https://justthenews.com/nation/states/center-square/misled-public-oversight-launches-investigation-nursing-home-covid
House Republicans launch probe into COVID nursing home deaths
7-21-22
“We owe it to the thousands of families who lost loved ones in New York nursing homes to hold Gov. Cuomo accountable,” Rep. James Comer says.
Republicans on the Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Crisis and the House Oversight Committee have joined forces in an investigation over the thousands of nursing home deaths in New York state during COVID, saying New York Democrats ignored previous inquiries.
The controversy began in 2020 when thousands of New York nursing home residents died during the pandemic, drawing extra scrutiny to then-Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s policy of sending elderly patients recovering from COVID-19 into nursing homes.
Afterward, Cuomo came under fire over allegations that he intentionally hid nursing home deaths. New York State Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli released an audit earlier this year saying New York’s Health Department “failed to account for more than approximately 4,100 lives in nursing homes due to COVID-19.”,,,