Cuomo continues COVID-19 focus on Staten Island, takes swipe at unnamed local politician Updated Dec 16, 2020; Posted Dec 16, 2020 Governor Andrew M. Cuomo provides a coronavirus update from the Red Room at the State Capitol on Wednesday, Dec. 16, 2020. (Mike Groll/Office of Governor Andrew M. Cuomo)Mike Groll/Office of Governor Andrew M. Cuomo Facebook Share STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — Politics, politics, politics. That was Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s response Wednesday when asked about some Staten Island Republicans calling for his executive authority to be reined in regarding the state’s response to the pandemic. “This is the fact ... Staten Island has the highest infection rate in New York City,” the governor said before going on to explain that the borough doesn’t have the same population concerns as the rest of the city. “I focus on the parts of the state that have the worst problem.”