Mayoral hopeful Andrew Cuomo admitted Thursday that he not only saw a controversial report on nursing home COVID deaths while he was governor, but may have doctored the document – a bombshell confession that contradicts his sworn Congressional testimony.
“I did not recall seeing the report at the time. I did see the report, it turns out,” Cuomo told PIX11 News. “I’m sure if I read the report I made language changes.”
The mea culpa comes after the Department of Justice last month reportedly opened a criminal investigation into whether Cuomo lied on Capitol Hill when he adamantly denied that he drafted, reviewed, discussed or consulted on a nursing home report on Empire State nursing home deaths.
Despite his new admission, Cuomo told PIX that the report “was accurate,” and complained that the entire issue “was politicized from day one.”
“New York always followed the federal guidance on what to do with nursing homes,” he said. “The guidance changed over time as federal officials learned more.”
Cuomo’s tenure in Albany was marred by allegations of sexual harassment and charges that his administration undercounted nursing home deaths during the pandemic — claims he has denied.
