4 August 2023: NY Representative Calls for Removal of Cuomo COVID Health Director Howard Zucker

Stefanik urges CDC to fire former Cuomo official who oversaw COVID-19 nursing home scandal

Howard Zucker served as Andrew M. Cuomo's Health Director during the COVID pandemic. As such, he played an instrumental part in both the implementation of Cuomo's deadly 25 March 2020 directive and the Cuomo administration's attempted cover-up of the extent of COVID deaths that resulted from it.

Believe it or not, the Biden administration approved the hiring of the ethically-compromised Zucker by the Centers for Disease Control, which prompted Elise Stefanik (R-NY) to demand is removal from employment at the CDC. Here's an excerpt from the Washington Examiner's Misty Severi's report:

House GOP Conference Chairwoman Elise Stefanik (R-NY) urged the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Friday to fire a former New York State health commissioner who oversaw the state's deadly COVID-19 nursing home policy.

Howard Zucker, who currently works as the CDC's deputy director for global health, previously worked as the state health commissioner for former New York Democratic Gov. Andrew Cuomo during the pandemic, but he was forced to resign amid accusations that the administration lied about how many seniors died in nursing homes from COVID-19.

House GOP Conference Chairwoman Elise Stefanik (R-NY) urged the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Friday to fire a former New York State health commissioner who oversaw the state's deadly COVID-19 nursing home policy.

Howard Zucker, who currently works as the CDC's deputy director for global health, previously worked as the state health commissioner for former New York Democratic Gov. Andrew Cuomo during the pandemic, but he was forced to resign amid accusations that the administration lied about how many seniors died in nursing homes from COVID-19....

Zucker began his post at the CDC in January 2023, approximately a year and a half after his resignation in New York. During the height of the pandemic, Zucker implemented a policy that saw seniors in nursing homes across the state return to those homes after being hospitalized and treated for COVID-19.

President Biden has sought to place a number of individuals who were participants in large state-level scandals into positions of authority within his administration. Given that is a recurring behavior on the part of President Biden, he is sending a clear signal he doesn't care about their victims.

Stefanik isn't the only member of the House of Representatives to cry foul:

"Howard Zucker’s reckless, cruel, and inhumane decision-making during the pandemic caused the death of thousands of New Yorkers in nursing homes," Rep. Nick Lalota (R-NY) said. "Zucker should be in a courtroom answering for his actions, not employed by the CDC where he can cause more harm. President Biden should give an ounce of justice to New York families and protect all Americans and fire him immediately."

Under President Biden, the Department of Justice has become routinely mired in a series of scandals in which prosecutors have worked to diminish criminal charges against close affiliates of President Biden or individuals who are politically aligned with the administration. Unless those practices change, we think the DOJ will not be able to be counted upon to obtain justice for the victims of Biden's political friends.

This entry was added to the timeline on 8 October 2023.