13 October 2021: Unlike Cuomo, Hochul "Gives a Damn" About COVID Nursing Home Families

In contrast to Cuomo, Hochul says she ‘gives a damn’ about nursing home families

Given the scale of deaths resulting from his administration's deadly 25 March 2020 directive, Andrew M. Cuomo could never afford the legal liability that would attach to him by apologizing to the families of COVID nursing home victims for his policies. Replacement NY Governor Kathy Hochul can, so she did:

Hochul met Tuesday with families that lost loved ones in nursing homes due to COVID-19, apologizing to them for the pain caused by the disastrous policies under Cuomo that led to the deaths of over 15,000 seniors in elder care facilities and promising to honor their memories.

“I apologized for the pain that those poor families had to endure as a result of their family members contracting COVID in nursing homes, and it was a very emotional meeting,” she told reporters during a Manhattan briefing Wednesday.

“I thanked them for what they’ve done…which is to fight for people in nursing homes,” she added.

“I work with elected officials, you know, they can disagree with me one day and other day they might agree with me, I just approached this whole thing differently, that people deserve to know that their government, listens and actually cares, and gives a damn about them.”

Hochul's actions in upcoming weeks to address Andrew M. Cuomo's true legacy of his governorship will say a lot about her character. We think she may be holding out over the pending release of several reports, most notably the NY Assembly Judiciary Committee's findings from its impeachment probe, so we'll see soon enough.