Remember when former Gov. Andrew Cuomo overruled state Republicans to launch New York’s Affordable Care Act marketplace? Or when he slashed public health funding to New York City and no other municipality?
It’s understandable if the answer is no.
As Cuomo runs for mayor of New York City, the discussion around his health care record has often been dominated by competing narratives on his performance at the height of the COVID-19 pandemic — a key piece of his legacy. But Cuomo’s overall health care record during his decade as governor is much broader than his once-celebrated daily COVID briefings, which feature heavily in his first mayoral campaign ad, as well as state findings that his administration obscured the full death toll in nursing homes, which are now a talking point for hi