June 30, 2020: "The death toll among residents may be thousands higher than officially reported." empirecenter.org/publications/n…
July 8, 2020: "Most glaringly, [the DOH report] relies on the Cuomo administration’s low-ball estimate of nursing home deaths, which excludes residents who were transferred to hospitals before passing away." empirecenter.org/publications/c…
Aug. 3, 2020: "I hereby request records of COVID-19-related deaths of residents of nursing homes and assisted living facilities, including those who died while physically outside of the homes." empirecenter.org/wp-content/upl…
Aug. 10, 2020: "As the harrowing past few months have made clear, New York was both unusually vulnerable to the coronavirus and dangerously underprepared to fight it." empirecenter.org/publications/r…
Sept. 1, 2020: "The state Health Department is offering a new explanation for why it won’t provide the full death toll of coronavirus in nursing homes: it can’t find the records." empirecenter.org/publications/t…
Sept. 18, 2020: “This case isn’t about assigning blame or embarrassing political leaders. It’s about gaining a full and accurate understanding of what happened, which is crucial to improving our defenses against the next pandemic.” empirecenter.org/publications/e…
Sept. 20, 2020: "In the name of easing a crisis for [hospitals], the Cuomo administration contributed to a disaster for vulnerable nursing-home residents, who died by the thousands." empirecenter.org/publications/t…
Oct. 28, 2020: "The public is clearly entitled to know the full impact of coronavirus in nursing homes. The only question is when the Cuomo administration will choose to comply with the law and finally share the whole truth." empirecenter.org/publications/a…
Dec. 17, 2020: "As the coronavirus pandemic resurges across New York, residents of nursing homes are once again bearing the brunt." empirecenter.org/publications/t…
Jan. 13, 2021: “It’s increasingly evident that the state will not release these records until compelled to do so by the courts." empirecenter.org/publications/c…
Jan. 27: "Although the state’s vaccine progress reports have become more detailed and frequent—appearing daily since Jan. 15—they notably leave out any information about nursing homes residents or staff ..." empirecenter.org/publications/t…
Jan. 29, 2021: "The most shocking thing about state Attorney General Letitia James’ report on the coronavirus pandemic in New York nursing homes is what it did not contain: a definitive count of how many thousands of residents have died of COVID." empirecenter.org/publications/i…
Feb. 3, 2021: “We hope Justice O’Connor’s unequivocal ruling finally pushes the Cuomo administration to do the right thing." empirecenter.org/publications/c…
Feb. 10: "This six-month fight should not have been necessary, The department should have been disclosing these numbers all along, and certainly should have provided them upon request ..." empirecenter.org/publications/c…
Feb. 18, 2021: "The admission of coronavirus-positive patients into New York nursing homes under March 25 guidance from the New York State Department of Health was associated with a statistically significant increase in resident deaths." empirecenter.org/publications/c…
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