One of the butt licking talking points of the media in NE was what a great job Cuomo was doing leading the effort coordinating the tri-state response to the lockdowns and associated policies with Murphy and Wolf. Looking back, it wouldn't surprise me if this nursing home policy was a part of those conversations so it looked like they were all on the same page.
Or maybe they Cuomo set them up.....
In the first months, these 5 governors openly talked about coordinating their Wuhan virus response together.