WASHINGTON — Former New York Governor Andrew Cuomo is set to appear before the House Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Pandemic to explain why he issued a "must admit" COVID-19 nursing home guidance at the height of the COVID-19 pandemic.
“Former New York Governor Andrew Cuomo implemented nursing home policies that had deadly consequences for New York’s most vulnerable population. Not only did the former Governor put the elderly in harm’s way, but he also attempted to cover-up his failures by hiding the true nursing home death rate. It appears that politics, not medicine, was responsible for these decisions. Former Governor Cuomo owes answers to the 15,000 families who lost loved ones in New York nursing homes during the COVID-19 pandemic. His testimony is crucial to uncover the circumstances that led to his misguided policies and for ensuring that fatal mistakes never happen again. It is well past time for Cuomo to stop dodging accountability to Congress and start answering honestly to the American people,” said Chairman Wenstrup.
The meeting will be held behind closed doors. The Select Subcommittee has already interviewed several other officials that were part of Cuomo's administration, including:
- Dr. Howard Zucker – former Commissioner of the New York State Department of Health (NYSDOH)
- Dr. Elenor Adams – former Special Advisor to the Commissioner the NYSDOH
- Mr. Gareth Rhodes – former Deputy Superintendent of the New York State Department of Financial Services,
- Dr. Jim Malatras – former Advisor to the Governor
- Ms. Beth Garvey – former Special Counsel to the Governor
- Ms. Linda Lacewell – former Superintendent of the New York State Department of Financial Services
Melissa DeRosa, the former Secretary to Governor Cuomo will be interviewed at a later date.
When news that Cuomo would be interviewed in April, his spokesman dismissed the Congressional appearance as being a purely political move with no news value and nothing turned up in previous investigations.
Here is his statement: "There’s no news here, we agreed to do this months ago. This is pure politics and simple fact remains that this issue has been reviewed three times by the Department of Justice under Trump and Biden, as well as Congress and the Manhattan District Attorney who found no there there. Any real review would focus on the 10 other states with similar policies, red and blue alike.”
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