{"id":126225,"date":"2021-02-12T22:54:10","date_gmt":"2021-02-13T03:54:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=126225"},"modified":"2021-02-12T23:12:27","modified_gmt":"2021-02-13T04:12:27","slug":"new-york-post-editorial-board-says-feds-should-investigate-cuomo-admin-over-nursing-home-deaths","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/new-york-post-editorial-board-says-feds-should-investigate-cuomo-admin-over-nursing-home-deaths\/","title":{"rendered":"New York Post Editorial Board Says Feds Should Investigate Cuomo Admin Over Nursing Home Deaths"},"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\">30<\/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%2Fnew-york-post-editorial-board-says-feds-should-investigate-cuomo-admin-over-nursing-home-deaths%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=126225&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><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Cuomo.jpg?w=1200&amp;h=800&amp;ixlib=react-9.0.3\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p><span>The New York Post has called for a federal investigation into Governor Andrew Cuomo\u2019s administration after one of his top aides allegedly told state lawmakers in a conference call that the Cuomo administration withheld nursing home fatality data.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cGov. Andrew Cuomo\u2019s top aide<\/span> <span>confessed privately this week that the administration suppressed the true COVID toll in the homes,\u201d wrote the New York Post\u2019s<\/span> <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2021\/02\/12\/cuomo-lied-and-covered-it-up-we-need-a-federal-investigation-to-find-the-truth\/\"><span>editorial board<\/span><\/a><span>. \u201cShe also offered an apology \u2014 not to the thousands of New York families who needlessly lost loved ones thanks to her boss\u2019s mismanagement but to Democratic lawmakers put in a difficult \u2018political position with the Republicans\u2019 by the coverup.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cA federal investigation may be the only way to get the full truth of Team Cuomo\u2019s order to nursing homes, populated by those most vulnerable to the virus, to take in COVID-positive patients. Not just the \u2018what\u2019 of how many lives it cost, but the \u2018why\u2019 behind this madness, and the months and months of coverup,\u201d reads the editorial.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>As<\/span> <span>the&nbsp;<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2021\/02\/11\/cuomo-aide-admits-they-hid-nursing-home-data-from-feds\/\"><span>New York Post<\/span><\/a> <span>first reported, Melissa DeRosa, the governor\u2019s chief of staff, allegedly told Democratic lawmakers in a private call that fear of a potential DOJ investigation by the Trump administration played a \u201cvery large role\u201d in why the Cuomo administration withheld data.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>According to <a href=\"https:\/\/nymag.com\/intelligencer\/2021\/02\/cuomo-faces-crisis-over-alleged-nursing-home-death-cover-up.html\">New York Magazine<\/a>, DeRosa said on the call:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><em>I don\u2019t know that this is going to satisfy you, but it\u2019s the truth and the truth works almost every time. The letter comes in at the end of August and right around the same time, President Trump turns this into a giant political football. He starts tweeting that we killed everyone in nursing homes, he starts going after [other Democratic governors over their responses to the pandemic.] He directs the Department of Justice to do an investigation into us. He finds one person at DOJ who since has been fired because this person is now known to be a political hack who sends letters out to all of these different governors. Basically, we froze because then we were in a position where we weren\u2019t sure if what we were going to give to the Department of Justice or what we give to you guys and what we start saying was going to be used against us and we weren\u2019t sure if there was going to be an investigation. That played a very large role into this.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>More than 9,000 patients recovering from COVID-19 were sent back to nursing homes under the Cuomo administration\u2019s directive, according to the <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/new-york-andrew-cuomo-us-news-coronavirus-pandemic-nursing-homes-512cae0abb55a55f375b3192f2cdd6b5\">Associated Press<\/a>, which noted that this figure is 40% higher than the state\u2019s previously reported figures. Furthermore, 15,000 people from nursing homes in New York died, a figure that the state previously suggested was closer to 8,500.<\/p>\n<p><span>The New York Post editorial board suggested that a special counsel may be needed in the investigation, particularly because of Cuomo\u2019s ties to the White House, where he was on Friday afternoon. The editorial board concluded:&nbsp;<\/span><span>\u201cNew York needs to get to the bottom of Cuomo &amp; Co.\u2019s pack of lies. The public needs the full truth \u2014 and accountability.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>More than a dozen Democratic state senators called Friday for the repeal of Cuomo\u2019s emergency powers, including his capacity to enact directives on a unilateral basis.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cWithout exception, the New York State Constitution calls for the Legislature to govern as a co-equal branch of government,\u201d they<\/span> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JonCampbellGAN\/status\/1360267092013031437?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1360267092013031437%7Ctwgr%5E%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&amp;ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.dailywire.com%2Fnews%2Fnew-york-democrat-state-senators-issue-statement-calling-for-cuomos-emergency-powers-to-be-stripped\"><span>wrote<\/span><\/a><span>. \u201cWhile COVID-19 has tested the limits of our people and state \u2013 and, early during the pandemic, required the government to restructure decision making to render rapid, necessary public health judgments \u2013 it is clear that the expanded emergency powers granted to the Governor are no longer appropriate. While the executive\u2019s authority to issue directives is due to expire on April 30, we urge the Senate to advance and adopt a repeal as expeditiously as possible.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>Related: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/u-s-lawmakers-urge-doj-to-open-criminal-investigation-into-cuomo-for-alleged-obstruction-of-justice\">U.S. Lawmakers Urge DOJ To Open Criminal Investigation Into Cuomo For Alleged Obstruction Of&nbsp;Justice<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em><span>The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. Get inside access to The Daily Wire by becoming a<\/span><\/em> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/subscribe\"><em><span>member<\/span><\/em><\/a><em><span>.<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The New York Post has called for a federal investigation into Governor Andrew Cuomo\u2019s administration after one of his top aides allegedly told state lawmakers in a conference call that &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1893351,"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":[3664,6616,6617,4899,4005,3859],"class_list":["post-126225","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-board","tag-editorial","tag-feds","tag-post","tag-says","tag-york"],"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\/126225","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=126225"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/126225\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1893351"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=126225"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=126225"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=126225"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}