By Zack Fink New York City PUBLISHED 7:41 PM ET Feb. 22, 2021 PUBLISHED February 22, 2021 @7:41 PM
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Monday marked a new week for Governor Andrew Cuomo, but a nagging topic remained: a Justice Department probe into nursing home deaths during the pandemic, a probe he says that goes back several months. We have had requests for the DOJ since last year, when President Trump accused Democratic states of the COVID problem,” Cuomo said at his daily press briefing. “The inquiry has been going on since last August. We have complied with the inquiry and we will continue to.
.@NYGovCuomo says his Administration has had requests from US Department of Justice since last year. “It’s been ongoing since August.” Cuomo repeats that New York is number 34 on lists of states in terms of nursing homes deaths. Says they will conti
Adult Day Programs Struggle Amid Pandemic UPDATED 8:34 PM ET Feb. 22, 2021 PUBLISHED 5:50 PM ET Feb. 22, 2021 PUBLISHED 5:50 PM EST Feb. 22, 2021
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Richard Chupp would attend program services near where he lives in Binghamton. Art has been his primary outlet. But then the pandemic hit. I m not able to see my friends, see the people that I usually see, Chupp said, sitting alongside his sister, Linda.
The COVID-19 pandemic has ended in-person adult day programs for the 8,000 or so New Yorkers who have depended on them in the state. In-person programs have been closed for the last 11 months in New York, but providers and participants alike say that s led to setbacks.