Former New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo was combative and defensive as members of the House Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Pandemic fired questions at him Tuesday, asking about his devastating COVID nursing home policies, which many argue led to needless deaths. Our Ward Clark previewed the session:
During the COVID-19 panic, one of the more baffling actions taken by a government official anywhere in the country was New York Governor Andrew Cuomo’s placing COVID patients in the populations that were at the very highest risk for not just COVID but any respiratory ailment, namely, nursing homes.
Cuomo’s administration was accused of drastically undercounting its nursing home fatalities:
A report released in March 2022 by the New York state comptroller found Cuomo’s Health Department “was not transparent in its reporting of COVID-19 deaths in nursing homes” and it “understated the…
