Cuomo: NY should have released care home death data faster

we were in the midst of dealing with the pandemic and trying to save lives. They were answering DOJ uhh. And nursing homes in the hospitals. We're also in the middle off hell in the middle of a pandemic. And they were scrambling and they were managing the crisis. I understand all of that. But the void we created by not providing information was filled with skepticism and cynicism and conspiracy theories which furthered the confusion. No excuses. Uh, I I accept responsibility for that. I am in charge. I take responsibility. Uh, we should have provided mawr information faster. You couldn't get better advice. You couldn't get people work toe work harder. Uh, you couldn't get anything else done at the time. I understand the misinformation. I take responsibility for creating the void that allowed the information. But I'm not concerned about that. I'm not concerned about the politics. I just want to make sure people know these air, the fax, these air, the fax. Uh, everything that could have been done was done

Under fire over his management of the coronavirus' lethal path through New York바카라 게임 웹사이트�s nursing homes, Gov. Andrew Cuomo said Monday the state didn't cover up deaths but should have moved faster to release some information sought by lawmakers, the public and the press.바카라 게임 웹사이트�All the deaths in the nursing homes and hospitals were always fully, publicly and accurately reported,바카라 게임 웹사이트� the Democratic governor said, weeks after the state was forced to acknowledge that its count of nursing home deaths excluded thousands of residents who perished after being taken to hospitals. He explained the matter Monday as a difference of 바카라 게임 웹사이트�categorization,바카라 게임 웹사이트� with the state counting where deaths occurred and others seeking total deaths of nursing home residents, regardless of the location.바카라 게임 웹사이트�We should have done a better job of providing as much information as we could as quickly as we could,바카라 게임 웹사이트� he said at a virtual news conference. 바카라 게임 웹사이트�No excuses: I accept responsibility for that.바카라 게임 웹사이트�Cuomo, who has seen his image as a pandemic-taming leader dented by a series of disclosures involving nursing homes in recent weeks, said he would propose reforms involving nursing homes and hospitals in the upcoming state budget, without giving details.But he continued to blame a 바카라 게임 웹사이트�toxic political environment,바카라 게임 웹사이트� and 바카라 게임 웹사이트�disinformation바카라 게임 웹사이트� for much of the complaints surrounding his administration's handling of the issue.The governor's comments didn't satisfy state Assemblyman Ron Kim, a Democrat and outspoken critic of the administration's approach to nursing homes during the pandemic. Kim's uncle died of a presumed case of COVID-19 in a New York nursing home in April.바카라 게임 웹사이트�I didn바카라 게임 웹사이트�t think it was much of an apology,바카라 게임 웹사이트� Kim said. 바카라 게임 웹사이트�It doesn바카라 게임 웹사이트�t pass the smell test.바카라 게임 웹사이트�바카라 게임 웹사이트�But what gets lost, ultimately, is: If they were transparent, if they did disclose everything in real time, we could have had different policies ... and that would have had a different outcome in how we protected our communities.바카라 게임 웹사이트�The head of a major association of New York nursing homes said the state erred by focusing too much on hospitals early in the pandemic and leaving nursing homes "scrambling to safeguard their residents and staff.바카라 게임 웹사이트�바카라 게임 웹사이트�Policymakers and legislators must stop the blame game" and work more closely with nursing homes, said Stephen Hanse, CEO of the New York State Health Facilities Association and New York State Center for Assisted Living.State lawmakers have been calling for investigations, stripping Cuomo of his emergency powers and even his resignation after new details emerged this week about why certain nursing home data wasn't disclosed for months, despite requests from lawmakers and others.First, a report late last month from Democratic state Attorney General Letitia James examined the administration바카라 게임 웹사이트�s failure to tally nursing home residents' deaths at hospitals. The state then acknowledged the total number of long-term care residents' deaths is nearly 15,000, up from the 8,500 previously disclosed.Next, in reply to a Freedom of Information request from the Associated Press, the state Health Department released records this week showing that more than 9,000 recovering coronavirus patients in New York were released from hospitals into nursing homes in the pandemic's early months 바카라 게임 웹사이트� over 40% higher than the state had said previously, because it wasn't counting residents who returned from hospitals to homes where they already had lived.Cuomo and his administration have maintained that the hospital patients didn't drive nursing home outbreaks, saying the patients likely weren't contagious anymore and virtually all the homes that admitted them had cases already. Still, the governor stopped allowing such admissions in May.Late this week, it emerged that top Cuomo aide Melissa DeRosa had told Democratic lawmakers that the tally of nursing home residents' deaths at hospitals 바카라 게임 웹사이트� data that legislators had sought since August 바카라 게임 웹사이트� was delayed because officials worried that the information was 바카라 게임 웹사이트�going to be used against us바카라 게임 웹사이트� by the Trump administration바카라 게임 웹사이트�s Department of Justice.Echoing an explanation DeRosa gave Friday, Cuomo said the state was slow to respond to the lawmakers because officials prioritized dealing with requests from the Justice Department and were busy dealing with the work of the pandemic: 바카라 게임 웹사이트�It바카라 게임 웹사이트�s not like people were in the South of France,바카라 게임 웹사이트� he said.바카라 게임 웹사이트�When we didn바카라 게임 웹사이트�t provide information, it allowed press, people, cynics, politicians, to fill the void," he said, and 바카라 게임 웹사이트�it created confusion and cynicism and pain for the families.바카라 게임 웹사이트�바카라 게임 웹사이트�The truth is: Everybody did everything they could.바카라 게임 웹사이트�But nursing home residents' advocate Richard Mollot said the state has fallen short for years on overseeing nursing home care.바카라 게임 웹사이트�The governor has the power to take the steps necessary to ensure that nursing homes dedicate the resources needed to ensure safety,바카라 게임 웹사이트� said Mollot, the executive director of the Long Term Care Community Coalition. 바카라 게임 웹사이트�Every day of delay is another day of unnecessary suffering.바카라 게임 웹사이트�

NEW YORK —

바카라 게임 웹사이트�All the deaths in the nursing homes and hospitals were always fully, publicly and accurately reported,바카라 게임 웹사이트� the Democratic governor said, weeks after the state was forced to acknowledge that its count of nursing home deaths excluded thousands of residents who perished after being taken to hospitals. He explained the matter Monday as a difference of 바카라 게임 웹사이트�categorization,바카라 게임 웹사이트� with the state counting where deaths occurred and others seeking total deaths of nursing home residents, regardless of the location.

바카라 게임 웹사이트�We should have done a better job of providing as much information as we could as quickly as we could,바카라 게임 웹사이트� he said at a virtual news conference. 바카라 게임 웹사이트�No excuses: I accept responsibility for that.바카라 게임 웹사이트�

Cuomo, who has seen his image as a pandemic-taming leader dented by a series of disclosures involving nursing homes in recent weeks, said he would propose reforms involving nursing homes and hospitals in the upcoming state budget, without giving details.

But he continued to blame a 바카라 게임 웹사이트�toxic political environment,바카라 게임 웹사이트� and 바카라 게임 웹사이트�disinformation바카라 게임 웹사이트� for much of the complaints surrounding his administration's handling of the issue.

The governor's comments didn't satisfy state Assemblyman Ron Kim, a Democrat and outspoken critic of the administration's approach to nursing homes during the pandemic. Kim's uncle died of a presumed case of COVID-19 in a New York nursing home in April.

바카라 게임 웹사이트�I didn바카라 게임 웹사이트�t think it was much of an apology,바카라 게임 웹사이트� Kim said. 바카라 게임 웹사이트�It doesn바카라 게임 웹사이트�t pass the smell test.바카라 게임 웹사이트�

바카라 게임 웹사이트�But what gets lost, ultimately, is: If they were transparent, if they did disclose everything in real time, we could have had different policies ... and that would have had a different outcome in how we protected our communities.바카라 게임 웹사이트�

The head of a major association of New York nursing homes said the state erred by focusing too much on hospitals early in the pandemic and leaving nursing homes "scrambling to safeguard their residents and staff.바카라 게임 웹사이트�

바카라 게임 웹사이트�Policymakers and legislators must stop the blame game" and work more closely with nursing homes, said Stephen Hanse, CEO of the New York State Health Facilities Association and New York State Center for Assisted Living.

State lawmakers have been calling for investigations, stripping Cuomo of his emergency powers and even his resignation after new details emerged this week about why certain nursing home data wasn't disclosed for months, despite requests from lawmakers and others.

First, a report late last month from Democratic state Attorney General Letitia James examined the administration바카라 게임 웹사이트�s failure to tally nursing home residents' deaths at hospitals. The state then acknowledged the total number of long-term care residents' deaths is nearly 15,000, up from the 8,500 previously disclosed.

Next, in reply to a Freedom of Information request from the Associated Press, the state Health Department into nursing homes in the pandemic's early months 바카라 게임 웹사이트� over 40% higher than the state had said previously, because it wasn't counting residents who returned from hospitals to homes where they already had lived.

Cuomo and his administration have maintained that the hospital patients didn't drive nursing home outbreaks, saying the patients likely weren't contagious anymore and virtually all the homes that admitted them had cases already. Still, the governor in May.

Late this week, it emerged that top Cuomo aide Melissa DeRosa had told Democratic lawmakers that the tally of nursing home residents' deaths at hospitals 바카라 게임 웹사이트� data that legislators had sought since August 바카라 게임 웹사이트� was delayed because officials by the Trump administration바카라 게임 웹사이트�s Department of Justice.

Echoing an explanation DeRosa gave Friday, Cuomo said the state was slow to respond to the lawmakers because officials prioritized dealing with requests from the Justice Department and were busy dealing with the work of the pandemic: 바카라 게임 웹사이트�It바카라 게임 웹사이트�s not like people were in the South of France,바카라 게임 웹사이트� he said.

바카라 게임 웹사이트�When we didn바카라 게임 웹사이트�t provide information, it allowed press, people, cynics, politicians, to fill the void," he said, and 바카라 게임 웹사이트�it created confusion and cynicism and pain for the families.바카라 게임 웹사이트�

바카라 게임 웹사이트�The truth is: Everybody did everything they could.바카라 게임 웹사이트�

But nursing home residents' advocate Richard Mollot said the state has fallen short for years on overseeing nursing home care.

바카라 게임 웹사이트�The governor has the power to take the steps necessary to ensure that nursing homes dedicate the resources needed to ensure safety,바카라 게임 웹사이트� said Mollot, the executive director of the Long Term Care Community Coalition. 바카라 게임 웹사이트�Every day of delay is another day of unnecessary suffering.바카라 게임 웹사이트�

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