Yesterday_AV0 ,_PUN the_AT0 COVID_AJ0 death_NN1 toll_NN1 in_PRP New_NP0 York_NP0 State_NP0 grew_VVD by_PRP 21_CRD more_DT0 New_NP0 Yorkers_NP0 ,_PUN bringing_VVG the_AT0 total_NN1 to_PRP 43_CRD ,_PUN 376_CRD people_NN0 who_PNQ died_VVD since_PRP March_NP0 2020_CRD ,_PUN according_VVG to_PRP Gov._NP0 Cuomo_NP0 's_POS daily_AJ0 update_NN1 ._SENT The_AT0 CDC_NP0 puts_VVZ the_AT0 number_NN1 at_PRP 54_CRD ,_PUN 012._CRD The_AT0 difference_NN1 of_PRF 10_CRD ,_PUN 636_CRD is_VBZ that_CJT Cuomo_NP0 's_POS lower_AJC tally_NN1 only_AV0 includes_VVZ deaths_NN2 in_PRP hospitals_NN2 and_CJC nursing_AJ0 homes_NN2 where_AVQ there_EX0 was_VBD a_AT0 positive_AJ0 COVID_AJ0 test_NN1 ,_PUN while_CJS the_AT0 federal_AJ0 standard_NN1 is_VBZ all_DT0 deaths_NN2 ,_PUN regardless_AV0 of_PRF location_NN1 ,_PUN where_AVQ the_AT0 presumed_AJ0 cause_NN1 is_VBZ COVID_AJ0 ._SENT Dead_AJ0 is_VBZ dead_AJ0 and_CJC COVID_AJ0 is_VBZ COVID_AJ0 ._SENT New_NP0 York_NP0 should_VM0 fall_VVI in_PRP line_NN1 and_CJC use_VVB the_AT0 CDC_NP0 measure_NN1 ._SENT That_DT0 split_NN1 ,_PUN in_PRP how_AVQ to_TO0 tabulate_VVI the_AT0 carnage_NN1 ,_PUN is_VBZ part_NN1 of_PRF Cuomo_NP0 's_POS go-it-alone_AJ0 attitude_NN1 ,_PUN which_DTQ both_AV0 served_VVD him_PNP well_AV0 and_CJC hurt_VVD him_PNP as_CJS he_PNP managed_VVD New_NP0 York_NP0 's_POS most_AV0 deadly_AJ0 crisis_NN1 ._SENT Today_AV0 ,_PUN his_DPS final_AJ0 day_NN1 in_PRP office_NN1 ,_PUN will_VM0 be_VBI his_DPS final_AJ0 update_NN1 and_CJC an_AT0 apt_AJ0 time_NN1 to_TO0 access_VVI his_DPS COVID_AJ0 performance_NN1 ,_PUN which_DTQ is_VBZ neither_AV0 as_AV0 stellar_AJ0 as_CJS he_PNP believes_VVZ nor_CJC as_CJS hellacious_AJ0 as_CJS his_DPS foes_NN2 ,_PUN all_DT0 but_CJC accusing_VVG him_PNP of_PRF personally_AV0 killing_VVG people_NN0 's_POS uncles_NN2 or_CJC grandmothers_NN2 ,_PUN see_VVB it_PNP ._SENT In_PRP this_DT0 Wednesday_NP0 ,_PUN Nov._NP0 18_CRD ,_PUN 2020_CRD photo_NN1 provided_VVN by_PRP the_AT0 Office_NN1 of_PRF Governor_NP0 Andrew_NP0 M_NP0 ._SENT Cuomo_NP0 ,_PUN Gov._NP0 Cuomo_NP0 holds_VVZ a_AT0 press_NN1 briefing_NN1 on_PRP the_AT0 coronavirus_NN1 in_PRP the_AT0 Red_AJ0 Room_NN1 at_PRP the_AT0 State_NP0 Capitol_NP0 in_PRP Albany_NP0 ,_PUN N.Y._NP0 (_PUL Darren_NP0 McGee_NP0 /_PUN AP_NP0 )_PUR When_CJS COVID_NP0 first_ORD arrived_VVD ,_PUN it_PNP was_VBD like_PRP something_PNI from_PRP a_AT0 science_NN1 fiction_NN1 movie_NN1 ,_PUN with_PRP everything_PNI shutting_VVG down_AVP and_CJC eerily_AV0 empty_AJ0 streets_NN2 in_PRP the_AT0 world_NN1 's_VBZ most_AV0 dynamic_AJ0 city_NN1 stalked_VVD by_PRP an_AT0 unknown_AJ0 killer_NN1 potentially_AV0 everywhere_AV0 ._SENT Instead_AV0 of_PRF a_AT0 steady_AJ0 Morgan_NP0 Freeman_NN1 as_PRP president_NN1 ,_PUN we_PNP had_VHD unstable_AJ0 ,_PUN ill-informed_AJ0 Donald_NP0 Trump_NN1 ._SENT It_PNP was_VBD Cuomo_NP0 who_PNQ filled_VVD that_DT0 void_NN1 ,_PUN for_PRP New_NP0 York_NP0 and_CJC for_PRP much_DT0 of_PRF the_AT0 nation_NN1 ._SENT When_CJS the_AT0 crisis_NN1 was_VBD at_PRP its_DPS worst_AJS ,_PUN his_DPS calm_AJ0 demeanor_NN1 ,_PUN firm_NN1 hand_NN1 and_CJC decisive_AJ0 actions_NN2 ,_PUN generally_AV0 grounded_VVN in_PRP science_NN1 ,_PUN gave_VVD the_AT0 public_AJ0 thorough_AJ0 and_CJC thoughtful_AJ0 presentations_NN2 every_AT0 day_NN1 without_PRP notes_NN2 or_CJC fumbling_VVG ._SENT He_PNP was_VBD n't_XX0 always_AV0 right_AJ0 ._SENT His_DPS actions_NN2 or_CJC inactions_NN2 in_PRP some_DT0 cases_NN2 cost_VVB lives_NN2 ,_PUN most_AV0 prominently_AV0 his_PNP wrongheaded_VVD order_NN1 for_PRP nursing_AJ0 homes_NN2 to_TO0 accept_VVI residents_NN2 who_PNQ might_VM0 spread_VVI COVID_NN1 ,_PUN a_AT0 terrible_AJ0 error_NN1 made_VVD much_AV0 worse_AJC by_PRP his_DPS administration_NN1 's_POS foolish_AJ0 effort_NN1 to_TO0 delay_VVI and_CJC obfuscate_VVI release_NN1 of_PRF the_AT0 data_NN0 ._SENT The_AT0 laudable_AJ0 goal_NN1 was_VBD to_TO0 protect_VVI hospitals_NN2 then_AV0 under_PRP tremendous_AJ0 strain_NN1 and_CJC at_PRP risk_NN1 of_PRF overflowing_VVG by_PRP discharging_AJ0 patients_NN2 as_CJS soon_AV0 as_CJS they_PNP stabilized_VVD ,_PUN but_CJC COVID_NP0 lurked_VVD within_PRP too_AV0 many_DT0 and_CJC it_PNP brought_VVD the_AT0 disease_NN1 directly_AV0 to_PRP a_AT0 vulnerable_AJ0 population_NN1 ._SENT Cuomo_NP0 was_VBD also_AV0 wrong_AJ0 not_XX0 to_TO0 move_VVI faster_AV0 and_CJC shut_VVB things_NN2 down_AVP with_PRP his_DPS PAUSE_NN1 (_PUL Policies_NN2 Assure_VVB Uniform_AJ0 Safety_NN1 for_PRP Everyone_PNI )_PUR ,_PUN and_CJC he_PNP stumbled_VVD on_PRP the_AT0 reopening_NN1 with_PRP kooky_AJ0 and_CJC often_AV0 nonsensical_AJ0 ,_PUN and_CJC decidedly_AV0 unscientific_AJ0 ,_PUN red_AJ0 and_CJC orange_AJ0 zones_NN2 ._SENT 
