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COVID-19: Cuomo's Nursing Home Directive Led To Additional Deaths, New Report Says COVID-19: Cuomo's Nursing Home Directive Led To Additional Deaths, New Report Says
Covid-19: Cuomo's Nursing Home Directive Led To Additional Deaths, New Report Says Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s directive last spring to nursing homes in New York to admit COVID-19 patients led to additional deaths, according to a newly released report✎ EditSign. The New York State Bar Association Task Force on Nursing Homes and Long-Term Care released the 242-page report criticizing the governor for not reversing the March 2020 order earlier than he did. “Although a determination of the number of additional nursing home deaths is beyond the capacity of the Task Force, there are credible reviews that suggest that the directive, for the approximately six weeks, that it wa…

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by Zak Failla
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COVID-19: NY Businesses Now Must Keep Half Of Workers Home; DOD Dispatches Hospital Ship COVID-19: NY Businesses Now Must Keep Half Of Workers Home; DOD Dispatches Hospital Ship
Covid-19: NY Businesses Now Must Keep Half Of Workers Home; DOD Dispatches Hospital Ship In an effort to reduce density amid the outbreak of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19), Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced that he will order all non-essential businesses in New York to have at least half their employees work from home. The move does not affect essential services such as food, pharmacies, healthcare, shipping, supplies, etc. The state will be providing a full list of exempted businesses in the statewide executive order, Cuomo said at a news conference on Wednesday, March 18 in Albany. Cuomo said the move was made in an attempt to "flatten the curve," and prevent an expected sp…

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by Joe Lombardi