A Republican-led congressional panel has requested former Democratic New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo to testify about his dealing with of nursing properties in the course of the COVID pandemic.
Cuomo, who resigned in 2021 after a sex-abuse scandal, was requested to look on Could 24 for a deposition centered on a mandate issued by Cuomo forcing New York nursing properties to confess or re-admit untested COVID-19 sufferers.
“This order recklessly uncovered New York Metropolis's most weak inhabitants to COVID-19 with lethal penalties. The proof additionally means that former Governor Cuomo colluded to cover the true dying fee in nursing properties from the general public and shift political blame away from his administration,” the Choose Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Pandemic mentioned in a press release.
In response to Speaker Brad Wenstrup (R-OH), Cuomo “carried out a nursing house coverage that has had lethal penalties for New York's most weak residents. Not solely did the previous governor harm the aged, however he additionally tried to cowl up his failures by hiding the true mortality fee within the nursing house.
Wenstrup mentioned Cuamo's choices have been made primarily based on “politics, not medication.”
The chairman added that Cuomo “owes solutions to the 15,000 households who misplaced family members in New York nursing properties in the course of the COVID-19 pandemic. His testimony is essential to uncovering the circumstances that led to his misguided insurance policies and to making sure that deadly errors are by no means repeated. It's long gone time for Cuomo to cease shirking his accountability to Congress and begin being trustworthy and accountable to the American individuals.
