Cuomo Likes Idea of Federal Comp Fund for Virus-Affected Workers

The idea of a federal fund to cover workers sickened or killed by the coronavirus may be gaining some traction. A few days after the former chair of the New York Workers' Compensation Board proposed a fund, New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo said at his news conference Friday that the state's congressional delegation is working on it. “We think the federal government should set up a heroes' compensation fund to compensate our health care and frontline workers,” Cuomo said in the televised news conference. “Saying thanks is nice, but actually providing assistanc...