Cuomo says he's 'always chosen to do the right thing'
"A politician who suggests too many unpopular options is not a long-term politician, but there's a choice of doing the political thing or doing the right thing and I've always chosen to do the right thing and I believe ultimately that is even the best politics, but I think we have to go further here. I think we need dramatic action to get control of this situation."
Cuomo added that patient-facing healthcare workers at state-run hospitals will be required to take the vaccine and will not be given the option to submit to weekly testing. While the governor says he's"always chosen to do the right thing," he's faced repeated accusations of doing just the opposite. nursing home deaths after the governor ordered long-term care facilities to accept positive coronavirus patients in the early stages of the pandemic. on nursing home deaths to obscure the fact that the administration was undercounting such deaths. to nursing home executives from coronavirus-related lawsuits.
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