The House Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Pandemic has subpoenaed former New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo to testify on May 24 about his COVID-19 nursing home policies.
“Governor Cuomo forced New York nursing homes to accept COVID-19 positive patients. Americans died,” the committee wrote in a post on X. “Accountability and honesty are non-negotiable.”
In a letter addressed to Cuomo Tuesday, Subcommittee Chair Brad Wenstrup, R-Ohio, wrote that “[t]he Select Subcommittee specifically requested your testimony because it was your administration that issued the March 25, 2020 nursing home order stating, in relevant part, that ‘[n]o resident shall be denied re-admission or admission to the [nursing home] solely based on confirmed or suspect[ed] diagnosis of COVID-19.’”
“This misguided decision effectively admitted thousands of COVID-19 positive patients into nursing homes, causing predictable but deadly consequences for New York’s most vulnerable,” Wenstrup continued. “Of course, you have argued — even after leaving office—that the March 25 Order was consistent with CMS and CDC guidance. In addition, you have argued that it was the nursing home staff—not your Administration’s order — that was responsible for the resulting deaths in the nursing homes.”
“In addition to the March 25 Order itself, there is also troubling evidence suggesting the Cuomo Administration at best downplayed its impacts and at worst covered them up,” he also said.
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Fox News’ Rich Edson and Tyler Olson contributed to this report.
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