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Cuomo: Earlier mask mandate could have made a difference

by Associated Press
| August 19, 2020 6:27 PM

ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo made a rare acknowledgment of a misstep in his response to COVID-19 on Wednesday as he acknowledged an earlier statewide mask mandate could have made a “dramatic difference" in the fight against the coronavirus this spring.

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