ITEM #1 - At least nine top Cuomo administration health officials have resigned, retired or been reassigned amid the coronavirus crisis that’s devastated New York — while embattled Health Commissioner Howard Zucker has kept his job.
The flood of departures was reported Monday by the New York Times, which tied them to dissatisfaction with Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s handling of the coronavirus crisis and cited sources who complained that pandemic policy is set entirely by Cuomo and a close circle of aides rather than health experts.
“When I say ‘experts’ in air quotes, it sounds like I’m saying I don’t really trust the experts,” Cuomo acknowledged in a stunningly blunt answer to a reporter’s question Friday. “Because I don’t. Because I don’t.” MORE AT https://nypost.com/2021/02/01/amid-covid-nursing-home-uproar-a-mass-exodus-of-cuomo-officials/
ITEM #2 AND FROM NPR VIA TOM FARANDA'S FOLLY:
While Governor Cuomo continues defending his nursing home policies (see
video below, if you can call that a defense) here are the facts from
NPR. READ AND SEE MORE AT https://tomfaranda.typepad.com/folly/2021/02/npr-the-ny-state-nursing-home-covid-scandal-.html
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AND IN CASE YOU MISSED IT:
Many thanks to Ms. Dean, the Empire Center and many others for their efforts.
FINALLY, GOV. CUOMO IS CALLED TO TASK - JANICE DEAN
There’s a truth that the media and others who fawned over Gov. Cuomo didn’t want to hear: that his executive orders were one of the biggest reasons why so many of our parents and grandparents died of COVID in their eldercare facilities. READ MORE AT https://nypost.com/2021/01/28/finally-gov-cuomo-is-called-to-task/
and updated 2/3 https://everythingcroton.blogspot.com/2021/02/more-on-nursing-home-scandal-plustop.html
UPDATED AGAIN https://everythingcroton.blogspot.com/2021/02/nursing-home-scandal-update-it-just.html
2/11 CUOMO AIDE ADITS THEY HID NUMBERS FROM FEDS; JANICE DEAN APPLAUDS LEAKER https://video.foxnews.com/v/6231612288001#sp=show-clips
Did the Empire Center ever get their foil request answered?
ReplyDeleteNot to my knowledge. In fact they are continuing their lawsuit to get the numbers: ALBANY — Gov. Andrew Cuomo and his Health Department chief Dr. Howard Zucker will not be let off the hook for months of refusing to release the total number of nursing home fatalities due to coronavirus, a watchdog group vowed Friday. The Empire Center for Public Policy plans to move forward with its lawsuit against the Cuomo administration despite the release of Attorney General Letitia James’ bombshell report on Thursday.....READ MORE AT https://nypost.com/2021/01/29/watchdog-wont-drop-cuomo-suit-seeking-covid-nursing-home-death-count/
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