New York Governor Cuomo Aide Admits They Hid Nursing Home Death Data From Legislature

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An aide to New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo has admitted that the governor hid information about nursing home deaths from the federal government.

The admission from his top aide, Secretary to the Governor Melissa DeRosa, occurred during a conference call with top Democrats in the state, The New York Post reported.

The governor’s office said no to a legislative request for the information in August because “right around the same time, [then-President Donald Trump] turns this into a giant political football,” she said.

“He starts tweeting that we killed everyone in nursing homes,” she said. “He starts going after [New Jersey Gov. Phil] Murphy, starts going after [California Gov. Gavin] Newsom, starts going after [Michigan Gov.] Gretchen Whitmer.”

She said that part of what directed their decision, in addition to former President Trump going after his fellow Democrat governors, he “directs the Department of Justice to do an investigation into us.”

“And basically, we froze,” she said to the legislators on the call.