16 February 2024: House COVID-19 Panel Requests Testimony from Former Cuomo Administration Officials

House COVID-19 panel requests testimony from 4 former Cuomo admin officials

There's been movement in the Congressional probe of Andrew M. Cuomo's deadly 25 March 2020 directive. Four former Cuomo administration have been asked to testify before a congressional committee investigating the consequences of Cuomo's policy. Here's an excerpt from the story:

The House Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Pandemic has asked four former members of disgraced New York ex-Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s administration to testify on “must admit” orders issued to nursing homes at the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Letters were sent out Friday to Elizabeth Garvey, a former special counselor and senior adviser to Cuomo; Gareth Rhodes, the former deputy superintendent of New York’s Department of Financial Services; James Malatras, the ex-governor’s former policy adviser; and Linda Lacewell, the former superintendent of the Department of Financial Services.

The letters requested that they sit for in person transcribed interviews before the Republican-led panel investigating government actions in response to the COVID-19 outbreak.

Chairman Brad Wenstrup (R-Ohio) and Rep. Nicole Malliotakis (R-NY) warned the foursome that the committee “will be forced to evaluate the use of the compulsory” measures if they don’t appear for the voluntary interviews next month.

The request these former officials testify under oath indicates the committee is interested in how the policy was developed, implemented, and administered, which took the combined efforts of hundreds of state government officials.

This entry was added to the timeline on 20 February 2024.