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I'm finishing up some new projects, but while I'm doing that, let's revisit one I did in July.
Andrew Cuomo forced nursing homes to take sick patients, leading to a catastrophic domino effect throughout the state of New York and thousands and thousands of people dead.
Andrew Cuomo forced nursing homes to take sick patients, leading to a catastrophic domino effect throughout the state of New York and thousands and thousands of people dead.
Cuomo is currently on the defensive over this, and has even gone so far as to say that he never sent sick people into nursing homes.
Of the over 200,000 deaths that have been attributed to Covid so far, over 77,000 of those have occurred in nursing homes.
Of the over 200,000 deaths that have been attributed to Covid so far, over 77,000 of those have occurred in nursing homes.
On March 24, Cuomo claimed he would need 140,000 hospital beds and 40,000 ventillators.
The very next day he signed the order forcing sick people out of the hospitals and into nursing homes.
The very next day he signed the order forcing sick people out of the hospitals and into nursing homes.
And while I'm sure Andrew Cuomo would love for that to be true, and the NY State health department removed this PDF from their site... I have an archived copy.
https://web.archive.org/web/20200328184542/https://coronavirus.health.ny.gov/system/files/documents/2020/03/doh_covid19-_nhadmissionsreadmissions_-032520.pdf
https://web.archive.org/web/20200328184542/https://coronavirus.health.ny.gov/system/files/documents/2020/03/doh_covid19-_nhadmissionsreadmissions_-032520.pdf
"No resident shall be denied readmission or admission to the NH solely based on a confirmed or
suspected diagnosis of COVID19. NHs are prohibited from requiring a hospitalized resident who is
determined medically stable to be tested for COVID19 prior to admission or readmission."
suspected diagnosis of COVID19. NHs are prohibited from requiring a hospitalized resident who is
determined medically stable to be tested for COVID19 prior to admission or readmission."
So why would he do this?
For money of course.
For money of course.
Cuomo controls the New York State Democratic Central Party Committee, which the Greater New York Hospital Association as well as other nursing homes around the state donate heavily to that fund, and to Cuomo directly.
It makes up half the election budget.
https://www.followthemoney.org/show-me?dt=1&d-eid=1145&law-eid=6466806#
It makes up half the election budget.
https://www.followthemoney.org/show-me?dt=1&d-eid=1145&law-eid=6466806#
Kenneth Rake, CEO of the GNYHA, sat just a couple of seats down from Cuomo during most press conferences. Right next to him? Howard Zucker. One of the other signatories to the nursing home order on March 25.
The GNYHA donated $21,748 to Cuomo over the years, and for 2018 alone $1,500,000 million to the housekeeping fund.
https://www.followthemoney.org/show-me?dt=1&f-fc=1,2,3&pt-eid=4904&d-eid=1145#%5B%7B1%7Cgro=pt-typ,d-id,pt-pt
https://www.followthemoney.org/show-me?dt=1&f-fc=1,2,3&pt-eid=4904&d-eid=1145#%5B%7B1%7Cgro=pt-typ,d-id,pt-pt
It helped Cuomo win big in 2018 against Cynthia Nixon, who was giving him a run for his money.
It funded his political ads:
https://www.politico.com/states/new-york/albany/story/2017/03/democratic-party-pays-for-pro-cuomo-budget-ads-110310
This will likely not be a shock, but Cuomo is a gun grabber.
https://www.politico.com/states/new-york/albany/story/2018/03/12/new-york-democrats-launch-gun-ad-campaign-featuring-cuomo-310558
It funded his political ads:
https://www.politico.com/states/new-york/albany/story/2017/03/democratic-party-pays-for-pro-cuomo-budget-ads-110310
This will likely not be a shock, but Cuomo is a gun grabber.
https://www.politico.com/states/new-york/albany/story/2018/03/12/new-york-democrats-launch-gun-ad-campaign-featuring-cuomo-310558
2018 was the largest change in funding ever.
People were talking about it even then.
https://www.empirecenter.org/publications/following-the-money/
Source Two:
https://web.archive.org/web/20190119015548/https://www.crainsnewyork.com/health-care/hospital-association-gave-cuomos-political-machine-nearly-13-million-2018
People were talking about it even then.
https://www.empirecenter.org/publications/following-the-money/
Source Two:
https://web.archive.org/web/20190119015548/https://www.crainsnewyork.com/health-care/hospital-association-gave-cuomos-political-machine-nearly-13-million-2018
And during a heated few weeks while Cuomo deliberated whether to cut education or healthcare spending, the GNYHA spent $6M in advertising to convince him to favor the hospitals. https://web.archive.org/web/20190119015548/https://www.crainsnewyork.com/health-care/hospital-association-gave-cuomos-political-machine-nearly-13-million-2018
Cuomo then boosted Medicaid payments to hospitals and nursing homes... many in the GNYHA. It would cost $500M over three years, and with matching Federal aid, hospitals and nursing homes statewide will see a total benefit of some $1 billion.
At the start of Covid-19, Cuomo insisted over and over again on creating as many beds in nursing homes as possible. Even at the detriment of many sick seniors by moving them too quickly back to their long-term care facilities.
Many people were blindsided by the first waves of outbreaks, because Cuomo had also enacted "Matilda's Law" on March 20 that directed residents over 70 or those with vulnerabilities to limit their exposure risk as much as possible.
Five days later he signed the directive anyway.
Five days later he signed the directive anyway.
Cuomo tries to rationalize his own choices quite a bit, but he insists that there is no way to know if they'd be alive or not.
He then defends making all the extra space in the hospitals:
He then defends making all the extra space in the hospitals:
He doesn't mention the fact that after he wrote the directive for the nursing homes, he also went and made an addendum to the NY State annual budget that made allocations for emergency time protections that prevent emergency workers from being sued.
And while that makes sense, it also goes on to cover executives and board members who, even in the middle of a pandemic, are going to be attempting to make as much money for themselves as humanly possible.
Cuomo even guarded them from criminal liability.
https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/6927790-Kohn-Roberts-Chart-05-25-20.html
Cuomo even guarded them from criminal liability.
https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/6927790-Kohn-Roberts-Chart-05-25-20.html
As the pandemic progressed and infection and hospitalization rates were not what they were supposed to be, a motion was filed to repeal the legislation. So far, it has not moved at all.
https://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?default_fld=&leg_video=&bn=A10427&term=0&Summary=Y&Actions=Y&Memo=Y&Text=Y
https://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?default_fld=&leg_video=&bn=A10427&term=0&Summary=Y&Actions=Y&Memo=Y&Text=Y
So what or who is directly influencing Cuomo's daily actions?
Look no further than his top aide, Melissa DeRosa.
Look no further than his top aide, Melissa DeRosa.
Melissa had her own career as a pharma lobbyist and political consultant for Bolton St. John's before she became Cuomo's aide.
A NYTimes article about it questioned the choice because of her powerful lobbyist father. https://www.nytimes.com/2017/04/17/nyregion/cuomo-promotes-chief-of-staff-melissa-derosa-to-be-his-secretary.html
A NYTimes article about it questioned the choice because of her powerful lobbyist father. https://www.nytimes.com/2017/04/17/nyregion/cuomo-promotes-chief-of-staff-melissa-derosa-to-be-his-secretary.html
No matter where Cuomo is, she is right beside him.
At the same time, her father, brother, and sister-in-law all work for Bolton St. John's currently, the same pharma lobbyist she used to work for.
https://www.followthemoney.org/entity-details?eid=1145
At the same time, her father, brother, and sister-in-law all work for Bolton St. John's currently, the same pharma lobbyist she used to work for.
https://www.followthemoney.org/entity-details?eid=1145
"Melissa is the proverbial right hand to the governor. All work streams end with her and she is overseeing the monumental task of coordinating the state’s COVID-19 response including managing the war room of senior administration officials and their teams dedicated to-
-the effort, helping craft emergency executive orders, coordinating with elected officials and strategizing with hospital leadership and business executives across the state to ensure frontline workers have the resources they need." https://www.lohud.com/story/news/2019/05/28/andrew-cuomo-melissa-derosa-unapologetically-fierce/1132974001/
The GNYHA pays Bolton St. Johns $24,167 per month for lobbying services. So the same person acting as Cuomo's right hand during Covid has an entire family working their hardest to line the pockets of the hospital executives in New York City.
Conclusion coming right behind!
Conclusion coming right behind!
Cuomo wrote a little op-ed for Melissa in 2017 where she talks about interning for Hillary Clinton, then running Obama's political organization, leading negotiations on the nation's strongest prescription drug control law, campaigned for $15/hr, etc.
https://medium.com/@NYGovCuomo/melissa-derosa-on-the-courage-to-own-your-own-story-46b43cb91926
https://medium.com/@NYGovCuomo/melissa-derosa-on-the-courage-to-own-your-own-story-46b43cb91926
Melissa's father Giorgio DeRosa is one of the most powerful lobbyists in New York. He has been part of the New York State medical marijuana program, the DoC Inmate Telephone System, the Upstate casino expansion, the NY State prescription drug program worth $1B/year,
and the NY State mental health contract worth $120M/year.
They also worked on the DREAM Act and with the Immigration Coalition. https://www.cityandstateny.com/articles/politics/new-york-state/albanys-top-lobbyists-2019.html
They also worked on the DREAM Act and with the Immigration Coalition. https://www.cityandstateny.com/articles/politics/new-york-state/albanys-top-lobbyists-2019.html
So, in conclusion, you've got a network of powerful lobbyists, executives, and government employees working together in lockstep to enact the things they want to happen in the state. And Cuomo, seeing as he wants to keep his campaigns funded, obliges.
NY State has recently come under fire for obscuring another several thousand nursing home deaths, and the true number is still not certain. But in the meantime... Cuomo wrote a book about his leadership during Covid.
Now you know. The governor of New York sold out thousands of lives to appease his donor base. He protected them with legislation, and wrote legislation to force people out of hospitals so he could run up an even bigger tab making sure there were enough beds.
For a peak that never even came close to what was predicted.
I suppose you can't expect the man who would invite Ghislaine Maxwell to his wedding to have the best judgement.
He does have one thing though.
His legacy: #Cuomo19
Spread the word.
- L
I suppose you can't expect the man who would invite Ghislaine Maxwell to his wedding to have the best judgement.
He does have one thing though.
His legacy: #Cuomo19
Spread the word.
- L
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