{"id":2193350,"date":"2024-03-05T17:58:02","date_gmt":"2024-03-05T22:58:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/house-panel-subpoenas-andrew-cuomo-to-testify-on-covid-nursing-home-policies\/"},"modified":"2024-03-05T18:01:19","modified_gmt":"2024-03-05T23:01:19","slug":"house-panel-subpoenas-andrew-cuomo-to-testify-on-covid-nursing-home-policies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/house-panel-subpoenas-andrew-cuomo-to-testify-on-covid-nursing-home-policies\/","title":{"rendered":"House panel summons Andrew Cuomo to testify on COVID nursing home policies"},"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%2Fhouse-panel-subpoenas-andrew-cuomo-to-testify-on-covid-nursing-home-policies%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=2193350&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--><h2>Former New York Governor Andrew Cuomo Subpoenaed to Testify on Nursing \u200cHome Handling During COVID Pandemic<\/h2>\n<p>Former \u2062New York Governor <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/topic\/andrew-cuomo\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Andrew\u2064 Cuomo<\/a>, a \u200dDemocrat who\u200c <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/breaking-andrew-cuomo-to-resign\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">resigned \u200bfrom office<\/a> in 2021 amid a sexual misconduct controversy, has been subpoenaed\u2064 to\u2064 testify about his handling of \u2063nursing homes during the COVID pandemic, a GOP-led \u200dpanel revealed on\u200b Tuesday.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>The Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Pandemic is compelling Cuomo to \u2063appear\u200d for a May 24 deposition focused\u2064 on a mandate Cuomo \u200cissued in March of 2020 forcing New York nursing homes and long-term\u200d care facilities to admit or\u200c re-admit potentially contagious and untested COVID-19 patients,\u2063 the panel \u200c <a href=\"https:\/\/oversight.house.gov\/release\/wenstrup-announces-subpoena-for-former-new-york-governor-andrew-cuomo\/#:~:text=WASHINGTON%20%E2%80%94%20Today%2C%20Select%20Subcommittee%20on,deposition%20on%20May%2024%2C%202024.\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">said<\/a> in a statement announcing the subpoena.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The panel stated, \u2064\u201cThis\u200d order recklessly exposed New York\u2019s most\u2063 vulnerable population to \u2064COVID-19 with deadly\u2062 consequences,\u201d and highlighted that over 15,000\u200c individuals died in \u2063New York \u2062nursing homes and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/neb-gov-ricketts-says-only-documented-workers-will-receive-vaccine\/\" title=\"Neb. Gov. Ricketts says only documented workers will receive vaccine\">long-term care facilities<\/a> during\u200b Cuomo\u2019s administration. The \u200bstatement also\u2063 suggested that Cuomo engaged in a cover-up to hide the true nursing home mortality rate and shift \u2064political\u200b blame away from his\u2062 administration.<\/p>\n<p>Chairman Brad Wenstrup (R-OH) \u2062criticized Cuomo&#8217;s actions, stating, \u201cCuomo implemented \u200bnursing home policies that had deadly consequences for\u200d New York\u2019s most vulnerable population. Not\u2062 only did the former Governor put the \u2064elderly in harm\u2019s way, but he\u200d also attempted to cover-up \u200bhis failures \u200dby hiding the true nursing \u2064home death rate. It appears that politics, not medicine, was \u2063responsible for these decisions. And that\u200c while Mr. Cuomo is \u2062adept at seeking legal advice, he is not necessarily adept at seeking medical advice.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Wenstrup emphasized\u200b the importance of Cuomo&#8217;s\u2062 testimony, saying,\u200c \u201cCuomo owes answers to the 15,000 families \u200bwho lost loved ones in New York nursing homes \u200cduring the COVID-19 pandemic. His testimony \u2062is crucial to uncover\u200b the\u200b circumstances that\u2064 led to his misguided policies and for ensuring that fatal \u2063mistakes never happen again. It is well past \u2062time\u200b for Cuomo\u2064 to \u2062stop dodging accountability to Congress and start answering honestly to the American people.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In\u200b early 2021, after New York\u2063 Attorney General Letitia James reported that nursing \u2062home resident\u200c deaths \u200cwere <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/nursing-home-deaths-in-new-york-were-massively-undercounted-new-york-ag-finds\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u201cundercounted\u201d \u200cby roughly 50%<\/a>, Cuomo insisted that\u200d all deaths in nursing \u2064homes\u200b and hospitals were\u2064 \u201cfully\u201d reported, \u2063but acknowledged a \u201cdelay\u201d while his office \u2062was\u200b busy \u200cresponding to a multi-state inquiry\u2064 by the Department\u200d of Justice. Cuomo&#8217;s lawyer, Rita Glavin, wrote to Wenstrup urging him \u200cto reconsider the subpoena, stating that \u2064they had\u2063 offered\u200b alternative dates for a transcribed \u200dinterview.<\/p>\n<p>The Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Pandemic\u2064 expressed disappointment in Cuomo&#8217;s delays and lack of cooperation,\u2062 stating, \u201cCuomo has \u200crepeatedly and \u200bunjustifiably delayed\u2062 the Select Subcommittee\u2019s \u200binvestigation by not responding to \u200drequests\u2063 for weeks,\u2063 ignoring Select Subcommittee staff\u2019s\u2062 attempts to negotiate \u200binterview dates and times, and\u2062 providing unreasonable availability \u2014 nine months after the interview was originally\u200b requested. Today\u2019s subpoena has sadly become necessary to uncover the\u200b truth about New \u200dYork\u2019s pandemic-era nursing home policies and deliver the answers Americans demand and New Yorkers deserve.\u201d<\/p>\n<p> <\/p>\n<h2> How did the\u2063 decision-making process prioritize critical calculations and \u2062image preservation over the well-being\u2063 and safety\u2063 of New York&#8217;s nursing home residents during the COVID-19 pandemic?<\/h2>\n<p><span>  Itical calculations and image preservation took \u2064precedence over the well-being\u200c and safety of\u2063 New York&#8217;s nursing home residents.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The subpoena comes as part\u2064 of an ongoing investigation into Cuomo&#8217;s handling of nursing homes during the COVID-19 pandemic. Last year, it was revealed that Cuomo&#8217;s administration had underreported COVID-19 deaths in nursing \u200bhomes, sparking a wave of criticism and calls for accountability. The revelation led to\u200d an investigation by \u200bthe\u200d Department of Justice, as well as the New York State\u2064 Attorney General&#8217;s \u2062office.<\/p>\n<p>According to the panel&#8217;s statement, the Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Pandemic is seeking Cuomo&#8217;s testimony to gain a clearer understanding of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/leftist-disinformation-police-pressure-meta-to-run-election-interference-on-new-threads-platform\/\" title=\"Left-wing 'Disinfo' Police Push Meta for Election Interference on New Threads Platform.\">decision-making\u200c process<\/a> behind the nursing home policy and whether Cuomo&#8217;s administration manipulated \u200cdata to downplay the severity\u200d of the situation. The\u200c subpoena also requests relevant documents, communications, and other\u200d records related to the issue.<\/p>\n<p>Cuomo&#8217;s \u2063handling of nursing \u200bhomes \u2062during\u2064 the pandemic has been the subject \u200cof intense scrutiny and controversy. Critics argue that his mandate \u2064of admitting COVID-19 patients into nursing homes without\u2064 testing them first put \u2063vulnerable elderly \u2062residents at risk and contributed to the high death toll. They accuse \u2063Cuomo of\u200d prioritizing hospital capacity over the safety of nursing home residents.<\/p>\n<p>Cuomo has defended his\u200c actions, stating that the policy was in line with federal guidance and aimed\u200d at ensuring hospital beds were available for those who needed them \u2064most. He also argued that the underreporting of nursing home deaths\u200c was a result of delays in \u200cverifying the data and \u2064not an intentional cover-up.<\/p>\n<p>The subpoena further adds to\u200d Cuomo&#8217;s legal troubles following\u2064 his resignation\u200d from \u2063office. In addition to the sexual misconduct allegations, Cuomo is \u2062also facing a separate criminal investigation\u200d by the Albany County district attorney&#8217;s\u200b office. The investigation is focused\u200b on whether Cuomo used his position to help \u200chis family secure\u200c COVID-19 testing\u2062 when tests\u2063 were scarce.<\/p>\n<p>While it remains to be seen what impact the subpoena\u2063 will have on the\u2063 overall investigations and potential legal consequences for Cuomo, it signifies a significant development in the quest for accountability regarding the handling \u200dof nursing homes \u200bduring the COVID-19 pandemic. The\u200b testimony and documents sought by the panel are \u200bexpected to shed light \u200bon the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/xi-jinpings-disappearing-acts-leave-no-doubt-hes-a-dictator\/\" title=\"Xi Jinping's actions clearly demonstrate his dictatorial nature.\">decision-making \u200dprocess<\/a> and potentially reveal any attempts to manipulate data or cover up the true \u200bextent of the crisis.<\/p>\n<p>As New York and the rest of the world continue to grapple with the long-lasting effects of the COVID-19 pandemic,\u200d the importance of understanding and addressing the\u200b failures and missteps in the response cannot\u200d be\u200b understated. The\u200b subpoena of Andrew Cuomo to testify on \u2062his handling of nursing \u2063homes is a crucial\u2064 step in\u200b that endeavor, as it seeks to hold accountable those responsible for decisions that have had devastating consequences for the most vulnerable members of society.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Former New York Governor Andrew Cuomo, a Democrat who resigned in 2021 due to sexual misconduct allegations, has been subpoenaed by a GOP-led panel to testify about his management of nursing homes during the COVID pandemic. 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