Hochul: COVID-19 winter surge is here

Hochul said she hopes the recalcitrant counties who won't support the mask mandate will change their minds if the winter surge worsens. New York Gov. Kathy Hochul is warning that the state could face rapidly rising rates of COVID-19 in the coming weeks, based on early data and trends in Europe, where waves of the disease have often preceded surges in the U.S.…