29 January 2021: Governor Cuomo Claims Administration Did "Best They Could"

Cuomo Says Staff Handled Nursing Homes as 'Best They Could'

This article describes the Cuomo administration's Nixonian 'mistakes were made'-style public relations approach to the revelation of the full extent of how bad COVID-19 was in the state's nursing homes. This particular article demonstrates significant pro-Cuomo bias on the part of the journalists and their publication however, as it completely omits the most significant statement Governor Cuomo made about his confirmed scandal at the news conference. [To be fair, there are worse and more corruptly-biased media outlets.]

Cuomo callously addresses COVID nursing home report: 'Who cares!'

This article focuses straight on the most significant statement Governor Cuomo made about his administration's attempted coverup of the extent of COVID-19 deaths among New York nursing home residents:

"Who cares [if they] died in the hospital, died in a nursing home? They died."

That's how Gov. Cuomo callously responded Friday to the damning state attorney general's report that revealed his administration downplayed the total number of nursing home residents killed by COVID-19.

During his first remarks on the spiraling controversy, Cuomo said, "If you look at New York state, we have a lower percentage of deaths in nursing homes than other states."

"A third of all deaths in this nation are from nursing homes," he said.

"New York state, we're only about 28 percent — only — but we're below the national average in number of deaths in nursing homes."

"But who cares — 33 [percent], 29 [percent] — died in the hospital, died in a nursing home? They died."

Even the very left-leaning Washington Post was taken aback by Governor Cuomo's apparent callousness. At this point, it seems unlikely Governor Cuomo or members of his administration will escape political consequences from their policies.

New York Daily News Calls Out Andrew Cuomo's 'Obstinacy' for Undercounted Nursing Home Deaths

This article is strange in that its about another publication's editorial, which takes Governor Cuomo's attempts to mischaracterize the extent of COVID-19 among New York's nursing home residents during the period his controversial policies that could only contribute to the spread of coronavirus infections among the state's most at-risk population to task.

Curing Cuomo's obstinacy: Under pressure, state officials finally release a nursing-home death tally; big questions remain

This is the Daily News' editorial. In 2018, the editors endorsed Andrew Cuomo in his campaign for a third term as New York's governor.