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Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin

(107,838 posts)
Mon Feb 22, 2021, 08:37 PM Feb 2021

'I do not accept his explanation': NYC mayor slams Cuomo response to nursing home revelations

Source: New York Daily News

Mayor Bill de Blasio on Monday repeated his demands for more answers about Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s handling of COVID deaths at New York nursing homes since the outstart of the pandemic.

On March 25, 2020, the Cuomo administration issued a directive barring nursing homes from refusing patients based solely on a COVID-19 diagnosis. Cuomo defended the directive as an effort to prevent catastrophic hospital overcrowding and discrimination against virus patients.

However, earlier this month, New York Democratic attorney general Letitia James issued a report which reprimanded the Cuomo administration for minimizing the death toll at nursing homes by excluding certain fatalities from the count. Cuomo’s administration then revealed at least 15,000 people living in long-term care facilities have died of COVID-19, nearly double the number Cuomo had initially disclosed.

“I do not accept his explanation,” Hizzoner said, adding that he hasn’t spoken to the governor since Cuomo expressed regret last week for creating a “void” of info about the deaths.

Read more: https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/i-do-not-accept-his-explanation-nyc-mayor-slams-cuomo-response-to-nursing-home-revelations/ar-BB1dV8qO?li=BBnb7Kz

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'I do not accept his explanation': NYC mayor slams Cuomo response to nursing home revelations (Original Post) Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Feb 2021 OP
""I do not accept his explanation," Hizzoner said" Hugh_Lebowski Feb 2021 #1
It's the Daily News...they've been referring to NYC mayors as Hizzoner since forevuh greenjar_01 Feb 2021 #3
We gotta put these two in a boxing ring for charity greenjar_01 Feb 2021 #2
March 25th ? JI7 Feb 2021 #4
We have a whole group of Republican governors who have done essentially NOTHING DBoon Feb 2021 #5
The Mayor is 100% correct Polybius Feb 2021 #6
Post removed Post removed Feb 2021 #7
"voting for anyone but Bill?" He rubs me the wrong way and... WePurrsevere Feb 2021 #8

DBoon

(22,350 posts)
5. We have a whole group of Republican governors who have done essentially NOTHING
Mon Feb 22, 2021, 11:21 PM
Feb 2021

and are getting away with it.

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WePurrsevere

(24,259 posts)
8. "voting for anyone but Bill?" He rubs me the wrong way and...
Tue Feb 23, 2021, 07:34 AM
Feb 2021

would probably vote against him in a primary but I'd vote for him over a GQP twit in a heartbeat.

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