NYS Assembly Majority Leader 'infuriated' by state's handling of nursing home death data Hans Pennink/AP Assembly Majority Leader Crystal D. Peoples-Stokes, D- Buffalo, speaks as members of the Assembly pass legislation in the Assembly Chamber at the state Capitol Wednesday, June 19, 2019, in Albany, N.Y. (AP Photo/Hans Pennink) and last updated 2021-02-12 14:59:13-05 NEW YORK (WKBW) â Thursday evening the New York Post reported Secretary to the Governor, Melissa DeRosa, privately apologized to Democratic lawmakers for the way the state handled nursing home death data and allegedly said the state thought the numbers would be used against them by federal prosecutors.