When updating the timeline for New York Governor Andrew Cuomo's COVID-19 nursing home deaths scandals, we've noticed there are a number of events we keep referencing as new information becomes available. Here are those major milestones for quick reference!
Small Steps to Inevitable Tragedy in New York's Nursing Homes
- 7 March 2020: New York Declares State of Emergency for Coronavirus Pandemic
- 19 March 2020: Cuomo's Literary Agent Takes Call from Publisher Seeking Book by Cuomo About Pandemic Leadership, Work Begins Shortly Afterward
- 21 March 2020: Directive to Stop COVID-19 Testing at Nursing Homes Is Issued
- 24 March 2020: Panic Sets In
- 25 March 2020: A Deadly Directive Is Issued
Cuomo's Cover-up Begins as COVID Nursing Home Tragedy Deepens
- 2 April 2020: Hospital Lobby Scores Legal Immunity from COVID Deaths
- 8 April 2020: New York DOH Won't Release COVID Nursing Home Death Data
- 18 April 2020: NY DOH's Initiates Systematic Collection of COVID Death Data for Nursing Home Residents
- 20 April 2020: Governor Cuomo Plays Dumb
- 23 April 2020: Disturbing News and Misplaced Priorities
- 29 April 2020: COVID-Infected Staff Allowed to Work at NY Nursing Homes
- 6 May 2020: Evidence Appears NY Is Undercounting COVID Nursing Home Deaths
- 10 May 2020: Cuomo Orders COVID Testing for Nursing Home Staff as Deadly Directive Is Finally Rescinded
- 15 May 2020: Cuomo Administration Confirms NY Is Miscounting Nursing Home Deaths
Cuomo's Cover-up Ramps Up
- 31 May 2020: Cuomo Administration Cooks Nursing Home Death Numbers To Mislead Public
- 15 June 2020: Evidence of Governor Cuomo, Staff Writing Book on His Pandemic "Leadership" as Early as Mid-June 2020
- 1 July 2020: Draft of Cuomo Pandemic "Leadership" Book Reaches 70,000 Words in Length
- 5 July 2020: Top Cuomo Staffer Edits His Pandemic "Leadership" Book, NY DOH Nursing Home Report
- 6 July 2020: Cuomo and Top Staffer Meet with Publisher to Discuss Book Deal
- 6 July 2020: The NY DOH Report "Factors Associated with Nursing Home Infections and Fatalities in New York State During the COVID-19 Global Health Crisis"
- 10 July 2020: Cuomo Seals Book Deal, Gets Guaranteed $5.2 Million, Potential for $1.25 Million More
- 3 August 2020: Hearings Into Cuomo Nursing Home Policies Begin in NY Legislature
- 12 August 2020: NY Health Commissioner Stonewalls Legislators, Denies PPE Shortages at Nursing Homes
- 18 August 2020: Governor Cuomo's Pandemic Leadership Book Gets Publication Date
- 26 August 2020: DOJ Seeks Nursing Home Death Data from COVID Patient Dumping States
- 2 October 2020: Governor Cuomo Claims "It Never Happened"
- 23 October 2020: Cuomo's Pandemic Leadership Book Silent on Number of COVID Nursing Home Deaths
Cuomo's Cover-up Collapses
- 28 January 2021: NY AG Confirms Team Cuomo Hiding Extent of COVID Deaths in Nursing Homes
- 3 February 2021: Judge Rules Against Team Cuomo Nursing Home Death Data Stonewall
- 11 February 2021: Team Cuomo Claims They Hid Data to Avoid Trump DOJ
- 12 February 2021: Cuomo Administration Coverup of COVID Nursing Home Deaths Confirmed as Scandal Blows Up
- 19 February 2021: NY DOH Commissioner Zucker Confirms Deadly Directive Originated in Panic
- 18 March 2021: NY Nursing Homes "More Petrified" of NY DOH Than COVID
- 18 March 2021: FBI Investigating Cuomo's Gift of COVID Death Legal Immunity to Hospitals, Nursing Homes
- 25 March 2021: Looking Out for Número Cuomo (Priority COVID Testing for Family and Friends Exposed)
Abuses of Power to Evade Consequences Begin, More Abuses Come to Light
- 31 March 2021: Stonewalling Within NY's Ethics Commission to Protect Governor Cuomo
- 7 April 2021: Cuomo Signs Bill Repealing COVID Legal Immunity for Nursing Homes
- 8 April 2021: NY Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli Passes the Buck on Referring Cuomo Nursing Home Deaths Cover-up to State AG
- 9 April 2021: Cuomo Staffers Not Volunteers in Governor's Book Project
- 19 April 2021: DiNapoli Refers Cuomo Pandemic Book Scandal Case to State AG
- 28 April 2021: Confirmed - Team Cuomo Cover-up of NY Nursing Home COVID Deaths Began in April 2020
- 9 May 2021: NY State AG Investigating Cuomo's Former Vaccine Czar; Update on Sexual Harassment Probe
- 20 May 2021: Feds Probing Cuomo VIP COVID Testing Scandal
- 2 July 2021: New York's Chief Judge Ensnared in VIP COVID Testing for Cuomo Friends and Family Scandal
Cuomo, Allies Fire Up Media Disinformation Campaign
- 3 May 2021: Cuomo Supporters Using Dirty Tricks to Clog NY Assy Impeachment Tip Hotline
- 3 May 2021: A Preemptive Smear of NY AG Sexual Harassment Probe Findings
- 3 May 2021: Governor Cuomo Claims "I Did Nothing Wrong"
- 4 May 2021: Cuomo Dirty Tricks Squad Seeks to Intimidate Alleged Victims of Cuomo Sexual Harassment
- 5 May 2021: Cuomo Claims Deadly Directive Was "Smart"
- 10 May 2021: Cuomo Claims "I Didn't Do Anything Wrong. Period."
- 13 May 2021: Cuomo Claims "Harassment is not making someone feel uncomfortable"
- 20 May 2021: CNN's Cuomo Ethical Conflicts Worsen
- 21 July 2021: Team Cuomo Engages in Smears of Former U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara
- 22 July 2021: Team Cuomo Member Singled Out for Smear Attacks
- 26 July 2021: Cuomo Directly Seeking to Undermine NY AG Investigations
- 27 July 2021: Cuomo Claims He Has Never Lied About COVID-19 in New York
- 30 July 2021: Team Cuomo's Attempt to Politicize Scandal Probes
Legal Developments in Cuomo Scandal Investigations
- 12 June 2021: Cuomo's Protective Detail Interviewed by Atty General Investigators
- 16 June 2021: NYS Bar Association: Cuomo Directive Contributed to COVID Nursing Home Deaths
- 18 June 2021: Inside the NYS Bar Association Task Force's Report
- 19 June 2021: Deeper Inside the NYS Bar Association Task Force's Report
- 25 June 2021: Cuomo's Chief PR Flack Questioned by Sexual Harassment Investigators
- 17 July 2021: Cuomo Grilled by NY Attorney General Investigators on Sexual Harassment Allegations
- 21 July 2021: Cuomo COVID Vaccine Czar Larry Schwartz Being Investigated by JCOPE
- 23 July 2021: Biden DOJ Halts Civil Rights Probe of New York COVID Nursing Homes Deaths
NY AG's Bombshell Report Corroborating Cuomo Sexual Harassment Drops, More Details of Misconduct Emerge
- 3 August 2021: The NY Attorney General's Report on Probe of Cuomo Sexual Harassment Allegations
- 3 August 2021: Tone-Deaf Cuomo Presents Slideshow of Him Getting Touchy Feely
- 5 August 2021: NY County Prosecutors Lining Up to Charge Cuomo with Sex Harassment Crimes
- 6 August 2021: Criminal Complaint Filed by Cuomo Sexual Harassment Victim
- 8 August 2021: Cuomo's Attorney Admits Victim #11's Allegation of Touching "May" Be True
- 9 August 2021: Cuomo Sexual Harassment Victim Brittany Commisso's Televised Interview
Cuomo's Support Network Collapses
- 3 August 2021: Biden Caves, Calls for Cuomo to Resign
- 3 August 2021: Heastie Caves, Will "Expedite" Impeachment Proceedings
- 4 August 2021: Dem Governors Call for Cuomo to Resign
- 4 August 2021: Most Media Outlets Turn Against Cuomo
- 5 August 2021: Cuomo Loses Support of His Appointed Head of State Dems
- 5 August 2021: Majority Dem Legislators Drafting Articles of Impeachment to Remove Cuomo
- 5 August 2021: Cuomo Losing Labor Unions
- 8 August 2021: 50 Democratic County Chairs Call for Cuomo Resignation
- 8 August 2021: Analysis - Cuomo Losing Support of Black Democrats
- 9 August 2021: Cuomo's Top Aide Melissa DeRosa Resigns
- 10 August 2021: Cuomo Influence Network Begins to Collapse
Cuomo Announces Resignation
Agenda for Post-Cuomo Era Starts Being Defined
- 16 August 2021: NY Assembly to Produce Report on Its Cuomo Impeachment Probe
- 18 August 2021: Empire Center Releases Report "Like Fire Through Dry Grass"
- 18 August 2021: Report - Cuomo Nursing Home Deaths Demand Probe
- 19 August 2021: Opinion - Bill Hammond on How to Fix NY COVID Practices
- 22 August 2021: Editorial - Changes Needed to Fix NY's Public Corruption
- 24 August 2021: Hochul Promises Post-Cuomo New York Will Come Clean on COVID, Nursing Home Deaths
Cuomo Resigns
Aftermath Begins
- 24 August 2021: Cuomo Stripped of International Emmy Award
- 25 August 2021: Local DAs Ask NY Atty General to Delay Releasing Cuomo Sexual Harassment Probe Materials
- 26 August 2021: JCOPE Finally Asks for Criminal Probe of Leak to Cuomo
- 31 August 2021: Cuomo Legal Bills to Cost NY Taxpayers $9.5 Million
- 2 September 2021: Albany County DA Ramps Up Investigation of Alleged Cuomo Sexual Harassment
- 19 September 2021: Hochul Sacks 20 Cuomo Appointees
- 23 September 2021: Howard Zucker Announces Resignation
- 5 October 2021: JCOPE's Commissioners to Investigate JCOPE Staff Over Cuomo Book Deal
- 7 October 2021: Cuomo's COVID Vaccine Czar to Resign as Hochul Cleans House
- 7 October 2021: Hochul Marks Progress in Ousting Officials Cited in Cuomo Sexual Harassment Report
- 28 October 2021: Cuomo Charged with "Forcible Touching" in Criminal Misdemeanor
- 16 November 2021: JCOPE Rejects Cuomo's Book Deal on Third Attempt
Testimony, Reports Documenting Cuomo Misconduct Released
- 10 November 2021: Transcripts of Cuomo Sexual Harassment Probe Interviews Released
- 11 November 2021: Cuomo Playing Stupid in Sexual Harassment Probe?
- 12 November 2021: Transcripts - Cuomo Pandemic Response Top-Down, Demoralizing
- 12 November 2021: Transcripts - Cuomo Blocked NY State Health Dept. from Working With NYC Officials During Pandemic
- 22 November 2021: New York Assembly Impeachment Report Probe Is Released
- 29 November 2021: NY Attorney General Releases More Transcripts of Cuomo Sexual Harassment Probe Testimony
