Former New York Governor Andrew Cuomo is set to testify about the state’s COVID-19 response before House lawmakers next week. From the New York Public News Network, WAMC’s Ian Pickus has more.
Cuomo is scheduled to speak with The Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Pandemic on September 10th. He resigned under pressure in August 2021, months after becoming a national figure early in the pandemic.
He continues to face questions about a state order from March 2020 that required nursing homes to accept COVID-positive patients amid a shortage of hospital beds. New York experienced thousands of deaths in nursing homes and assisted-living facilities during the pandemic. Cuomo denies wrongdoing.
A spokesman for the former governor says the question over COVID’s spread in nursing homes has already been investigated multiple times.
The spokesperson adds Cuomo is appearing voluntarily and says Republicans’ anti-science policies caused hundreds of thousands of unnecessary deaths from COVID. The former governor appeared for a seven-hour, closed-door interview with the subcommittee in June.
Image: Former New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo (Credit: Michelle L. Price, Associated Press)