#Top NYS pols push back against Gov. Cuomo over nursing home data

#Top NYS pols push back against Gov. Cuomo over nursing home data

“#Top NYS pols push back against Gov. Cuomo over nursing home data” New York’s top state legislators turned up the heat on Gov. Andrew Cuomo on Friday for stonewalling lawmakers over the total tally of nursing home residents killed by COVID-19. In nearly identical statements from their spokespeople, Senate Majority Leader Andrea Stewart-Cousins (D-Yonkers) and…

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#Nursing home families furious over Gov. Cuomo’s COVID rant

#Nursing home families furious over Gov. Cuomo’s COVID rant

“#Nursing home families furious over Gov. Cuomo’s COVID rant” New Yorkers whose kin were killed by COVID-19 they contracted in nursing homes reacted with outrage to Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s claim Friday that his critics were “causing pain to families who lost a loved one.” “We are sickened by Cuomo’s press conference,” said Vivian Zayas, founder…

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#Cuomo policy may have led to 1K nursing home deaths: watchdog

#Cuomo policy may have led to 1K nursing home deaths: watchdog

“#Cuomo policy may have led to 1K nursing home deaths: watchdog” The Cuomo administration’s controversial directive for nursing homes to accept COVID-19 patients amid the pandemic likely did lead to a spike in resident deaths, an analysis of its own data revealed Thursday. The study by the nonprofit Empire Center for Public Policy tied “several…

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#More than 10,000 VA patients have died from coronavirus

#More than 10,000 VA patients have died from coronavirus

“#More than 10,000 VA patients have died from coronavirus” More than 10,000 Veterans Affairs patients have died from complications related to coronavirus in less than 11 months, another grim milestone in the ongoing global pandemic. As of Wednesday morning, VA officials had reported 10,059 deaths among veterans and other patients being tracked by department medical officials. The department’s first…

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#De Blasio calls for probe into Cuomo nursing home scandal

#De Blasio calls for probe into Cuomo nursing home scandal

“#De Blasio calls for probe into Cuomo nursing home scandal” Mayor Bill de Blasio called for a blue-ribbon panel to investigate Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s handling of nursing homes amid the coronavirus crisis — saying in a new interview that “lives might’ve been saved.” During a discussion with the “Bloomberg Quint” website, de Blasio agreed with…

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