News Leader, welcome back.
Former New York Governor Andrew Cuomo will testify in front
of Congress tomorrow about his order requiring nursing homes and
long term care facilities to admit COVID patients in the
early days of the pandemic.
Experts have blamed thousands of deaths on the decision.
News 10 AB CS Capital correspondent Jamie Deline telling us
what to expect after previously interviewing former Governor Andrew Cuomo
and his aides.
The Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Pandemic released its findings
of its investigation.
Among them, that Cuomo and his team were involved in
the decision to issue the March 25th directive, which placed
COVID positive patients in nursing homes.
One mystery about the orders.
Where did it come from?
Whose idea was it?
And we stand, I have to say, even after this
report is not 100% crystal clear.
The subcommittee also found that the March 25th directive was
rescinded out of response to public criticism that there was
a deliberate decision to exclude certain nursing home deaths which
had the true nursing home mortality rate, and that a
2020 New York State Department of Health report was edited
by Governor Cuomo and his team.
They came to a finding that this order, contrary to
what the Cuomo administration has been saying, was not consistent
with federal guidelines.
In a statement, his spokesperson Rich as a party called
the report smoke and mirrors, saying in part that it
was quote, designed to continue to distract from Trump's failed
pandemic leadership and is predictably sloppy, half baked partisan screed
built upon uncorroborated cherry pick testimony and conclusions not supported
by evidence or reality.
According to the subcommittee's formal invitation to Cuomo, he will
be given an opportunity to provide a 5 minute opening
statement before answering questions from members on Tuesday.
Republican New York State Senator Jim Tedisco says he wants
Cuomo to answer the questions truthfully.
We've got to be better prepared and we have to
know all the facts that led up to him making
this huge mistake of that executive order reporting in Albany.
I'm Jamie Deline.