Gov. Cuomo says state should have released nursing home data faster, but says there is no cover-up
News 12 Staff
Updated on:Feb 20, 2021, 8:35am EST
Gov. Andrew
Cuomo says the state should have been more transparent about nursing home deaths
from the coronavirus, but says there is no cover-up.
The governor says not releasing information faster on nursing homes was a “mistake,”
but he did not apologize at Friday’s press conference.
New York Attorney General Letitia James says the state’s nursing home death
toll was nearly 15,000; a number far greater than the 8,500 originally reported
by the governor’s office.
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