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The White House is refusing to comment on new revelations that nursing home deaths in New York were undercounted by as much as 50 percent, catapulting the scandal to another level for Democrat Governor Andrew Cuomo. The New York Attorney General released a report yesterday saying the state had undercounted the number of COVID deaths by as much as 50 percent in nursing homes. Would President Biden support a federal investigation into what happened and Governor Andrew Cuomo s role? a reporter asked. I ve seen those reports. I would say any investigation I would point you to the Department of Justice, White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki responded. Any investigation would be led by the Department of Justice.
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2020 has been calamitous year for New York, between violent, destructive protests by Antifa and Black Lives Matter, residents fleeing the state in droves over high taxes and mounting regulations on small business owners, and of course, what appears to be flagrant mismanagement of the COVID-19 pandemic response by the Empire State’s Democrat Governor Andrew Cuomo. I wrote about the (rotten) state of the Big Apple itself in my latest “Higher Culture,” VIP piece last night, too.
Earlier on Wednesday came word that Cuomo is still failing to get his priorities straight, with the news that he could approve a new proposal by the NFL’s Buffalo Bills team to allow thousands of fans to attend home games sometime this season. Oh, and Cuomo’s making positive noises about it happening.