11 September 2021: NY Assemblyman Concerned Hochul May "Bury" Cuomo COVID Nursing Home Deaths Scandals

NY Assemblyman Ron Kim suggests Gov. Hochul trying to 'bury' Cuomo's nursing home death scandal

This report covers the concerns NY Assemblyman Ron Kim (D-Queens) posted on Twitter for the potential that newly installed NY Governor Kathy Hochul will not follow up on Cuomo's COVID nursing home deaths scandals.

The Empire State lawmaker and staunch critic of disgraced former Gov. Andrew Cuomo claimed the new governor is prioritizing playing kingmaker over getting justice in the scandal.

Additionally, Kim suggested that Hochul is attempting to cover up the scandal that saw thousands of deaths undercounted as Cuomo cashed in on a book deal on his pandemic response.

Here is Kim's Twitter post:

By now, it’s clear that Gov Hochul cares more about power-brokering than using her few months to deliver full accountability and justice for nursing and home care victims. It’s almost as if she wants to bury everything. We won’t let her.

— Ron T. Kim (@rontkim) September 10, 2021

Hochul's strange choice to keep the ethically-challenged Howard Zucker on as NY Health Commissioner is the most visible evidence supporting Kim's concerns. Zucker participated in developing and implementing the Cuomo administration's deadly 25 March 2020 directive that forced nursing homes to blindly admit COVID patients being dumped out of hospital to free up bed space during the period the policy was in effect.

Zucker also allowed the Cuomo administration to cover-up the full extent of those deaths by letting senior Cuomo officials edit the 6 July 2020 NYDOH report, which the administration used to absolve itself of blame in contributing to those deaths. Zucker then participated in stonewalling the release of NYDOH data to prevent the public from learning the full extent of those deaths for months until forced to do so after losing in court.