Posted on 03/17/2022 10:13:02 AM PDT by lowbridge
The state Health Department intentionally “misled the public” about the number of nursing home deaths from COVID-19 to help burnish former Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s reputation before a sexual harassment scandal forced him to resign in disgrace, according to a blistering comptroller’s audit released Tuesday.
Auditors found that DOH officials undercounted the death toll by at least 4,100 residents and at times by more than 50 percent, allowing Cuomo to repeatedly and falsely claim that New York was doing a better job than other states in protecting highly vulnerable seniors, the report says.
“While the Department’s duty is to act solely to promote public health, we determined that, rather than providing accurate and reliable information during a public health emergency, the Department instead conformed its presentation to the Executive’s narrative, often presenting data in a manner that misled the public,” the report says.
In a prepared statement, Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli called the audit findings “extremely troubling.”
“Families have a right to know if their loved one’s COVID-19 death was counted, but many still don’t have answers from the state Department of Health,” he said.
“The public was misled by those at the highest level of state government through distortion and suppression of the facts when New Yorkers deserved the truth.”
DiNapoli also accused the DOH of hindering his probe by delaying the production of data requested by his office, limiting auditors’ access to DOH staffers, not answering questions during meetings and not providing supporting documentation for its claims.
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Democrats are always Democrats first.
Health official?
Way down on their list.
There was a lot of that.
Cuomo is a mass murderer and he needs to be brought to justice and given a fair trial followed by a speedy execution.
Where is the AG going after them?
Interesting.
Cuomo getsin trouble for nursing home covid deaths.
Cuomo gets in trouble for sexual harassment.
Cuomo forced to step down.
Covid death investigations stop.
Sex charges get dropped.
All is quiet.
Cuomo realizes he was politically screwed.
Cuomo speaks out.
Like magic, the nursing home deaths are in the news again.
“..Cuomo is a mass murderer and he needs to be brought to justice and given a fair trial followed by a speedy execution....”
Exactly.
He’s the biggest toad in the puddle and there are five more em just like him that need the same justice brought forth on em.
DiNapoli is coming out with this scathing report now because Cuomo said the other day that he was thinking about challengong Hochul for Governor in the next election. Voters need to drive a stake through this evil bastard’s heart (figuratively) and get rid of him forever.
When a high level public official fabricates the official narrative to protect himself I favor giving him/her/it “the chair” or extended prison. We need massive deterrence against corruption. Make an extreme example of a few and it will never happen again.
Some government apparatchiks need heavy punishment for this.
Death penalty in New york applies only to those who put pineapple on a pizza.
Oh, I frankly love a pizza with pineapple, bell pepper, extra mozzarella, and BACON on it! YUM!!!
“Voters need to drive a stake through this evil bastard’s heart (figuratively)”
I’d recommend an oak stake dipped in garlic and silver powder. And when you bury him be sure to stuff a silver cross inside his chest and decapitate the corpse.
And then burn the remains.
I’ve watched enough vampire movies to know there’s no such thing as overkill when it comes to vampires! (-:
Cuomo wants to make a comeback, in today’s world we’ll probably elect him President.
Sadly, I live in NY, Western NY. I will tell you right now, if he gets the Dem nomination, he wins. Period. NYS is THAT effed up.
Say what? Now there's no immunity? WTH?!
So much this could be...
An honest attempt to get to the facts about what happened in nursing homes...?
No, we can rule that one out.
So, what's left? A shot across Cuomo's bow? A threat to nursing homes to keep quiet? A way to keep an honest accounting of who died from what from taking place?
Something wicked this way comes. Again.
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