Opinion | Can New York Survive a Cuomo Comeback?

Andrew Cuomo picked a portentous day to launch his New York City mayoral campaign. Sunday was the fifth anniversary of his announcement, as governor, of the city’s first confirmed case of Covid-19.

The virus had already shut down Wuhan, China, and brought Northern Italy to a standstill. Yet on March 2, 2020, in going public with a positive result from the day before, Gov. Cuomo made an early mistake: underestimating the threat.