There are a lot of ways to describe Governor Cuomo's tone-deaf statements from his 15 February 2021 press conference. None of them involve words like "honest", "forthright", or "successful".
- Churchill: Cuomo's near-apology misses the mark
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Times-Union columnist Chris Churchil puts his finger on why Governor Cuomo's press conference went badly:
Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo on Monday almost apologized for stonewalling the release of full and accurate information on the COVID-19 deaths of New York's nursing home residents.
But not quite — and his excuse for what he described as a mere "delay" failed the smell test.
Churchill continues to dismantle the excuses offered by Governor Cuomo during his 15 February 2021 press conference. It's well worth reviewing to learn more about some aspects of the scandal that we've only touched upon.
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NY governor made 'mistake' hiding care home deaths
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There's no new news here, but we've opted to include a link to this article because Governor Cuomo's nursing home scandal is now being reported on internationally, as demonstrated by this article from BBC News.
- Fellow Democrats not buying Andrew Cuomo's nursing home explanation: 'All of it is BS'
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This article describes the criticism of Governor Cuomo's acknowledged stonewalling in releasing public data on New York's nursing home deaths by members of his political party. State Senator Julia Salazar and Assemblyman Ron Kim's comments were particularly scathing:
"If the Governor had actually informed the legislature months ago that his office was withholding the data they had on total nursing home deaths, there would've been no need for them to have a call with a group of legislators last week to inform them of this for the first time," Salazar said on Twitter. "Governor can claim (as he's done) that they withheld the data bc they thought it would be used against them by the DOJ(!). But claiming they informed the legislature is a lie on top of a lie. If he'd been honest in the first place, he may have had one bad news cycle. But now?"
Assemblyman Ron Kim was even blunter in his assessment of Cuomo's explanation, saying "all of it is BS."
It's the sort of thing that might negative affect Governor Cuomo's job approval ratings. Oh, wait....
- New York Gov. Cuomo's Job Approval Dips Over Nursing-Home Deaths
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This article is exactly what the headline says.
In the grand scheme of things, what matters most is not how Governor Cuomo or members of his administration responded to his COVID nursing home death coverup scandal. What matters most is he and his administration implemented policies that caused COVID nursing home deaths.
