows, with characters, plot lines, and stories of success and failure," he said.
"People around the world tuned in to find out what was going on, and New York tough became a symbol of the determination to fight back."
Despite mishandling the outbreak at state nursing homes, Cuomo's Covid response even as New York faces a severe budget deficit.
The governor is raking in additional cash from sales of his book, American Crisis: Leadership Lessons from the COVID-19 Pandemic, which hit stores last month.
Cuomo's book was
The 's book delivers a retelling of his efforts to contain the virus as it ravaged his state in spring.
In it, Cuomo describes trying to placate President in order to get needed hospital beds, ventilators, and other supplies for his state.
Cuomo also addresses a frequent criticism of his leadership style: that he is overly controlling.
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"You show me a person who is not controlling, and I’ll show you a person who is probably not highly successful," he wrote.
As for his mistakes, Cuomo concedes only a few. Among them, he said, was that he waited too long to mandate that New Yorkers wear masks.