Andrew Cuomo uses old briefing to tell New Yorkers to take COVID precautions – New York Post

Just like old times!

Disgraced ex-Gov. Andrew Cuomo on Sunday shamelessly tried to reprise his role as man-in-charge, using one of his famous COVID-19 press conferences to remind New Yorkers to remain vigilant amid the spread of the Omicron variant.

Lets heed the lessons we learned in the early, horrific days of this pandemic and not go backwards, he said in a tweet, which featured a slide used during one of his pandemic briefings.

The presentation reads: Lesson to learn: An outbreak anywhere is an outbreak everywhere.

Wear a [mask] in public indoor spaces, get vaccinated AND your booster shot, take care of one another, the former governor, who resigned in August amid multiple scandals, added. And be #NYTough.

During the throes of the pandemic, Cuomo delivered daily briefings revealing the Empire States COVID-19 metrics along with meandering commentary and show-off stunts.

In June 2020, Cuomodisplayeda$415COVID-19 mountainthat supposedly represented New Yorks battle against the virus. Joined by Anthony Fauci,the nations top infectious-disease doctor,he bizarrely comparedthe fellow Italian American and himself to actors Al Pacino and Robert De Niro.

His younger brother, CNN anchor Chris Cuomo also dialed into the briefings to detail his symptoms when stricken with the virus.

The governor was momentarily bestowed an Emmy for effective use of television during the pandemic in November 2020 but the academy quickly yanked the accolade after state Attorney General Letitia James found Cuomo sexually harassed multiple women.

Cuomos Sunday morning tweet came after former top aide Melissa DeRosa audaciously took a shot at her boss successor, Gov. Kathy Hochul.

Time to shift with the times ribbon cuttings and photo ops drinking beers in UES bars maskless wont get this job done, the former secretary to the governor said Friday evening in a since-deleted tweet, referring to the current chief executives October visit to Manhattan sports bar.

The scandal-scarred ex-pols public service announcement comes after the World Health Organization identified a new COVID-19 variant, Omicron, on Friday.

The discovery prompted Hochul to sign an executive order postponing non-essential surgeries in hospitals with a limited capacity.

The Omicron variant has yet to be identified in New York State, though on Sunday two cases of the coronavirus variant were detected in Canada.

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