The New York Post editorial board presses the state on a baffling decision: why the health czar "insisted on sending coronavirus-positive patients to nursing homes, when it’s been clear from the start that the elderly are most at risk from the virus." https://bit.ly/2S70IgJ 

context reported by @lesliehogan
http://www.wsj.com/articles/new-york-city-nursing-home-with-dozens-of-deaths-during-coronavirus-outbreak-says-it-got-little-help-11587673540

And The Post's own @bern_hogan https://nypost.com/2020/04/24/new-york-nursing-home-denied-requests-to-send-covid-19-patients-to-usns-comfort/

"New York issued a strict new rule last month: Nursing homes must readmit residents sent to hospitals with the coronavirus and accept new patients as long as they are deemed 'medically stable.'” https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/24/us/nursing-homes-coronavirus.html