Cuomo says state should have responded to legislators, press sooner
Governor stops short of apology, says he created a void information on nursing homes
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ALBANY Following days of turmoil surrounding an admission by the secretary to Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo that their office had deliberately withheld data on nursing home deaths, the governor on Monday acknowledged his administration created a void by not providing the requested information.
The governor declined to explicitly apologize for his administration s decision to withhold data to the press and to state lawmakers on nursing home deaths, instead saying he erred by allowing others, including what he described as conspiracy theorists, to fill in the information gap with allegations of a cover up.
Syracuse Democratic senator calls for stripping Cuomo’s emergency Covid-19 powers
Updated Feb 12, 2021;
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Syracuse, N.Y. State Sen. John W. Mannion is calling for lawmakers to strip Gov. Andrew Cuomo of his extraordinary powers in the wake of more revelations that his administration withheld the true scope of how Covid-19 killed thousands of people living in nursing homes.
“The Governor’s lack of transparency and stonewalling regarding his administration’s nursing home actions is unacceptable,” Mannion, D-Geddes, said in a written statement today about the Democratic governor.
“We must immediately re-establish proper legislative oversight through public hearings with witnesses under oath,” Mannion wrote. “Basic government information and data long sought by the New York State Senate must be provided.”