2 February 2021: Dem NY Lawmakers Call NY DOH Commissioner Zucker a Liar

Democrats blast Cuomo's health chief Howard Zucker as 'liar,' 'puppet'

This article focuses on information that was leaked from a conference call between the Cuomo administration's top public health official and members of Governor Cuomo's political party in New York's legislature:

Embattled state Health Commissioner Howard Zucker was blasted by Democratic lawmakers in a virtual meeting amid continuing controversy over the state's nursing home death toll from COVID-19, The Post has learned.

Several members of the state Assembly called Zucker a "liar" during the video conference call — and he was even referred to as Gov. Andrew Cuomo's "puppet," sources said Tuesday.

"A lot of members are up in arms about this whole nursing home thing," said one lawmaker who took part in the Monday afternoon meeting.

"We've been asking for this information for months — 6, 7, 8 months … The attorney general drops a report and then four hours later you receive the information from the Health Department."

The Assembly member added: "You don't have to be a rocket scientist to figure it out — they were lying — after the attorney general released their report."

It remains to be seen if the leaked information from the conference call is for show or if the Democratic lawmakers really care.