Subcommittee Report on Disgraced NY Gov. Cuomo Reveals He LIED and ALTERED Department of Health Data to Hide Nursing Home Deaths
A subcommittee report released on Monday reveals the extent of the fallout from former New York Governor Andrew Cuomo’s controversial policy that required nursing homes to accept COVID-19 patients, putting the most vulnerable populations at risk during the pandemic.
The report alleges that Cuomo’s administration manipulated death statistics to obscure the severity of this policy, attempting to evade responsibility for its catastrophic consequences.
The findings detail how the former governor altered official New York State Department of Health (NYSDOH) data and omitted critical information about nursing home-related deaths to disguise the impact of the directive that forced nursing homes to admit infected individuals.
According to the memo, “The Cuomo administration — through the NYSDOH — began collecting data on nursing home fatalities in March 2020.”
It further states that “Contrary to Mr.
