1 February 2021: NY Public Health Officials Resignations Stacking Up; NY Senate Dems Block Subpoena; No Recall Option for NY Governor

9 Top N.Y. Health Officials Have Quit as Cuomo Scorns Expertise

The New York Times has begun reporting on Governor Cuomo's micromanagement of the state's Department of Health during the coronavirus pandemic after noticing lots of high-ranking people have been resigning during the last eight months. Here's the money quote:

In Albany, tensions worsened in recent months as state health officials said they often found out about major changes in pandemic policy only after Mr. Cuomo announced them at news conferences — and then asked them to match their health guidance to the announcements.

That was what happened with the vaccine plan, when state health officials were blindsided by the news that the rollout would be coordinated locally by hospitals.

But it also occurred earlier with revisions in a host of state rules from the fate of indoor dining and businesses like gyms to capacity limits on social gatherings, according to a person with direct experience inside the department.

Left unsaid, and so far unasked: "Was Governor Cuomo similarly dictating the state's policies for nursing home residents?" After all, what the article describes is not some new management practice that Governor Cuomo suddenly adopted in July 2020.

NY Senate Democrats block subpoena for COVID-19 nursing home death data

This article describes the actions of Governor Cuomo's political allies in the upper body of New York's state legislature to circle the wagons to prevent further disclosures of the full extent of the Governor's nursing home COVID-19 death coverup.

New Yorkers Furious At Cuomo Over Nursing Homes Report, But There's No Path to Recall Governor

This article describes the frustration that some New Yorkers have in not being able to force Governor Cuomo out of office in a recall election because of his COVID-19 nursing home death scandals.