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=== COVID-19 pandemic response ===
{{main|COVID-19 pandemic in New York (state)}}
In 2020, Cuomo received widespread praise from [[epidemiologist]]s for his handling of the evolving [[COVID-19 pandemic]] in New York State, which includes a state-wide [[lockdown]] and a shutdown of non-essential businesses in an effort to help [[Social distancing|flatten the curve]] of the virus. Like many other national leaders, however, Cuomo also received criticism for failing to grasp the gravity of the [[pandemic]] before its risks were fully visible to the American public.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://nypost.com/2020/03/20/coronavirus-in-ny-cuomo-orders-lockdown-shuts-down-non-essential-businesses/|title=Coronavirus in NY: Cuomo orders lockdown, shuts down non-essential businesses|last1=Hogan|first1=Bernadette|last2=Marsh|first2=Julia|date=March 20, 2020|website=New York Post|language=en|access-date=March 23, 2020|last3=Hicks|first3=Nolan}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/politics-news/coronavirus-crisis-cuomo-trump-show-leadership-contrast-n1166066|title=Analysis: Cuomo and Trump show coronavirus crisis leadership contrast|website=NBC News|language=en|access-date=March 23, 2020}}</ref><ref name="ProPublica_20200517">{{Cite news| last1 = Sexton| first1 = Joe| last2 = Sapien| first2 = Joaquin| title = Two Coasts. One Virus. How New York Suffered Nearly 10 Times the Number of Deaths as California.| work = ProPublica| access-date = May 17, 2020 |date = May 16, 2020| url = https://www.propublica.org/article/two-coasts-one-virus-how-new-york-suffered-nearly-10-times-the-number-of-deaths-as-california}}</ref>
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