16 October 2020: Opinion - Cuomo's Pandemic Leadership Book Undermined by Critical Omissions

Churchill: Failings of Cuomo's new book outweigh its charms

Times Union columnist Chris Churchill gives his take on Governor Cuomo's untimely coronavirus book release, finding the governor's book isn't telling anything close to the truth of what happened in the state. Here's a short sample of the review:

In the book, Cuomo cites a discredited state report blaming employees for introducing the virus to nursing homes. He suggests nursing homes didn't actually take in COVID patients, though his own health department says more than 6,300 were transferred to them.

Worse, he uses a bogus number to falsely claim, once again, that New York ranks low in the percentage of overall deaths tied to nursing homes.

As many of you know, the state's official nursing home tally of more than 6,600 fatalities is a significant undercount that excludes residents who ultimately died in hospitals. Other states don't count nursing home deaths that way, and, despite numerous requests and even a lawsuit, Cuomo has refused to release the honest number.

And you won't find it in his book.