New York COVID-19 nursing home scandal

In January 2021, Attorney General of New York Letitia James released a report finding that Governor Andrew Cuomo had understated the toll of COVID-19-related deaths in state nursing homes by as much as 83 percent.^[2] The scandal was made public on February 11, 2021, when the New York Post reported that Melissa DeRosa, a secretary and aide to Cuomo, privately apologized to lawmakers for the administration withholding the nursing-home death toll in fear then-President Donald Trump would "turn this into a giant political football".^[2]

The nature of the scandal is widely known as an "alleged cover up".^[1] U.S. Attorney Seth DuCharme of the Eastern District of New York and the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) have launched an investigation into New York state's handling of nursing home deaths.^[3]

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Sources that characterize to the scandal as an alleged cover up:
- Payne, Daniel (February 18, 2021). "New York assemblymember: Cuomo 'berated me,' asked me to lie about alleged cover-up". Politico. Archived from the original on February 21, 2021. Retrieved February 22, 2021.
- McKinley, Jesse; Ferré-Sadurní, Luis (February 12, 2021). "New Allegations of Cover-Up by Cuomo Over Nursing Home Virus Toll". The New York Times. Archived from the original on February 21, 2021. Retrieved February 22, 2021.
- Associated Press (February 15, 2021). "Andrew Cuomo insists New York didn't cover up nursing home Covid-19 deaths". The Guardian. Archived from the original on February 22, 2021. Retrieved February 22, 2021.
- Walker, James (February 15, 2021). "Republicans Round on Andrew Cuomo over Alleged Nursing Home COVID Cover-up". Newsweek. Archived from the original on February 22, 2021. Retrieved February 22, 2021.
- DeWitt, Karen; Abbott, Ellen (February 15, 2021). "Possible Cover-Up Of Nursing Home Deaths Provokes Calls For Probes Of Cuomo, Aides". WSKG-TV. PBS. Archived from the original on February 16, 2021. Retrieved February 22, 2021.
^ ^a ^b "Andrew Cuomo faces a reckoning for a pandemic-related cover-up". The Economist. February 20, 2021. Archived from the original on February 22, 2021. Retrieved February 22, 2021.
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[alleged_cover_up_sources-1] Sources that characterize to the scandal as an alleged cover up:
Payne, Daniel (February 18, 2021). "New York assemblymember: Cuomo 'berated me,' asked me to lie about alleged cover-up". Politico. Archived from the original on February 21, 2021. Retrieved February 22, 2021.

McKinley, Jesse; Ferré-Sadurní, Luis (February 12, 2021). "New Allegations of Cover-Up by Cuomo Over Nursing Home Virus Toll". The New York Times. Archived from the original on February 21, 2021. Retrieved February 22, 2021.

Associated Press (February 15, 2021). "Andrew Cuomo insists New York didn't cover up nursing home Covid-19 deaths". The Guardian. Archived from the original on February 22, 2021. Retrieved February 22, 2021.

Walker, James (February 15, 2021). "Republicans Round on Andrew Cuomo over Alleged Nursing Home COVID Cover-up". Newsweek. Archived from the original on February 22, 2021. Retrieved February 22, 2021.

DeWitt, Karen; Abbott, Ellen (February 15, 2021). "Possible Cover-Up Of Nursing Home Deaths Provokes Calls For Probes Of Cuomo, Aides". WSKG-TV. PBS. Archived from the original on February 16, 2021. Retrieved February 22, 2021.

[2] Payne, Daniel (February 18, 2021). "New York assemblymember: Cuomo 'berated me,' asked me to lie about alleged cover-up". Politico. Archived from the original on February 21, 2021. Retrieved February 22, 2021.

[3] McKinley, Jesse; Ferré-Sadurní, Luis (February 12, 2021). "New Allegations of Cover-Up by Cuomo Over Nursing Home Virus Toll". The New York Times. Archived from the original on February 21, 2021. Retrieved February 22, 2021.

[4] Associated Press (February 15, 2021). "Andrew Cuomo insists New York didn't cover up nursing home Covid-19 deaths". The Guardian. Archived from the original on February 22, 2021. Retrieved February 22, 2021.

[5] Walker, James (February 15, 2021). "Republicans Round on Andrew Cuomo over Alleged Nursing Home COVID Cover-up". Newsweek. Archived from the original on February 22, 2021. Retrieved February 22, 2021.

[6] DeWitt, Karen; Abbott, Ellen (February 15, 2021). "Possible Cover-Up Of Nursing Home Deaths Provokes Calls For Probes Of Cuomo, Aides". WSKG-TV. PBS. Archived from the original on February 16, 2021. Retrieved February 22, 2021.

[Feb_2020_Economist-2] "Andrew Cuomo faces a reckoning for a pandemic-related cover-up". The Economist. February 20, 2021. Archived from the original on February 22, 2021. Retrieved February 22, 2021.

[times_union_20210217-3] Cite error: The named reference times union 20210217 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).

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