We got into a power struggle with a control freak. We should've been the adults in the room that worked on deescalation and disobeying the orders quietly without fanfare, while publicly appearing to be following mandates to allow Cuomo to save face. If we could've done that concurrently with a concerted effort to bring down positivity rates, and while studiously massaging Cuomo's ego for his cooperation with local officials and community leaders, this could've been done in 2 weeks, with Cuomo claiming another victory. Instead, we let the clown shows and 6 year olds dominate the media, got into shouting matches in public, and generally let this devolve into a mess that could easily have been avoided when a bit of discipline and maturity. We know how to play the diplomacy game as well as anyone, and to allow whatever narcissists to save face. We just couldn't control the children, and our own inner children, from taking over.