{"id":1461295,"date":"2024-03-07T17:05:00","date_gmt":"2024-03-07T22:05:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bugaluu.com\/news\/?p=1461295"},"modified":"2024-03-07T17:05:00","modified_gmt":"2024-03-07T22:05:00","slug":"andrew-cuomo-subpoenaed-in-gop-led-probe-of-nursing-home-covid-deaths","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bugaluu.com\/news\/andrew-cuomo-subpoenaed-in-gop-led-probe-of-nursing-home-covid-deaths\/1461295\/","title":{"rendered":"Andrew Cuomo Subpoenaed In GOP-Led Probe Of Nursing Home COVID Deaths"},"content":{"rendered":"

Andrew Cuomo Subpoenaed In GOP-Led Probe Of Nursing Home COVID Deaths<\/span><\/p>\n

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Authored by Bill Pan via The Epoch Times<\/a> (emphasis ours),<\/em><\/p>\n

More than two years after New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo resigned in disgrace, a House subcommittee on Tuesday issued a subpoena for him to testify about COVID-19 deaths in nursing homes across the state during his tenure.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Former New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo in a file photo. (Seth Wenig\/AP Photo)<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n

In a letter to the former governor, the Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Pandemic demanded that he testify about his March 2020 directive that ordered long-term care facilities to take in patients infected with COVID.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis misguided decision effectively admitted thousands of COVID-19 positive patients into nursing homes, causing predictable but deadly consequences for New York\u2019s most vulnerable,<\/strong>\u201d the Republican-led subcommittee told Mr. Cuomo, who was hailed by Democrats and members of the mainstream media for his leadership during the early days of the pandemic.<\/p>\n

In addition to the March 2020 order itself, the subcommittee said they have found \u201ctroubling evidence\u201d suggesting the Cuomo administration \u201cat best downplayed\u201d the order\u2019s impact and \u201cat worst covered them up.\u201d<\/p>\n

Death Numbers<\/h2>\n

One example the subcommittee cited is a January 2021 report complied by New York Attorney General Letitia James, who recently gained national attention for initiating a civil lawsuit that led to a historic $454 million fine on former President Donald Trump.<\/p>\n

In that 76-page report<\/a>, Ms. James rebuked the Cuomo administration\u2019s official tally of about 8,700 nursing home residents who died from COVID-19, accusing the state of depressing the death toll by only counting those that occurred in the facilities while leaving out anyone who had died after being transferred to a hospital.<\/p>\n

Extrapolating from a survey of about 10 percent of New York\u2019s nursing homes, Ms. James estimated that the actual number of COVID deaths related to such facilities \u201cmay have been undercounted by as much as 50 percent.\u201d<\/strong> Just hours after the report\u2019s release, the state\u2019s Department of Health (DOH) added some 3,800 hospital deaths, bringing the official number up to 12,473.<\/p>\n

In the week following the report, the state DOH website updated the number again, which was then 13,163. A week after that, a group of Senate Democrats released a letter the Cuomo administration gave them. That letter raised the total COVID-19 death toll in nursing homes and other adult-care facilities to 15,049, apparently underscoring Ms. James\u2019 estimate.<\/p>\n

\u2018Unwillingness to Cooperate\u2019<\/h2>\n

The subcommittee, chaired by Rep. Brad Wenstrup (R-Ohio), said they have been contacting Mr. Cuomo to schedule a voluntary interview since last March. However, the former governor \u201crepeatedly and consistently dismissed, deflected, or ignored all questions or requests\u201d from the lawmakers, leaving them no choice but to issue a subpoena compelling his testimony.<\/p>\n

\u201cYour unwillingness to seriously cooperate with our requests and to negotiate a reasonable date to participate in a transcribed interview has unjustifiably delayed our investigation,<\/strong>\u201d the lawmakers wrote in the letter. \u201cThis is unacceptable<\/strong>.\u201d<\/p>\n

Rita Galvin, an attorney for Mr. Cuomo, disputed such characterization, saying that she had previously provided the subcommittee with multiple dates for an August interview but never got any response until Tuesday.<\/p>\n

\u201cTo be clear, Governor Cuomo has been and remains cooperative,\u201d Ms. Glavin wrote in a letter to the subcommittee, urging the lawmakers to \u201creconsider issuing a subpoena.\u201d<\/p>\n

Rich Azzopardi, a spokesperson for Mr. Cuomo, called the subpoena an \u201cobvious press charade.\u201d The former governor\u2019s pandemic response, he said, has been reviewed by the Justice Department of both Trump and Biden administrations, as well as Congress and the Manhattan District Attorney, but none resulted in any charges.<\/p>\n

\u201cNew York followed the guidance put forth by the Trump administration in March of 2020\u2014as did other Democratic and Republican states<\/strong>,\u201d Mr. Azzopardi said in a statement. \u201cIf they have a problem with that, they should look in the mirror. Congress knows this, but it\u2019s not about the facts, this is about politics.\u201d<\/p>\n

A three-term governor and celebrated Democrat superstar who won an Emmy for his daily COVID briefings, Mr. Cuomo stepped down in August 2021, about a year after he reached the heights of his political career.<\/p>\n

Although Mr. Cuomo\u2019s downfall began with the scandal surrounding COVID-19 deaths in nursing homes, it was a series of allegations of sexual harassment and inappropriate workplace behavior that dealt a fatal blow to his political future. His resignation announcement came just one week after Ms. James released a separate report that gave credence to his accusers, paying the way for then-Lt. Gov. Kathy Hochul to become the first woman to be elected to the Empire State\u2019s top political office.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Tyler Durden<\/a><\/span>
\nThu, 03\/07\/2024 – 12:05<\/span><\/p>\n

\u200bhttps:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/political\/andrew-cuomo-subpoenaed-gop-led-probe-nursing-home-covid-deaths<\/a>\u00a0<\/p>\n

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