23 December 2023: Probe of Top Cuomo Aide's Statements after U.S. House Testimony

House to probe potential coronavirus ‘lies’ by ex-Cuomo aide Melissa DeRosa

Melissa DeRosa, the former top aide to resigned-in-disgrace NY Governor Andrew M. Cuomo, will be subject to an investigation by congressional investigators following statements she made about the former governor's COVID nursing home deaths scandals. Those statements apparently did not align with those given by former NY Health Commissioner Howard Zucker's closed-door testimony last week. The disparity is what is prompting the probe.

The House of Representatives is gearing up to probe “potential lies and discrepancies” by a one-time top aide to former Gov. Cuomo regarding her involvement in the state’s deadly directive to nursing homes to accept coronavirus-positive residents.

The March 2020 order potentially caused 1,000 additional nursing home deaths, according to an analysis by The Empire Center.

During a transcribed hearing behind closed doors this week in Washington D.C., former Cuomo Health Commissioner Howard Zucker told members of the bipartisan House Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Pandemic that Cuomo’s then-Secretary Melissa DeRosa signed off on Cuomo’s COVID-19 policies.

“During his transcribed interview yesterday, former Commissioner of the New York State Department of Health, Howard Zucker, testified that former Governor Andrew Cuomo’s top aide, Melissa DeRosa, played a ‘critical’ role in drafting and implementing the state’s must-admit order,” a committee spokesman told The Post.

“This accusation directly contradicts Ms. DeRosa’s recent letter to the Select Subcommittee where she claimed she does not have any responsive documents nor subject matter expertise to contribute to the Select Subcommittee’s investigation,” the spokesman added. “The Select Subcommittee looks forward to asking Ms. DeRosa about any potential lies and discrepancies during her transcribed interview.”

This entry was added to the timeline on 25 December 2023.