Cuomo getting investigated for hiding those covid nursing home deaths, 50% higher than they were willing to report. They admitted it subsequently, and “blamed fear of Trump” made them do it.
https://www.wsj.com/articles/u-s-prosecutors-investigating-how-cuomo-administration-handled-covid-19-in-nursing-homes-11613624562?mod=djemalertNEWS
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Federal prosecutors have begun an investigation of how the administration of New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo handled the Covid-19 pandemic in the state’s nursing homes, people familiar with the matter said.
The new inquiry, led by the U.S. attorney’s office for the Eastern District of New York, in Brooklyn, is in addition to an August request for records from the U.S. Department of Justice’s civil-rights division about state-run nursing homes.
State records released last week show that the death toll for long-term-care facilities is more than 15,000. That is about 50% higher than earlier reports, which didn’t include more than 5,600 facility residents who died in hospitals.
We’ll see how well his book on pandemic leadership stands the test of time. “Leadership crisis” indeed.