New York's COVID-19 nursing death toll has soared after the administration of Gov. Andrew Cuomo released additional data after the state Supreme Court ordered its release
The new figures come as the Cuomo administration has been forced in recent weeks to acknowledge that the overall number of COVID-19 deaths among long-term
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NY Ordered to Release Data on State’s COVID-19 Nursing Home Deaths
A New York Supreme Court justice has ordered state officials to turn over complete data on nursing home deaths from COVID-19, following a months-long campaign to seek their release.
Justice Kimberly O’Connor wrote in a Feb. 3 decision (pdf) that the New York Department of Health (DOH) must release the data within five business days of the ruling.
O’Connor also ruled that the state must cover litigation costs incurred by the Empire Center, a think tank that filed a Freedom of Information Act request to the DOH and has been at the forefront of legal efforts to gain disclosure of the data.