{"id":125543,"date":"2021-02-12T09:03:18","date_gmt":"2021-02-12T14:03:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=125543"},"modified":"2021-02-12T11:27:30","modified_gmt":"2021-02-12T16:27:30","slug":"gov-cuomo-aide-reveals-n-y-state-withheld-nursing-home-covid-19-death-data","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/gov-cuomo-aide-reveals-n-y-state-withheld-nursing-home-covid-19-death-data\/","title":{"rendered":"Gov. Cuomo aide reveals N.Y. state withheld nursing home COVID-19 death data"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fgov-cuomo-aide-reveals-n-y-state-withheld-nursing-home-covid-19-death-data%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=125543&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div id=\"attachment_2371405\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2371405\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-2371405 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/dzm0ugdauank9.cloudfront.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/AP21043572585845-655x437.jpg\" alt=\"FILE \u2014 In this Sept. 14, 2018 file photo, Secretary to the Governor Melissa DeRosa, is joined by New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo as she speaks to reporters during a news conference, in New York. De Rosa, Cuomo&#039;s top aide, told top Democrats frustrated with the administration&#039;s long-delayed release of data about nursing home deaths that the administration &quot;froze&quot; over worries about what information was &quot;going to be used against us,&quot; according to a Democratic lawmaker who attended the Wednesday, Feb. 10, 2021 meeting and a partial transcript provided by the governor&#039;s office. (AP Photo\/Mary Altaffer, File)\" width=\"655\" height=\"437\" \/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-2371405\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">FILE \u2014 In this Sept. 14, 2018 file photo, Secretary to the Governor Melissa DeRosa, is joined by New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo as she speaks to reporters during a news conference, in New York. (AP Photo\/Mary Altaffer, File)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h5>OAN Newsroom<br \/>UPDATED 8:13 AM PT \u2013 Friday, February 12, 2021<\/h5>\n<p>New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo (D) has faced public scrutiny after one of his top aides revealed officials hid nursing home data on coronavirus infections from the public.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2021\/02\/11\/cuomo-aide-admits-they-hid-nursing-home-data-from-feds\/?utm_source=NYPTwitter&amp;utm_campaign=SocialFlow&amp;utm_medium=SocialFlow\">According to the New York Post<\/a> on Thursday, Secretary to the Governor Melissa DeRosa privately apologized during a video conference call to state Democrat leaders while admitting the Cuomo administration deliberately withheld the Empire State\u2019s coronavirus nursing home death toll. She claimed officials \u201cfroze out of fear\u201d while worrying the accurate numbers would be used by federal prosecutors in a probe against the governor\u2019s office.<\/p>\n<p>Back in September, the New York state Senate requested the information from the Cuomo administration, which refused to cooperate. DeRosa apologized for the political inconvenience it caused lawmakers.<\/p>\n<p>However, Democrats rejected her comments with state Senate Aging Committee chairwoman Rachel May stating the biggest issue for her was \u201cfeeling like she had to defend an administration that was appearing to be covering something up.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>That same day, an exclusive report from the Associated Press revealed New York placed over 9,000 recovering coronavirus patients into nursing homes during New York\u2019s peak of the pandemic.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe AP has obtained records showing that more than 9,000 patients suffering from COVID in hospitals were transferred to nursing homes in New York State about a year ago,\u201d stated AP reporter Bernard Condon. \u201cThe 9,000 patients transferred \u2014 that\u2019s 40 percent higher than we had previously known.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Senate GOP Leader Robert Ortt on the the Post story this evening -&gt; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/1kytBAlLLG\">pic.twitter.com\/1kytBAlLLG<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Nick Reisman (@NickReisman) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NickReisman\/status\/1360040948370202628?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 12, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The transfer of recovering COVID-19 patients from hospitals into these facilities was part of guidance crafted by Cuomo in order reportedly free-up space at hospitals. The Democrat governor has vehemently dismissed the findings and claimed his administration has always followed federal guidelines.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs the report said, the State Department of Health followed federal guidance,\u201dCuomo stated. \u201cSo if you think there was a mistake, then go talk to the federal government.\u201d<\/p>\n<h4>MORE NEWS: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.oann.com\/michael-glassner-youre-going-to-be-hearing-from-president-trump-in-the-aftermath-of-this-trial\/\">Michael Glassner: You\u2019re going to be hearing from President Trump in the aftermath of this trial<\/a><\/h4>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1893293,"comment_status":"close","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[5769,3714,3787,5114,3772,6526],"class_list":["post-125543","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-aide","tag-cuomo","tag-nursing","tag-reveals","tag-state","tag-withheld"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/125543","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=125543"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/125543\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1893293"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=125543"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=125543"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=125543"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}