{"id":116009,"date":"2020-11-20T03:50:01","date_gmt":"2020-11-20T00:50:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/youre-not-my-dad-gov-cuomo-and-please-stop-pretending\/"},"modified":"2020-11-20T03:50:01","modified_gmt":"2020-11-20T00:50:01","slug":"youre-not-my-dad-gov-cuomo-and-please-stop-pretending","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/youre-not-my-dad-gov-cuomo-and-please-stop-pretending\/","title":{"rendered":"#You\u2019re not my dad, Gov. Cuomo \u2014 and please stop pretending"},"content":{"rendered":"

“#You\u2019re not my dad, Gov. Cuomo \u2014 and please stop pretending<\/strong>”
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\n Gov. Andrew Cuomo has a parenting problem. Not with his own children, but with the 8 million incorrigible residents of Gotham, who refuse to bend to his will. He has tried everything: groundings, lectures, threatening to send them to bed without supper (at restaurants). And yet these ungrateful brats continue to question the more ridiculous of his ever-changing and often-irrational COVID-19 guidelines.<\/p>\n

And this is a problem for a man like Cuomo, who seems to fancy himself the Father of New York, much like a Central Asian dictator might think of his nation as his children.<\/p>\n

His most recent edict was implementing an early bedtime for New York City in response to spiking cases. He ordered bars, restaurants and gyms to close their doors at 10 p.m., sparking ire and confusion. After all, it isn\u2019t as though the virus becomes more dangerous after dark, and already-struggling eateries would have to shut down during prime late-night dinner hours. The city that never sleeps must now turn in early, courtesy of Cuomo\u2019s disciplinarian governance.<\/p>\n

In July, when New Yorkers had found something that felt a tiny bit like normalcy during quarantine \u2014 namely, drinking fros\u00e9s on the sidewalk with friends they hadn\u2019t seen since March \u2014 \u00adCuomo ordered bars to serve a food item with every drink. Pubs quickly responded with some good old-fashioned New York attitude, adding $1 \u201cCuomo chips\u201d to the menu, making \u201csoup\u201d out of bouillon cubes and offering patrons a single corn tortilla sold as a \u201cvegan taco\u201d to enjoy with their frozen margaritas.<\/p>\n

Exactly how this would cut down on positive cases was unclear, since patrons could simply throw out their unwanted food and continue drinking normally. But venues tried to follow the rules. But like a parent making sure his children are eating their vegetables, the governor wouldn\u2019t allow these establishments to get away with a cheap and easy fix. He made the rules stricter, demanding that the food ordered be \u201csimilar in quality and substance to sandwiches and soups\u201d; a panini would fly, pretzel bites wouldn\u2019t.<\/p>\n

In doing so, he was making a point: No, you couldn\u2019t find loopholes around his silly edicts, you shouldn\u2019t make jokes at his expense and you would be punished for attempting either.<\/p>\n

Cuomo\u2019s app<\/a>roach to leadership has all of the worst components of a nanny state \u2014 heavy-handed regulation, complicated rules and intrusions into private life \u2014 only without any of the benefits. The state, after all, isn\u2019t bailing out businesses being asked to jump through hoops and follow restrictions that aren\u2019t even clearly curbing COVID.<\/p>\n

The governor\u2019s enablers share some of the blame. In the early days of the lockdown, when his coronavirus briefings were must-watch TV for many New Yorkers, some observers developed a sort of obsession with his domineering tone and mannerisms. The Internet dubbed him \u201cDaddy Cuomo.\u201d<\/p>\n

At Jezebel, Rebecca Fishbein summed up the emerging urban infatuation with the governor: \u201cIn this time of crisis, with little concrete information available, I need Cuomo\u2019s measured bullying, his love of circumventing the federal government, his sparring with increasingly incompetent city leadership.\u201d<\/p>\n

As the pandemic raged on, the governor seemed to take his role as \u201cDaddy Cuomo\u201d to heart. His tweets became increasingly scolding. In June, he responded to a video of New Yorkers gathered outside at St. Mark\u2019s Place with: \u201cDon\u2019t make me come down there\u201d \u2014 the kind of threat kids might expect when they\u2019ve gotten into a particularly loud scuffle.<\/p>\n

He brought his daughter to a press conference, frequently ragged on her boyfriend during briefings and even went so far as to put a \u201cboyfriend cliff\u201d on one of the several bizarre COVID-19 posters he commissioned to immortalize his leadership during the pandemic. For Cuomo, the lines between child-rearing and governance are blurred, and New Yorkers are the ones who frequently pay the price.<\/p>\n

In the middle of a crisis, New Yorkers don\u2019t need a father, doling out snarky one-liners in white New Balance cross-trainers while implementing petty punishments. They need a leader who makes smart and calculated choices that don\u2019t completely hamstring their ability to make a living. When he is acting as governor, Cuomo should take off his Dad hat and treat New Yorkers like adults.<\/p>\n

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