{"id":168360,"date":"2021-02-02T01:41:04","date_gmt":"2021-02-01T22:41:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/ny-senate-democrats-block-subpoena-for-covid-nursing-home-data\/"},"modified":"2021-02-02T01:41:04","modified_gmt":"2021-02-01T22:41:04","slug":"ny-senate-democrats-block-subpoena-for-covid-nursing-home-data","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/ny-senate-democrats-block-subpoena-for-covid-nursing-home-data\/","title":{"rendered":"#NY Senate Democrats block subpoena for COVID nursing home data"},"content":{"rendered":"

“#NY Senate Democrats block subpoena for COVID nursing home data<\/strong>”
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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.<\/p>\n

The motion was made by Sen. Thomas O\u2019Mara, the ranking Republican on the Investigations Committee panel during a virtual meeting<\/p>\n

The GOP motion to compel the state Health Department to release records came just days after Attorney General<\/a> Letitia James issued a blistering report that found Gov. Andrew Cuomo and his health agency withheld an accurate count of the number of nursing home residents who died from COVID-19 by some 50 percent by excluding residents who died after being take to hospitals.<\/p>\n

Hours after the damning report was issued, state Health Commissioner Howard Zucker, who had been accused of stonewalling, gave a more detailed accounting, saying 12,743 nursing home residents had died from COVID-19 as of January 19. That figure was about 4,000 more nursing home resident deaths than previously reported \u2014 confirming the attorney general\u2019s finding.<\/p>\n

But O\u2019Mara claimed there\u2019s more information to be had \u201cto make sure we get to the bottom\u201d of the COVID-19 nursing home tally.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe talked about [issuing a subpoena] on and off throughout the past year,\u201d O\u2019Mara (R-Elmira) said.<\/p>\n

O\u2019Mara\u2019s motion was seconded by GOP Sen. Anthony Palumbo, a former Suffolk County prosecutor.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe do think there are a lot of irregularities,\u201d Palumbo said. \u201cThe cover-up is usually worse than the crime.\u201d<\/p>\n

Last week, Sen. James Skoufis (D-Rockland), the top Democrat and chairman of the Investigations Committee, threatened to subpoena the DOH to release the total number of nursing home residents who died of COVID-19, because he was tired of their months-long stonewalling. He called the delay tactics \u201cdownright insulting\u201d to an co-equal branch of government.<\/p>\n

But Skoufis issued the threat before James issued her report. And then during Monday\u2019s committee meeting, he argued that O\u2019Mara\u2019s motion to issue a subpoena was largely moot after Zucker was forced to release an updated tally of nursing home deaths \u2014 that included those who died in hospitals \u2014 following James\u2019 release of her report.<\/p>\n

He said he expected Zucker to release more information when he testifies during a Feb. 25 budget hearing.<\/p>\n

Skoufis then slammed O\u2019Mara for what he called an \u201cambush\u201d because he did not give him notice beforehand of the motion.<\/p>\n

The chief lawyer for the investigations panel then claimed the motion was procedurally out out of order because it had not been submitted in writing.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis is a political motion. This committee is not going to be bullied into doing something after we laid out a road map to getting information,\u201d Skoufis said.<\/p>\n

\u201cI will recommend a `no vote\u2019 on your motion,\u201d Skoufis said.<\/p>\n

O\u2019Mara responded that it was a \u201cdereliction of duty\u201d for the Senate to let the Cuomo\u2019s health team off the hook, adding, \u201cI, for one, do not believe we\u2019re getting the full picture from Attorney General James\u2019 report.\u201d<\/p>\n

Other Democrat members of the investigations committee include James Gaughran and former federal prosecutor Todd Kamsinsky, both representing Nassau County, and Elijan Reichlin Melnick of Rockland County.\n <\/p><\/div>\n

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