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===COVID-19 nursing home deaths===
{{Further|New York COVID-19 nursing home scandal}}
On March 25, 2020, the [[New York State Department of Health]] issued an advisory requiring the admission of patients to nursing homes who test positive for the coronavirus and barred testing prospective nursing home patients after the [[The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention|CDC]] announced that "patients with COVID-19 could be discharged from a health care facility to both home and long-term care facilities when indicated."<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.aha.org/system/files/media/file/2020/04/COVID-19-Checklist-for-Discharging-Patients-Checklist.pdf|title=Nursing Home Administrators, Directors of Nursing, and Hospital Discharge Planners|publisher=American Hospital Association|date=March 25, 2020|accessdate=July 16, 2024}}</ref> This was also in federal compliance with the [[United States Department of Health and Human Services|HHS]]'s announcement that "Nursing homes should admit any individuals that they would normally admit to their facility, including individuals from hospitals where a case of COVID-19 was/is present."<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.cms.gov/files/document/3-13-2020-nursing-home-guidance-covid-19.pdf|title=Guidance for Infection Control and Prevention of Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) in Nursing Homes (REVISED), page 5|publisher=CMS.gov|date=March 13, 2020 |accessdate=July 18, 2024}}</ref> Due to widespread misinformation in the press, Cuomo and his health commissioner, Howard Zucker, were wrongfully accused of being the origin of mandating nursing homes to accept patients with COVID-19 who were discharged from hospitals.<ref name="ProPublica">{{cite news |last1=Sapien |first1=Joaquin |last2=Sexton |first2=Joe |title="Fire Through Dry Grass": Andrew Cuomo Saw COVID-19's Threat to Nursing Homes. Then He Risked Adding to It. |url=https://www.propublica.org/article/fire-through-dry-grass-andrew-cuomo-saw-covid-19-threat-to-nursing-homes-then-he-risked-adding-to-it |work=ProPublica |language=en |access-date=June 18, 2020 |archive-date=June 18, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200618162318/https://www.propublica.org/article/fire-through-dry-grass-andrew-cuomo-saw-covid-19-threat-to-nursing-homes-then-he-risked-adding-to-it |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.cnn.com/2020/05/23/politics/cuomo-new-york-nursing-homes-coronavirus-patients/index.html|title=Cuomo says New York followed federal guidelines when sending coronavirus patients to nursing homes by John Ruiz|publisher=CNN|date= May 24, 2020|accessdate=July 18, 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2024/06/14/nyregion/cuomo-covid-nursing-homes.html|title=Cuomo Faulted for Pandemic Leadership but Not for Nursing Home Deaths|publisher=NY Times|date=June 14, 2024 |accessdate=July 19, 2024}}</ref>
▲In July 2020, the New York State Department of Health released a report that found: "Peak nursing home admissions occurred a week after peak nursing home mortality, therefore illustrating that nursing home admissions from hospitals were not a driver of nursing home infections or fatalities"; instead the department concluded that asymptomatic nursing home staff drove the infections.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Bruno |first1=Giuliana |title=NY lawmakers call for passage of bill to investigate state's handling of COVID-19 in nursing homes |url=https://www.news10.com/top-stories/ny-lawmakers-call-for-passage-of-bill-to-investigate-states-handling-of-covid-19-in-nursing-homes/ |access-date=August 11, 2021 |work=[[WTEN]] |date=August 19, 2020 |archive-date=August 11, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210811083343/https://www.news10.com/top-stories/ny-lawmakers-call-for-passage-of-bill-to-investigate-states-handling-of-covid-19-in-nursing-homes/ |url-status=live }}</ref> Cuomo reacted to this report by stating that attribution of nursing home deaths to his March 2020 policy had "no basis in fact".<ref>{{cite news |last1=Bragg |first1=Chris |title=New York DOH report says state blameless for nursing home deaths |url=https://www.timesunion.com/news/article/New-York-DOH-report-says-state-blameless-for-15389060.php |access-date=August 11, 2021 |work=[[Times Union (Albany)|Times Union]] |date=July 6, 2020 |archive-date=July 6, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200706202715/https://www.timesunion.com/news/article/New-York-DOH-report-says-state-blameless-for-15389060.php |url-status=live }}</ref>
On January 28, 2021, an investigation conducted by state attorney general [[Letitia James]] concluded that the Cuomo administration undercounted COVID-19-related deaths at nursing homes by as much as 50%.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/28/nyregion/nursing-home-deaths-cuomo.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20211228/https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/28/nyregion/nursing-home-deaths-cuomo.html |archive-date=2021-12-28 |url-access=limited|title=N.Y. Severely Undercounted Virus Deaths in Nursing Homes, Report Says|first1=Jesse|last1=McKinley|first2=Luis|last2=Ferré-Sadurní|work=[[The New York Times]]|date=January 28, 2021|access-date=February 13, 2021}}{{cbignore}}</ref> On February 12, 2021, Melissa DeRosa, a top aide to Cuomo, said in a call with state [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]] leaders that the Cuomo administration intentionally delayed the release of data pertaining to deaths from COVID-19 within nursing homes in fear it would've triggered a potential federal investigation by the [[United States Department of Justice|Department of Justice]] and given an advantage to political opponents.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.cnn.com/2021/02/12/us/new-york-aide-apology-covid-deaths-facilities/index.html|title=New York governor's top aide admits administration delayed the release of Covid-19 deaths in long-term care facilities over federal investigation concerns|first=Lauren|last=del Valle|work=[[CNN]]|date=February 12, 2021|access-date=February 13, 2021|archive-date=February 13, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210213024039/https://www.cnn.com/2021/02/12/us/new-york-aide-apology-covid-deaths-facilities/index.html|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2021/feb/12/andrew-cuomo-new-york-nursing-home-covid-deaths-leaked-recording|title=Cuomo faces calls to resign amid allegations of hiding nursing home Covid deaths|first=Richard|last=Luscombe|work=[[The Guardian]]|date=February 12, 2021|access-date=February 13, 2021|archive-date=February 13, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210213000458/https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2021/feb/12/andrew-cuomo-new-york-nursing-home-covid-deaths-leaked-recording|url-status=live}}</ref> Calls to rescind Cuomo's emergency powers granted amidst the pandemic were launched within the [[New York State Senate]] immediately following this report, with 14 Democrats joining the Republican minority in the effort.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.newsweek.com/some-new-york-democrats-break-cuomo-14-state-senators-call-strip-him-emergency-powers-1568988|title=Some New York Democrats Break With Cuomo as 14 State Senators Call to Strip Him of Emergency Powers|first=Katherine|last=Fung|work=[[Newsweek]]|date=February 12, 2021|access-date=February 13, 2021|archive-date=February 12, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210212190626/https://www.newsweek.com/some-new-york-democrats-break-cuomo-14-state-senators-call-strip-him-emergency-powers-1568988|url-status=live}}</ref>
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