PositiveThe NationDeftly ferrying readers from the pandemic’s horrific early days to the press briefings that made the governor a star to New York’s stunningly high rates of infection and death ... Barkan is especially eloquent on the subject of what Cuomo’s need to assert dominance has cost New Yorkers ... The Prince is a swift and devastating read. Barkan writes fluently, marshals facts persuasively, and foregrounds the power-obsessed Cuomo’s contempt for the powerless ... The Prince is well worth reading.
