New Allegations of Cover-Up by Cuomo Over Nursing Home Virus Toll

[brooklynite]

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Source: New York Times

ALBANY, N.Y. — Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo and his top aides were facing new allegations on Friday that they covered up the scope of the death toll in the state’s nursing homes from the coronavirus, after admissions that they withheld data in an effort to forestall potential investigations into state misconduct.

The latest revelations came in the wake of private remarks by the governor’s top aide, Melissa DeRosa, and a cascading series of reports and court orders that have nearly doubled the state’s official toll of nursing home deaths in the last two weeks.

The disclosures have left Mr. Cuomo, a third-term Democrat, scrambling to contain the political fallout, as lawmakers of both parties call for censure, including stripping the governor of his emergency powers during the pandemic, federal and state investigations and resignations of Ms. DeRosa and other top officials.

In a conversation first reported on by the New York Post, Ms. DeRosa told a group of top lawmakers on Wednesday during a call to address the nursing home situation that “basically, we froze,” after being asked last summer for information by the Trump administration’s Department of Justice.

Read more: https://www.nytimes.com/2021/02/12/nyregion/new-york-nursing-homes-cuomo.html

[underpants]

1. Not good. At all.

From the real effect to the political standpoint. Regardless of spin it’s just not good.

[Initech]

2. Consider the source - it's the New York Post.

Remember how badly they bungled the Hunter Biden laptop story? I'll bet they will be apologizing for this in a week.

[underpants]

3. Yeah I know but still.

[Bleacher Creature]

4. It's the Times, not the Post.

[Initech]

5. "In a conversation first reported on by the New York Post, "

So the Post picked up the story and the Times reported on it. I hope they do some fact checking.

[Bleacher Creature]

6. Thanks. I try to maximize my clicks on NYT stories, so didn't click this one.

And I've honestly never seen the NYT rely on the Post before and also hope they did some independent fact checking.

[still_one]

7. It is an accurate story. The Mayors office confirmed it on Bloomberg, and Melissa DeRosa who is

at the center of the story admitted it