WASHINGTON D.C. – Representative Dan Goldman has formally requestedโค the centers for Disease Control adn Preventionโค (CDC) investigate whether former New York Governor Andrewโค CuomoS controversial March 2020 COVID-19 nursing โhome policy violated federal guidelines. The request, made in a letter to โthe CDC, seeksโ aโ definitive answer regarding the directive that โcritics allege contributed to thousands of deaths among elderly nursing home residents.
Goldman citedโข a recent House report accusing Cuomo‘s management of attempting to cover up the true death toll by “fering” with the accounting โof nursing homeโข deaths and undercounting fatalities that occurred after patients were transferred to hospitals. The Republican-led House panel’s report further claimed the directive constituted “medical malpractice” and was “antithetical โฃto known science.”
“Though we cannot bring โขback the loved ones lost, we must provide families with accountability and resolution,” goldman wrote,โ requesting a responseโ from the โCDC byโ December 12.
Cuomo, through spokesperson โฃRichard Azzopardi, defended his actions, stating thatโฃ reviews by the department of Justiceโ Inspector General, the state Attorney General, and New york’s independent after-action report found the Department of Health guidanceโข consistent with general guidelines. Azzopardi accused Goldmanโฃ of engaging in โpolitical maneuvering ahead โof a potential primary challenge, possibly backed byโข Brad lander and Mamdani.
This request follows aโข similar letter sent last December by New York City Comptroller Brad Lander, also seeking a federal determination โon whether Cuomo’sโค order violated federal policy.
The CDC has been contacted โขfor comment. Health and Human Services Secretary Robert Kennedy Jr., who oversees the CDC, is the former brother-in-law of Cuomo.
Peterโค Arbeeny, whose father Norman, 89, โขdied from COVID-19 โขafter a rehabilitation stay in a Brooklyn nursing home, stated heโ encouraged Goldman to write the letter. arbeeny’s family, along with others,โ previously โfiled a negligence lawsuit against Cuomo andโค other โstate officials, which was dismissed twiceโ by a federal court.