Cuomo Didn't Protect Seniors From COVID-19. But it Was the Media That Covered it Up | Opinion Karol Markowicz , Columnist, New York Post On 2/13/21 at 7:42 PM EST Things are not looking good for New York Governor Andrew Cuomo. After receiving an Emmy "in recognition of his leadership" and writing a bestselling book called American Crisis: Leadership Lessons from the COVID-19 Pandemic, the toll Cuomo's leadership has taken is finally emerging. On Thursday, the New York Post broke the story that Melissa DeRosa, one of the governor's top aides, apologized to Democratic lawmakers for fudging the number of nursing home deaths from COVID for fear of being investigated.