In this Jan. 11, 2021 file photo, New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo delivers his State of the State address virtually from The War Room at the state Capitol, in Albany, N.Y.
AP Photo/Hans Pennink, Pool, FileALBANY — Despite high marks overall in handling the pandemic, New Yorkers were iffy on the job done by Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo in distributing vaccines and reopening the state, and also critical of his efforts in sharing information about deaths in nursing homes, a new poll from Siena Research Institute showed.
The poll was conducted last week, as members of both parties decried a lack of transparency from Cuomo after the state attorney general said he had undercounted deaths by thousands. The poll also followed a state Supreme Court justice ruling that his administration had withheld nursing home data inappropriately, but before an explosive report in the New York Post that top aide Melissa DeRosa said "we froze" and withheld nursing home information out of fear of the administration's exposure in a U.S. Department of Justice inquiry.
His overall numbers for handling COVID-19 were favorable 61 to 34 percent — a number that has remained steady but followed political lines with Democrats approving much more of his work than Republicans. For vaccine distribution it was statistically tied. Nursing home transparency was the only area he was significantly underwater, with disapproval at 55 to 39. The sample was 804 registered voters in the state and the margin of error was 4.3 percent.
A significant gap between the two parties persisted, with 83 percent of Democrats approving of Cuomo's work during the pandemic and only a quarter of Republicans.
As members of both parties are discussing rescinding Cuomo's expansive emergency powers, the Siena poll found that New Yorkers — by the same margins as last month — still support allowing the governor to unilaterally issue directives with the force of law, 53 to 37 percent.
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