Former New York Governor Andrew Cuomo to be interviewed on nursing home guidance during COVID-19
Former NY Governor Andrew Cuomo is facing the Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Pandemic to answer questions about nursing home guidance during the pandemic. Former New York Governor Andrew Cuomo is set to be interviewed by the House Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Pandemic to answer questions about nursing home guidance during the pandemic. The panel will ask why Cuomo issued a "must admit" COVID-19 nursing home policy during the outbreak of the disease. The Committee Chairman Wenstrup stated that Cuomo's actions were responsible for the deaths of 15,000 families in New York nursing homes during the COVID'-19 pandemic and that it is crucial for Cuomo's testimony to uncover the circumstances leading to his misguided policies. Cuomo's spokesman dismissed the Congressional appearance as being purely political and stated that there were no new developments in the investigation.
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Former NY Governor Andrew Cuomo is facing the Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Pandemic to answer questions about nursing home guidance during the pandemic.
WASHINGTON — Former New York Governor Andrew Cuomo is set to appear before the House Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Pandemic to explain why he issued a "must admit" COVID-19 nursing home guidance at the height of the COVID-19 pandemic.
“Former New York Governor Andrew Cuomo implemented nursing home policies that had deadly consequences for New York’s most vulnerable population. Not only did the former Governor put the elderly in harm’s way, but he also attempted to cover-up his failures by hiding the true nursing home death rate. It appears that politics, not medicine, was responsible for these decisions. Former Governor Cuomo owes answers to the 15,000 families who lost loved ones in New York nursing homes during the COVID-19 pandemic. His testimony is crucial to uncover the circumstances that led to his misguided policies and for ensuring that fatal mistakes never happen again. It is well past time for Cuomo to stop dodging accountability to Congress and start answering honestly to the American people,” said Chairman Wenstrup.
The meeting will be held behind closed doors. The Select Subcommittee has already interviewed several other officials that were part of Cuomo's administration, including:
Melissa DeRosa, the former Secretary to Governor Cuomo will be interviewed at a later date.
When news that Cuomo would be interviewed in April, his spokesman dismissed the Congressional appearance as being a purely political move with no news value and nothing turned up in previous investigations.
Here is his statement: "There’s no news here, we agreed to do this months ago. This is pure politics and simple fact remains that this issue has been reviewed three times by the Department of Justice under Trump and Biden, as well as Congress and the Manhattan District Attorney who found no there there. Any real review would focus on the 10 other states with similar policies, red and blue alike.”
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