CUOMO FINALLY ADOPTS CDC MASK GUIDELINES

New York will finally adopt new federal indoor mask guidelines that say those vaccinated against COVID-19 can ditch face-coverings, Gov. Andrew Cuomo said Monday — after refusing to greenlight them last week....Vaccinated New Yorkers will be clear to go mask-free in most indoor settings beginning Wednesday, Cuomo announced at a press conference....The new rule won’t apply on public transportation and nursing homes, where people will still be required to mask up, he said. Private businesses can also set their own restrictions. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention gave the go-ahead Thursday for fully vaccinated Americans to go mask-free inside in most circumstances...But Cuomo balked at approving the guidelines, saying he and his health commissioner would “review” them. MORE AT https://nypost.com/2021/05/17/cuomo-adopts-cdcs-new-covid-mask-guidelines-for-new-york/?utm_medium=browser_notifications&utm_source=pushly&utm_campaign=1012558

ALSO SAYS IN THE NEXT FEW DAYS HE WILL SHOW BUSINESSES HOW TO ENFORCE IT WITH COVID PASSPORT  https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-9588457/Cuomo-announces-New-Yorkers-ditch-masks-all.html?ito=push-notification&ci=169681&si=29548594&ai=9588457

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Excerpted---Six county executives in New York — Republicans and Democrats — publicly urged Gov. Andrew Cuomo on Sunday to adopt the CDC’s guidance allowing vaccinated people to ditch their mask in most circumstances.

“New York needs to follow the science-backed guidance of the CDC,” read the statement from Orange County’s Steven M. Neuhaus, Rockland’s Ed Day, Dutchess’ Marc Molinaro, Suffolk’s Steve Bellone, Putnam’s Mary Ellen Odell and Pat Ryan of Ulster County..............

The conflicting stances from the feds and Albany has caused mass confusion in the Empire State, as businesses are forced to explain to irate vaccinated customers that they have to stay masked.

On Thursday, Cuomo said that state Health Commissioner Howard Zucker — the embattled official involved in the alleged COVID-19 nursing home death toll cover-up — will be tasked with reviewing the updated CDC guidance for the Empire State......................read more at https://nypost.com/2021/05/16/six-ny-county-execs-urge-cuomo-to-adopt-cdcs-mask-guidelines/

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Gov. Andrew Cuomo — whose controversial directive for nursing homes to accept COVID-19 patients has been tied to as many as 1,000-plus deaths — sold the rights to his best-selling pandemic memoir for $5.12 million, according to tax returns he made public on Monday.

The amount exceeds the $4 million-plus figure that was reportedly the top offer for Cuomo’s “American Crisis: Leadership Lessons from the COVID-19 Pandemic,” which was published in mid-October as the public health crisis still raged in New York and elsewhere. Cuomo’s contract — which he got despite his administration being accused of sending COVID-positive patients back into nursing homes, potentially spreading the deadly virus among the vulnerable elderly there — paid him $3.12 million last year and he was left with a little more than $3 million after editing expenses, according to his tax returns. MORE AT https://nypost.com/2021/05/17/gov-cuomo-got-5m-for-covid-book-despite-nursing-home-deaths/

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DAILY MAIL--EXCERPTED; see the link below

• After tax, he took $1.5m - a third of which he donated to a COVID relief fund 
• He gave the other $1m to his daughters, Michaela, 23, and Mariah and Cara, 26 
• He said they worked 'tirelessly' throughout the pandemic for 'New Yorkers'
  
• Cuomo is under investigation for allegedly using state resources to do the book 
• Junior staffers said he made them deliver manuscripts and sit in on pitch meetings  https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-9589055/Cuomo-paid-5m-COVID-book-donated-500k-charity.html