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‘Cuomo killed my father. But I still might not vote Mamdani’
Older Democratic New Yorkers, still upset by their former governor’s policies, are torn by a tough question in the mayoral race: Socialist or Republican? Peter Arbeeny, 59, has met nearly every candidate who has run for New York mayor this year. That includes 11 Democrats, frontrunner Zohran Mamdani and current mayor Eric Adams, three independent candidates and Curtis Sliwa, the lone Republican. Everyone except Andrew Cuomo. That’s because, for five years, Arbeeny has been fi
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Oct 23


DOH Ducks a Simple Question on Covid in Nursing Homes
Five years after the coronavirus pandemic, the state Department of Health is pleading ignorance about one of its most hotly debated policy choices of the crisis – a directive that sent thousands of infected patients into nursing homes. Responding to queries from two elected officials, the department refused to say whether it now considers that March 2020 policy to have been consistent with federal guidelines at the time. Instead, it deflected the question to unnamed “former o
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Oct 16


COVID Select Refers Former New York Governor Andrew Cuomo for Criminal Prosecution
Evidence Suggests Andrew Cuomo knowingly and willfully made false statements to Congress about his COVID-19 nursing home disaster...
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Oct 3


On Covid in Nursing Homes, There’s No Comparison Between Cuomo and Walz
Former Governor Andrew Cuomo and his political critics have something in common: They’re both trying to drag Minnesota Governor Tim Walz...
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Oct 3


Internal Cuomo Administration Documents Showed Evidence of Harm from Nursing Home Order
State Health Department documents from June 2020, newly unearthed by congressional investigators, appear to show harmful effects from a...
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Oct 3


Independent report criticizes Cuomo’s ‘top-down’ management of New York’s COVID-19 response
NEW YORK (AP) — An investigation into New York’s handling of the COVID-19 pandemic found former Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s “top down” approach...
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Oct 2


Hochul’s Pandemic Review Contract Included a Gag Clause, Records Confirm
The authors of a report on New York’s pandemic response are barred from discussing their findings with media under a provision of their...
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Aug 19, 2024


Hochul’s COVID report leaves NY still lacking answers four years later
More than four years after the eruption of the 2020 COVID pandemic, New Yorkers still have no reliable, independent assessment of how...
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Aug 9, 2024


Andrew Cuomo repeats infamous ‘who cares?’ on nursing home COVID deaths in congressional interview
Former New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo repeated his infamous “ who cares? ” line during a grilling by a House committee Tuesday about his...
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Aug 9, 2024


Cuomo displays his COVID lies and bromides before Congress — but NY knows the truth
In compliance with a congressional subpoena, the disgraced former governor of New York, Andrew Cuomo , finally arrived in Washington, DC,...
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Aug 9, 2024


Cuomo grilled by House panel over NY’s COVID nursing-home deaths: ‘Don’t see a lot of remorse’
A defiant former Gov. Andrew Cuomo on Tuesday blamed everyone but himself for New York’s deadly COVID nursing-home debacle while being...
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Aug 9, 2024


Andrew Cuomo ripped for ‘significant and unnecessary mistake’ during COVID-19 response: scathing report
A scathing new report slams former Gov. Andrew Cuomo for botching the state’s COVID-19 response — saying he erred by bumping state health...
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Aug 9, 2024


82 Questions Hochul’s Pandemic Report Should Answer
This is the month when New Yorkers are due to finally receive an official report on the state’s response to the Covid-19 pandemic, one of...
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Aug 9, 2024


Andrew Cuomo subpoenaed by congressional subcommittee investigating COVID-era handling of nursing homes
The House subcommittee tasked with investigating the nation's response to the coronavirus pandemic on Tuesday subpoenaed former New York...
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Mar 5, 2024


House COVID panel demands Cuomo testify on nursing-home scandal
US House members probing the COVID pandemic fired off a letter Friday to disgraced former Gov. Andrew Cuomo demanding he testify about...
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May 20, 2023


76-year-old suffocates nursing home roommate with pillow stuffing, Rhode Island cops say
A 76-year-old nursing home resident has been arrested and charged with murder after Rhode Island police investigated the “sudden death”...
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May 2, 2023


The scandalous effects of nursing home isolation during COVID-19
With the pandemic state of emergency coming to a close, and with flu season now flu-and-COVID-19 season, experts are shifting their focus...
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Mar 8, 2023


Top Navy admiral begged Melissa DeRosa to fill Comfort Ship during COVID: emails
A US Navy admiral begged the Cuomo administration to send patients to the nearly-empty hospital ship docked on the Hudson River during...
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Mar 8, 2023


House GOPers want CDC reports on New York COVID nursing home deaths
WASHINGTON — House Republicans are demanding copies of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s early pandemic reports to states...
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Nov 3, 2022


Cuomo feared COVID ‘fire’ in nursing homes before notorious order: Kushner
Then-New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo said the coronavirus could burn through nursing homes “like fire through dry grass” 10 days before he...
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Aug 4, 2022


Hochul releases fall coronavirus plan and takes first step to review state's pandemic policies
New York Gov. Kathy Hochul said Wednesday that the state is prepping for a possible new surge of COVID-19 this fall, but she said no...
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Jul 20, 2022


Why is Kathy Hochul reneging on her promised probe into Cuomo’s nursing home scandal?
Why is Gov. Hochul reneging on her months-old pledge to get to the bottom of ex-Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s care-home scandals? Where is the...
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Jul 20, 2022


Woman being held against her will in care home, lawyers say
HOUSTON (KTRK) - A Texas woman says she’s fighting “tooth and nail” to break free from being held against her will in a memory care...
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Jul 19, 2022


Report: Michigan Ombudsmen Failed to Visit Most Long-term-care Facilities for 31 Months
Following a national report released on May 11, which showed that only Nevada ranked worse than Michigan for living conditions for older...
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May 17, 2022
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