Coronavirus Response: NYC Official Calls Out Trump After Mother's Death, Says 'Mom’s Blood On His Hands'

New York City's comptroller on Monday attacked President Trump on CNN after his mother died of the coronavirus last week.

“In New York City this is playing out in so many families and I got to tell you Donald Trump has blood on his hands and he has my mom’s blood on his hands,” Scott Stringer told host Anderson Cooper.

Stringer’s mother, Arlene Stringer-Cuevas, had been a New York City councilwoman. She passed away at the age of 86.

“She was tough and she loved the city. She believed in government and raised us to believe in government,” Stringer said of his mother.

Stringer's comments come after "Meet the Press" anchor Chuck Todd recently asked presidential candidate Joe Biden if Trump had "blood on his hands" for the delayed response to the coronavirus outbreak.

Stringer also knocked Trump for sending the USNS Comfort hospital ship to New York, remarking “no one can get on that hospital.” New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo said Monday that he would seek the green light from Trump to allow the ship to take on patients with the coronavirus.

Trump has been criticized for downplaying the coronavirus in the early stages of the outbreak. The administration has been blamed for a lack of preparation, with the White House dismantling a pandemics unit on the National Security Council in 2018.

The coronavirus originated at an animal and seafood market in the Chinese city of Wuhan. As of Monday at 5:25 p.m. ET, there are 356,942 cases of coronavirus in the United States, with 10,524 deaths.