![]() ![]() Using the data from those facilities, investigators compared the number of in-facility deaths found to those publicized by the state Department of Health as well as the total deaths compared to those made public by the state. New York’s AG office asked 62 nursing homes, 10% of the total facilities in the state, for information about on-site and in-hospital deaths from COVID-19. It also found that preliminary data also “reflects apparent underreporting” to the state by some nursing homes of resident deaths occurring in facilities as well. James’ investigation, which began after the governor asked the AG to set up a hotline to receive complaints about nursing homes failing to keep in touch with family members as in-person visits were banned, found that nursing home residents who died from COVID-19 after being transferred to hospitals have not been included in the official state count. The feds claimed the probe was part of the first step in determining whether to open a formal investigation under the Civil Rights of Institutionalized Persons Act, but Cuomo chafed at the request, calling it blatantly “political.”Ĭuomo’s office has repeatedly pushed back on criticisms regarding the March order on readmitting COVID-positive residents, arguing that it was based on federal guidance. ![]() Cover of the Daily News details how COVID deaths at a Harlem nursing facility were underreported. ![]()
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