{"id":142347,"date":"2021-02-17T16:38:09","date_gmt":"2021-02-17T21:38:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=142347"},"modified":"2021-02-17T16:43:32","modified_gmt":"2021-02-17T21:43:32","slug":"ny-dem-lawmaker-alleges-cuomo-threatened-his-career-if-he-did-not-cover-up-nursing-home-scandal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ny-dem-lawmaker-alleges-cuomo-threatened-his-career-if-he-did-not-cover-up-nursing-home-scandal\/","title":{"rendered":"NY Dem Lawmaker Alleges Cuomo Threatened His Career If He Did Not \u2018Cover Up\u2019 Nursing Home Scandal"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">34<\/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%2Fny-dem-lawmaker-alleges-cuomo-threatened-his-career-if-he-did-not-cover-up-nursing-home-scandal%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=142347&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\/GettyImages-1213726675-1200x800-1.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p>Progressive Democratic New York Assemblyman Ron Kim <a href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/spreadsheets\/d\/1E_6ZOuxdvmM9-x4X7BzMPbXFhMLNjI2-qTcgBlURdHA\/edit#gid=0\">claimed to CNN Wednesday<\/a> that New York Governor Andrew Cuomo threatened his career if he did not help \u201ccover up\u201d allegations that Cuomo\u2019s staff deliberately \u201cconcealed the full extent of nursing home-related deaths during the Covid pandemic.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Kim says he \u201cbathing his children at home\u201d when Cuomo called him on his cell phone and threatened \u201cpolitical retribution.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cGov. Cuomo called me directly on Thursday to threaten my career if I did not cover up for Melissa [DeRosa] and what she said. He tried to pressure me to issue a statement, and it was a very traumatizing experience,\u201d Kim <a href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/spreadsheets\/d\/1E_6ZOuxdvmM9-x4X7BzMPbXFhMLNjI2-qTcgBlURdHA\/edit#gid=0\">told the network<\/a>. Cuomo then allegedly told the assemblyman that \u201cwe\u2019re in this business together and we don\u2019t cross certain lines and he said I hadn\u2019t seen his wrath and that he can destroy me.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Melissa DeRosa is the legislative aide that \u201ctold state lawmakers in a private virtual meeting that the state had delayed sharing with the legislature the full scope of the Covid-related death toll of New York\u2019s nursing home residents because of concerns about a potential federal investigation by the Department of Justice,\u201d per CNN.<\/p>\n<p>Andrew Cuomo has, since DeRosa\u2019s comments became public, become the target of intense scrutiny over his handling of the COVID-19 pandemic, with national lawmakers and mainstream media outlets suddenly taking notice of claims that Cuomo\u2019s orders, which placed recovering COVID-19 patients into nursing and long-term care facilities directly from hospitals, regardless of whether they were still contagious, may have cost thousands of lives.<\/p>\n<p>Kim has been an outspoken critic of Cuomo\u2019s nursing home requirement and believes that his own nursing home-bound uncle died of a coronavirus infection because of the policy. He demanded, last week, that the governor \u201capologize to family members of those who died in assisted living facilities,\u201d a statement that may have triggered Cuomo\u2019s call.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNo man has ever spoken to me like that in my entire life,\u201d Kim recounted. \u201cAt some point he tried to humiliate me, asking: \u2018Are you a lawyer? I didn\u2019t think so. You\u2019re not a lawyer.\u2019 It almost felt like in retrospect he was trying to bait me and anger me and say something inappropriate. I\u2019m glad I didn\u2019t.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cKim\u2019s wife told CNN that she had overheard parts of Kim\u2019s phone call with Cuomo last week, and described the governor as \u2018loud\u2019 and \u2018angry,&#8217;\u201d CNN added. \u201cShe said she heard Cuomo say, \u2018Who do you think you are?\u2019 as well as the words, \u2018my wrath,\u2019 and that immediately after the phone call, her husband told her: \u2018The governor threatened to destroy my life.&#8217;\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/cuomo-blames-toxic-political-environment-amid-scandal-deaths-in-nursing-homes-accurately-reported\">In a speech Monday, Cuomo refused<\/a> to take responsibility for the situation, admitting that he should have been more forthright with the public, generally, during the height of the pandemic but refused to apologize for the apparent COVID-19 death undercount. Instead, he blamed a \u201ctoxic political environment\u201d for the confusion over nursing home numbers.<\/p>\n<p>He then said that \u201call the deaths in the nursing homes and in the hospitals were always fully publicly and accurately reported.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn his first press conference since reports surfaced that his office underreported or withheld critical information on nursing home deaths during the coronavirus pandemic, Cuomo said all relevant information was \u2018fully, publicly and accurately reported,\u2019\u201d Fox News&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/new-york-gov-cuomo-admits-nursing-home-data-delay-was-a-mistake-created-void-for-conspiracy-theories\">reported<\/a> Monday. \u201cWhen asked if he felt the need to apologize, the New York governor said his team\u2019s failure to publicly address concerns created a \u2018void\u2019 that allowed the spread of \u2018conspiracy theories.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Kim told CNN that he\u2019s received several calls since Cuomo\u2019s, all from anonymous numbers. The callers leave voice mails telling him that the governor is looking to speak with him again. \u201cHe said he has informed the governor\u2019s office that any outreach should be made through his counsel,\u201d according to CNN.<\/p>\n<p>Cuomo\u2019s office appeared to acknowledge the phone call to CNN but contested Kim\u2019s retelling of the conversation.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cKim\u2019s assertion that the governor said he would \u2018destroy him\u2019 is false,&#8217;\u201d the governor\u2019s aid, Rick Azzopardi, told CNN. \u201cThe Governor has three witnesses to the conversation. The operable words were to the effect of, \u2018I am from Queens, too, and people still expect honor and integrity in politics.&#8217;\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Cuomo himself reportedly told a press call that he and Kim have a \u201clong and hostile relationship.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Kim told CNN that he \u201cstood by\u201d his allegations.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere\u2019s no undoing here. They have blood on their hands,\u201d Kim said. \u201cWe\u2019re talking about his record of performance in the last 10 months.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/new-york-dems-denounce-cuomo-claim-he-informed-them-of-pause-in-releasing-info\"><strong>Related: \u2018Despicable\u2019: New York Dems Denounce Cuomo Claim He Informed Them Of \u2018Pause\u2019 In Releasing Info<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. 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