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The Walls Are Closing In On Andrew Cuomo
Cuomo administration withheld information regarding nursing home deaths out of fear the data would “be used against us” in a federal investigation
Those who made Democratic New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo an exemplar of pandemic leadership are abandoning his side as news of his alleged cover up of the amount of nursing home deaths in New York continues to unravel.
Democratic New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo was commended by corporate media, heralded by Hollywood, and defended by powerful Democrats for his COVID-19 response.
Cuomo issued a March 25, 2020 order that required nursing homes to accept recovering COVID-19 patients from the hospital. In May, Cuomo rescinded the order. Cuomo’s government omitted individuals who lived in nursing homes or long-term care facilities from their data on nursing home deaths because, according to a May Daily Caller News Foundation report, while the individual may have contracted the disease in the nursing home, they died in the hospital.
Over the course of the nearly two month period when Cuomo’s directive was active, more than 9,000 COVID-19 positive patients were forced back into nursing homes, which was 40% higher than the state’s official tally, according to The Associated Press. In late January, Cuomo’s administration admitted that at least 12,743 nursing home residents had died from COVID-19 — a number 50% larger than the previous figure.
The New York Post reported that Cuomo’s secretary to the governor, Melissa DeRosa, told New York Democratic leaders the Cuomo administration withheld information regarding nursing home deaths out of fear the data would “be used against us” in a federal investigation. She told lawmakers the administration “froze” “Because then we were in a position where we weren’t sure if what we were going to give to the Department of Justice, or what we give to you guys, what we start saying, was going to be used against us while we weren’t sure if there was going to be an investigation,” the New York Post reported.
CNN has reportedly forbid Chris from interviewing and covering his brother, as reported by USA Today.
Democratic New York state Sen. Jessica Ramos followed up the news of Cuomo’s coverup by calling for a “full investigation” into the Cuomo administration’s management of COVID-19 nursing home data Feb. 13, which she saidthey “knowingly chose to lie” about. Ramos was joined by other New York Democrats in calling for Cuomo to be stripped of his emergency powers.
Democratic members of the New York State Assembly also called for Cuomo to be stripped of emergency powers in a letter circulated to other assembly members, according to the the New York Post.
The letter also accused Cuomo of federal obstruction of justice. “It is now unambiguously clear thatthis governor has engaged in an intentional obstruction of justice, as outlined in Title 18, Chapter 73 of the United States Code,” the letter read, according to the New York Post. The letter was signed by nine Democrats, and severely angered Cuomo. Democratic Queens Assemblyman Ron Kim, one of the letter’s signatories, said Cuomo personally called him to lambaste and threaten him.
“He goes off about how I hadn’t seen his wrath and anger, that he would destroy me and he would go out tomorrow and start telling how bad of a person I am and I would be finished,” Kim told the New York Times.
Republican members of the New York State Assembly also took action against Cuomo by suggesting the legislature should form an impeachment commission to “gather facts and evidence” surrounding the Cuomo COVID-19 scandal, Republican Minority Leader Will Barclay said.
“The Cuomo Administration’s nursing home cover-up is one of the most alarming scandals we’ve seen in state government,” Barclay told Fox News in a statement. “It is incumbent upon the Legislature to undertake a comprehensive, bipartisan review of the Cuomo Administration’s policies, decisions and actions on this matter and render a decision on what steps must be taken to hold the governor accountable,” Barclay added.
https://dailycaller.com/2021/02/25/andrew-cuomo-new-york-nursing-home-deaths-democrats-republicans/