Why Someone Hid Accurate Death Count for New York Nursing Homes

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🗓️ 23 March 2021

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New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s handling of nursing homes during the COVID-19 pandemic and his administration's alleged efforts to hide the accurate number of related deaths beg the question: Is the cover-up worse than the crime? The Empire Center for Public Policy, a New York-based research organization, filed a request last summer under the Freedom of Information Act seeking the accurate number of deaths in elder-care facilities from the state’s Department of Health. Tim Hoefer, president and CEO of Empire Center, joins "The Daily Signal Podcast" to explain why it took so long for the truth about New York’s nursing home deaths to come to light, and what may be next for Cuomo. We also cover these stories: Sens. John Cornyn, R-Texas, and Kyrsten Sinema, D-Ariz., ask President Biden to use his “full authorities” to respond to the crisis at the southern border. The White House says about 1 in 3 in Americans are getting the coronavirus vaccine. The president and vice president of The Heritage Foundation, Kay C. James and Kim Holmes, announce their resignations from the Washington-based think tank. Enjoy the show! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	This is the Daily Single Podcast for Tuesday, March 23rd.
0:09.2	I'm Rachel Dolce-Dulce.
0:10.4	And I'm Virginia Allen, New York Governor Andrew Cuomo allegedly covered up the accurate
0:16.4	number of COVID-19 nursing home deaths in his state.
0:20.4	The Empire Center in New York filed a freedom of information request of the New York Department
0:26.0	of Health in August.
0:27.6	In order to get the accurate number of nursing home deaths, when they did not receive the
0:31.8	information they were requesting, the Empire Center sued the Department of Health.
0:36.1	Tim Hofer, President and CEO of the Empire Center, joins the show today to explain what
0:41.5	could happen next to Governor Cuomo and why the truth was hidden for so long.
0:47.5	Don't forget, if you're enjoying this podcast, please be sure to leave a review or five-star
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0:56.1	And now onto our top news.
1:06.7	Republican Senator John Corden of Texas and Democrat Senator Kristen Sinema of Arizona are
1:12.4	asking President Joe Biden to use his full authorities to respond to the crisis at the
1:17.5	southern border.
1:19.0	In a joint letter, Corden and Sinema wrote,
1:21.7	We write to urge you to use your full authorities to effectively respond to and successfully
1:26.6	manage the ongoing crisis at our Southwest border. It is critical that our nation take
1:32.1	aggressive steps to secure our border, protect our communities, and ensure migrants are treated
1:37.8	fairly and humanely. They added that they will work with Congress to develop bipartisan
1:43.0	and common-sense responses to the surge of migrants at the border.
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