{"id":2672966,"date":"2026-09-29T23:11:02","date_gmt":"2026-09-30T03:11:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/fox-news-hires-former-top-andrew-cuomo-aide-who-helped-run-major-cover-up\/"},"modified":"2026-09-29T23:17:03","modified_gmt":"2026-09-30T03:17:03","slug":"fox-news-hires-former-top-andrew-cuomo-aide-who-helped-run-major-cover-up","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/fox-news-hires-former-top-andrew-cuomo-aide-who-helped-run-major-cover-up\/","title":{"rendered":"Fox News Hires Former Top Andrew Cuomo Aide Who Helped Run Major Cover Up"},"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\">28<\/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%2Ffox-news-hires-former-top-andrew-cuomo-aide-who-helped-run-major-cover-up%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=2672966&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--><p>Fox News Media has announced the hiring of Melissa DeRosa, a former aide to new York Governor Andrew Cuomo, as a contributor and co-host for a new podcast titled \u201cthe Girls,\u201d launching October 1. DeRosa, known for her role in Cuomo\u2019s administration and involvement in scandals such as the cover-up of COVID-19 nursing home deaths and a controversy involving sexual harassment allegations against Cuomo, expressed excitement about joining Fox News. Her past actions include influencing the handling of COVID-19 data and contributing to political smear campaigns. Critics, including figures like meteorologist Janice Dean, have expressed skepticism and concern over her appointment, citing her role in covering up nursing home death statistics and her association with Cuomo\u2019s misconduct. The move has sparked debate about her role across Fox\u2019s programming and the implications of her hiring given her controversial history.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><br \/>\n<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\"><br \/>\n<?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><html><body><\/p>\n<section> \t\t\t\t<script>console.log(\"ad slot (AC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC2)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC3)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC4)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (REP_0)\")<\/script><\/p>\n<p>Fox News Media has hired Melissa DeRosa, former aide to disgraced New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo, to be a network contributor and rotating co-host on a new podcast, \u201cThe Girls,\u201d set to debut Oct. 1.<\/p>\n<p>The announcement came in a Fox news release that listed her among the first episode\u2019s voices, along with with Rachel Campos-Duffy, Harris Faulkner, Kat Timpf, and former ESPN host Samantha Ponder.<\/p>\n<p>DeRosa posted the same day that she was \u201cexcited to officially join the Fox News team as a contributor\u201d and to appear on the show. New episodes are scheduled each Thursday on Fox News Digital, YouTube, Spotify, and Apple Podcasts.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Excited to officially join the @FoxNews team as a contributor and be part of \u201cThe Girls,\u201d a new digital show and podcast bringing together unique female voices and perspectives across news, politics, sports, comedy, &#038; culture.<\/p>\n<p>Our first episode drops October 1 across FOX News Digital, YouTube, Spotify, Apple Podcasts, &#038; wherever you get your podcasts.<\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/t.co\/PNaSt6XHo0<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Melissa DeRosa (@melissadderosa) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/melissadderosa\/status\/2104717311332495530?\">September 28, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.x.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Fox\u2019s release identified DeRosa as a Democratic strategist who held senior jobs in Cuomo\u2019s administration and became the first woman to serve as secretary to the governor.<\/p>\n<p>A network spokesperson separately told <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thewrap.com\/media-platforms\/tv\/fox-news-melissa-derosa-contributor-the-girls-podcast\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">TheWrap<\/a> she would appear across Fox News programming, not only on the podcast.<\/p>\n<p>DeRosa\u2019s tenure in the Cuomo administration includes the 2021 nursing-home data fight that defined the late Cuomo years.<\/p>\n<p>In February 2021, <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2021\/02\/11\/cuomo-aide-admits-they-hid-nursing-home-data-from-feds\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">the New York Post<\/a> published audio of DeRosa on a call with state Democratic lawmakers. On that recording, she said the administration had held back the full COVID-19 nursing-home death tally from legislators after then-President Donald Trump \u201cturns this into a giant political football\u201d and the Justice Department began asking questions. \u201cAnd basically, we froze,\u201d she said, because officials were unsure whether numbers given to DOJ or to lawmakers \u201cwas going to be used against us.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">I don\u2019t see what @FoxNews has to gain with this hire.<\/p>\n<p>As Governor Andrew Cuomo\u2019s top aide, Melissa DeRosa was a central figure in the administration\u2019s biggest scandals. According to independent and state investigations, her most notable actions included:<\/p>\n<p>Covering up COVID-19 nursing home deaths by freezing data and altering health department reports to hide the true mortality count from lawmakers and the public.<\/p>\n<p>Leaking confidential personnel files of Cuomo\u2019s first public sexual harassment accuser, Lindsey Boylan, to reporters in an effort to discredit her.<\/p>\n<p>Drafting smear campaigns and retaliatory op-eds targeting accusers to protect the governor\u2019s reputation.<\/p>\n<p>DeRosa resigned in August 2021 just days after the NY Attorney General\u2019s report detailed widespread harassment and unlawful retaliation within the administration.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 RoadMN (@RoadMN) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/RoadMN\/status\/2104647825946460528?\">September 28, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.x.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><br \/>  DeRosa told the lawmakers that episode \u201cplayed a very large role\u201d in the delay and apologized to them for the political spot they were in with Republicans.<\/p>\n<p>Assembly Health Chair Richard Gottfried rejected the apology on the call. Sen. Rachel May said it had felt like defending an administration that appeared to be covering something up.<\/p>\n<p>Assemblyman Ron Kim told the New York Post the remarks sounded like an effort to avoid incriminating evidence while a federal inquiry was possible.<\/p>\n<p>New York had publicly counted deaths that occurred inside nursing homes while omitting residents who later died in hospitals.<\/p>\n<p>After Attorney General Letitia James estimated the omitted hospital deaths would raise the resident toll by more than <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wjcl.com\/article\/new-york-undercounted-nursing-home-deaths-by-thousands-ag-says\/35355008\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">50 percent<\/a>, the Health Department released combined figures that jumped from 8,711 in-facility deaths to 12,743 residents <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/us-news\/new-york-undercounted-nursing-home-covid-19-deaths-report-says-11611853765\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">as of mid-January 2021<\/a>, then 13,297 in a later letter, or 15,049 including assisted living.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wamc.org\/new-york-news\/2021-02-12\/pressure-builds-on-cuomo-administration-after-leaked-derosa-comments\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Cuomo spokesman<\/a> Rich Azzopardi said at the time that the Trump administration was running a political effort against Democratic states, that document production for the federal government was the priority, and that the legislature could be addressed once that pressure eased. The Justice Department declined to comment to the New York Post.<\/p>\n<p>Fox meteorologist Janice Dean, whose in-laws died in New York nursing homes during the pandemic, has been among the loudest critics of that death-count fight. She posted about DeRosa\u2019s Fox hire on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/JaniceDean\/posts\/just-a-reminder-melissa-derosa-helped-smear-the-women-who-came-forward-about-and\/1667822571372094\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">social media<\/a> after the announcement.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Just a reminder: Melissa DeRosa helped smear the women who came forward about Andrew Cuomo\u2019s harassment, and played a hand in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/andrew-cuomo-wants-to-reopen-indoor-dining-for-valentines-day-the-new-york-times-isnt-having-it\/\" title=\"... Wants To Reopen Indoor Dining For Valentine\u2019s Day. The New ... Times Isn\u2019t Having It.\">undercounting nursing home deaths<\/a> during COVID. Also tried to silence my advocacy.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Janice Dean (@JaniceDean) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/JaniceDean\/status\/2104637123370385581?\">September 28, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.x.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><br \/>  \u201cJust a reminder: Melissa DeRosa helped smear the women who came forward about Andrew Cuomo\u2019s harassment, and played a hand in undercounting nursing home deaths during COVID. 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