Andrew Cuomo is shamelessly trying to memory-hole his coronavirus nursing home fiasco

Andrew Cuomo is shamelessly trying to memory-hole his coronavirus nursing home fiasco

Gov. Andrew Cuomo ordered nursing homes to accept COVID-positive residents. They did, and thousands died. 

Cuomo's administration quietly rescinded the order and later released a report absolving itself of responsibility for the spike in nursing home deaths. 

The governor has resisted calls for transparency or an independent investigation as "ugly politics."

Now he's saying nursing homes taking in COVID patients directly from hospitals "never happened."

This is some Trump-level gaslighting. 

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Andrew Cuomo is at it again.

The governor of New York is on a quest to memory-hole the worst part of his administration's coronavirus response: a March 25 advisory which ordered nursing homes to admit COVID-positive patients. 

The order plainly stated: "No resident shall be denied re-admission