Gov. Andrew Cuomo's forthcoming book on the coronavirus pandemic will be forward looking, as well as a "halftime" assessment on how the crisis was handled, he said on Wednesday in a conference call. 

"The book is not the history of COVID," Cuomo said in the call with reporters. "That totally misses the point. We are very much in the midst of it. We have learned much. We have more to learn. We have done some things right, we have done some things wrong."

Cuomo plans to reveal how much he was paid for the book titled "American Crisis" in his financial disclosure form and will make a contribution to a COVID-related organization, he said. 

The governor, a Democrat in his third term, has risen in national prominence amid daily coronavirus briefings that were seen on TV nationally by a largely homebound audience. 

The book won't be a triumphalist "history" of the pandemic, but instead an assessment of how it was handled and what the federal government needs to do. 

"There is no telling of history when you are at halftime," Cuomo said. "It doesn't work that way."

Cuomo also also indicated he wants to offer advice to an incoming Biden administration should the former vice president and Democratic nominee unseat President Donald Trump in the November election. 

"I believe there is going to be a new federal government in the second half of the game," Cuomo said. "They are going to have to come up to speed very quickly as to what the federal government should be doing."

"American Crisis" is being offered for pre-sale for $30 online at Barnes & Nobles's website. 

It is the second book Cuomo has written as governor. His first was a memoir called "All Things Possible."