30 August 2020: Opinion - Cuomo Can't Hide from Nursing Home Calamity

Cuomo can’t hide from his nursing home coronavirus calamity (opinion)

This opinion piece by Staten Island columnist Tom Wrobleski succinctly describes New York Governor Andrew Cuomo's political strategy to avoid responsibility related to his administration's coronavirus nursing home policies during the last several months:

Ask Gov. Andrew Cuomo about the tragic number of deaths we saw among New York nursing home patients during the coronavirus pandemic, and he’ll shout that you’re playing politics.

The governor obviously believes that if he pushes back loud and often enough on the issue, critics will either start to believe him or will be cowed into silence.

But Cuomo can’t bully his way out of this one. There are too many families who have lost loved ones and who want answers.

There are too many New York lawmakers, Democrats included, who know that launching a real investigation is the right thing to do.

Wrobleski also tears apart elements of the various defenses Cuomo has offered during the past several months using examples of the Governor's contradictions that may not be well known outside New York.