Fox Information meteorologist Janice Dean, whose mother-in-law and father-in-law died of COVID in a nursing house together with 1000’s of different New York seniors, attended a Home subcommittee listening to Tuesday in DC the place former Gov. Andrew Cuomo was grilled over his administration’s dealing with of the outbreak. Dean, a frequent Cuomo critic, shares her ideas right here on his look, as instructed to Publish statehouse reporter Vaughn Golden.
Tuesday’s listening to was extra of the identical — extra of what we noticed when the studies began popping out about then-Gov. Cuomo placing COVID-positive sufferers in nursing properties and the questions began.
As an alternative of displaying regret or apologizing to households, he blamed others, taking no duty in any respect.
I’m grateful for the subcommittee as a result of now there’s all types of documentation.
There’s paperwork.
There’s proof that he lied and denied and ought to be held accountable.
DC has finished extra work than Albany has ever finished.
To be fairly sincere with you, it’s embarrassing for Albany as a result of DC is doing the work New York ought to have been doing the entire time.
The truth that the subcommittee has to subpoena Gov. Hochul for necessary paperwork and data simply tells you it’s kind of a continuation of the Cuomo administration — it’s extra of the identical.
As an alternative of being forthcoming and clear and desirous to unravel issues, it’s nonetheless about hiding and denying and mendacity.
However I’m actually happy with the committee’s work.
It’s confirmed a whole lot of issues that all of us suspected: that COVID-positive sufferers had been put into nursing properties.
1000’s of them.
There was a report put out that was written by the state’s govt chamber and Cuomo to attempt to rid himself of all of his guilt.
However there have been textual content messages and paperwork out of his administration saying, can we go ahead and admit our mistake?
As a result of this was an enormous mistake.
And he by no means admitted to any of that.
So the proof was there.
And he was there along with his legal professionals who had been passing him notes, which ought to let you know that he must be very cautious about what he says due to lawsuits.
He actually has no regret.
I’ve stated from the very starting, had he known as households, had he apologized, had he stated he made a mistake and he’ll spend the remainder of his profession righting his unsuitable, we wouldn’t be right here right this moment.
He’s chasing that $5 million guide deal as a substitute of claiming, “I’m sorry, I’m sorry there are our bodies piling up exterior of nursing properties and also you couldn’t see your beloved.”
He couldn’t even look us within the face.
There have been many instances the subcommittee requested him to take a second to have a look at the faces of the households which have misplaced family members, and he by no means did that.
That instructed me he would by no means, ever apologize or be remorseful, and he’s actually incapable of that.
Six months in the past, a yr in the past, and even two years in the past I’d have stated I don’t suppose I’ll ever get the solutions and closure I’m in search of.
However the truth that we’re right here right this moment and there’s a doc on the market with extra investigations pending, like Chairman Brad Wenstrup instructed us: This doesn’t finish right here.
They’re nonetheless going to proceed and put out a brand new doc, an after-action overview, which once more, New York has not finished. So the truth that we’re counting on Washington, DC, to place out an after-action overview for New York state — how pathetic that’s.
However I’m happy with the findings as a result of for lots of the issues we had been advocating for, a whole lot of the issues we had been speaking about and fearful about, the proof is there. There are paperwork there, and that’s simple.