As New York weathers the coronavirus crisis, Gov. Andrew Cuomo has enlisted the help of a trio of billionaires to trace the spread of the disease and think through how the state will look in the future. But the partnerships with Bloomberg LP founder Michael Bloomberg, Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates and former Google Chief Executive Eric Schmidt have prompted criticism that Mr. Cuomo is giving outsize power to moneyed executives and circumventing government institutions.

Source: Wall Street Journal May 17, 2020 22:52 UTC