Even after the USNS Comfort arrived, and the Javits Center and South Beach Psych facilities were accepting patients, positive patients were sent to nursing homes.
Over 5,000 patients in Long Term Care Facilities in New York are believed to have succumbed to COVID-19 since the outbreak struck New York City and the state, accounting for 25% of the deaths in New York.
Something is very wrong here and the public deserves answers.
This is why I wrote a letter calling on the U.S. Attorney General William Barr to initiate an investigation into the state’s mishandling of
nursing homes. Yesterday, Governor Cuomo responded by rescinding his executive order but the public still deserves answers.
We must ensure nothing like this happens again.
Sincerely,
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