Cuomo: 'We did everything we could' to protect nursing homes from COVID-19
handling of the COVID outbreak — just as the congressman preps for an expected primary from an ally of Zohran Mamdani .and Prevention whether the Cuomo administration’s controversial March 25, 2020, directive requiring nursing homes to admit recovering COVID-infected patients complied with or violated federal guidelines.
“I am requesting clarification on whether this order was consistent with federal public health guidelines at the time,” Goldman wrote in his Friday letter to acting CDC Director James O’Neil, a copy of which was obtained by The Post. “This directive put many residents at risk of increased harm. That directive, Goldman penned in his letter, also barred nursing homes from testing residents prior to being allowed or re-allowed entry into the facilities. Fire chief's wife allegedly flashed 14-year-old volunteer — and said she wanted to have sex when he turned 18Erika Kirk reveals she prayed she was pregnant when her husband, Charlie, was assassinated The timing of the request seems curious considering Goldman is anticipating a stiff primary challenge from outgoing City Comptroller Brad Lander, a Democrat who dropped out of this year’s mayoral race to back Mamdani over Cuomo in the runup to the avowed socialist’s historic win. It also comes as a surprise given that ranking Democrats on the House Select-Subcommittee on the COVID-19 Pandemic already issued their own reportfor “interfering” with the accounting of nursing home deaths, and undercounting the toll by excluding fatalities that happened after patients were taken to the hospital.But the two-term congressman cited that report, in his letter, in seeking a more definitive answer. “Though we cannot bring back the loved ones lost, we must provide families with accountability and resolution,” Goldman wrote, while requesting a response from CDC by Dec. 12.House panel’s report went even further, claiming Cuomo’s controversial directive was “medical malpractice” and “antithetical to known science” — while accusing his administration of attempting “to cover it up.” Cuomo, through a rep, defended his actions and claimed Goldman was playing politics with the pandemic because he’s likely facing a primary from Lander, with the possible backing of Mamdani. “The congressman is a lawyer and I’m sure he knows that the Department of Justice Inspector General, the AG and New York State’s independent after action report all reviewed this and said the DOH guidance was consistent with general guidelines,” said Cuomo spokesman Richard Azzopardi. “It’s sad and pathetic that primary politics have made him stoop to Brad Lander’s level — especially after seeing that didn’t work out so well for him.”Robert Kennedy Jr., the Health and Human Services secretary who oversees the CDC, is the former brother-in-law of Cuomo. Peter Arbeeny, whose dad, Norman, 89, died from COVID after a rehab stint in a nursing home in the Cobble Hill section of Brooklyn, said he persuaded Goldman to write the letter.against Cuomo and other state officials in federal court over the nursing home edict, but the case was dismissed twice.Fire chief's wife allegedly flashed 14-year-old volunteer — and said she wanted to have sex when he turned 183.1KIt's not just Gen Z — all ages are being hit hard by this damaging side effect of social media Save 20% off everything at Merit Beauty’s only sale of the year — including Martha Stewart’s favorites‘Dancing With the Stars’ alum Lindsay Arnold pregnant, expecting baby No. 3 with Sam CusickSee All
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