#Letters to the editor — Feb. 2, 2021

#Letters to the editor — Feb. 2, 2021

“#Letters to the editor — Feb. 2, 2021” The Issue: Gov. Cuomo’s response when asked about COVID deaths in nursing homes. Our governor, who gets praise for writing a book on the pandemic, had an inhuman and callous response regarding the elderly in either nursing homes or hospitals who died of COVID (“Callous Cuomo shrugs…

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#NY Senate Democrats block subpoena for COVID nursing home data

#NY Senate Democrats block subpoena for COVID nursing home data

“#NY Senate Democrats block subpoena for COVID nursing home data” Democrats who control the state Senate blocked a motion Monday to subpoena records of the Cuomo administration seeking a fuller accounting of nursing home residents who died from the coronavirus. The motion was made by Sen. Thomas O’Mara, the ranking Republican on the Investigations Committee…

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#Bill would require minimum staffing in nursing homes, hospitals

#Bill would require minimum staffing in nursing homes, hospitals

“#Bill would require minimum staffing in nursing homes, hospitals” New York’s nursing homes and hospitals would be required to maintain adequate minimum staffing levels under a proposed state law gaining steam in the wake of a damning report linking understaffed facilities to high levels of coronavirus deaths. The push to pass the legislation has picked…

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#Andrew Cuomo’s appalling nursing-home defense

#Andrew Cuomo’s appalling nursing-home defense

“#Andrew Cuomo’s appalling nursing-home defense” “It’s not about pointing fingers or blame. This became a political football,” Gov. Cuomo said Friday in response to questions about Attorney General Tish James’ finding that the state vastly underreported COVID-19 deaths of nursing-home residents. “Who cares,” he asked, if they died in a home or a hospital? “They…

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#Letters to the Editor — Jan. 30, 2021

#Letters to the Editor — Jan. 30, 2021

“#Letters to the Editor — Jan. 30, 2021” The Issue: AG Letitia James’ finding that the Cuomo administration undercounted nursing-home deaths. Gov. Cuomo called to account? “Finally,” says Janice Dean (“Finally, this gov is called to task,” Jan. 29), and she’s dead right. Pity it took so long. Did no one see that he was…

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#Rep. Elise Stefanik says nursing home probe is ‘first step toward justice’

#Rep. Elise Stefanik says nursing home probe is ‘first step toward justice’

“#Rep. Elise Stefanik says nursing home probe is ‘first step toward justice’” New York Rep. Elise Stefanik said Thursday that Attorney General Letitia James’ damning report about Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s administration’s lack of transparency in reporting the total number of nursing homes deaths is a “first step toward justice” for grieving families. Stefanik went on…

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