If Cuomo and De blasio been better prepared for a disaster, sound like they were betting on the come and lost the roll of the dice.
Now they want the Fed to come to the rescue and cover their backsides.
California is in the same boat.
I refuse to blame politicians of any party, or at any level, for epidemic deaths. The govenment's only legitimate role once a pathogen is identified is to coordinate reseach into a vaccine, then a cure.
in that regard, as the press has so helpfully pointed out, the CDC, NIH, and various other health bureaucracies have proven themselves more adept at political infighting, making funding requests, misrespresenting the transmission and infection risks . . .
This is a replay of how the government responded to 9/11. The bureaucracy will always place its own survival as the highest priority during any crisis.
Why do you think there are secure bunkers for bureaucrats, while the public feels lucky to get a cot in a makeshift tent in central park?