https://pjmedia.com/news-and-politics/bryan-preston/2020/11/17/gov-andrew-cuomo-gets-a-massive-pay-raise-despite-his-obvious-incompetence-n1154865Cuomo’s order has been directly blamed by many for COVID deaths in nursing homes — as many as 6,300 COVID patients were sent to nursing homes due to Cuomo’s order, according to the AP. As of July, the AP reports the order may have been related to as many as 6,400 New York COVID deaths. That was four months ago.
New York State has a whopping $63 billion budget deficit. Cuomo’s salary will jump from $225,000 to $250,000 on Jan. 1, 2021, according to a resolution passed by the state Senate and Assembly in 2019, making him the highest-paid governor in the nation.
