New York, NY – EXCLUSIVE: New York MP Michael Montesano said he intends to ask the state legislature to prosecute the government. Andrew Cuomo after a bomb blast by his top assistant that their office allegedly hid the information about COVID-19 nursing homes to shake off an investigation into the Department of Justice. the case.
“We have been asking for subpoenas and hearings for some time,” Montesano, a Republican member of the state’s oversight and investigation committee, told Fox News. ‘This news of the last few days is extremely worrying to me and I am going to ask his resignation today, and I will also ask the legislature to investigate, to file articles of indictment against the governor if he resigns. ‘
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Calls for a criminal investigation against Cuomo and his staff came after Governor Melissa DeRosa told the top New York Democrats on Thursday that the Cuomo government was afraid that the data on the COVID-19 deaths ‘can be used against us’ by the Department of Justice. amid the federal investigation instituted against four states regarding deaths in nursing homes, including New York, and the government has therefore withheld the actual death rate.
“It’s criminal now,” said Montesano, a Republican representing District-15. “The governor wants to talk about how our attacks on him are political. They are not political. It’s been to us all along that they’d covered things up, and now she’s admitted she’d covered things up because she knew the Department of Justice is conducting an active investigation into the nursing home problems that many of us in the legislature, especially in the minority, have requested to do so.
“She is obstructing an investigation. This makes it even more worrying,” he added.
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‘If I had to make an educated guess, I believe she’s realizing that DOJ is doing an investigation, things might get close, and she wants to talk to her about the wrong things she did when she covered something and when she tried to it out, ‘Montesano said of De Rosa’s shocking acknowledgment, which she tried to step back into in a statement released Friday.
U.S. Rep. Tom Reed, RN.Y., told Maria Bartiromo of FOX Business that he plans to file a criminal complaint against DeRosa to arrest her.
Montesano said he supported Congressman’s aggressive pressure to hold Cuomo and top staff accountable and called their behavior “very heinous”.
Cuomo has long been criticized for his handling of the coronavirus pandemic – in early 2020 after he ordered nursing homes in the Empire State to accept patients who had or were COVID-19. The decision sparked an attack on COVID-19 cases that infected thousands of elderly patients and resulted in hundreds of deaths among the state’s most vulnerable population.
In late January, New York Attorney General Letitia James revealed that Cuomo’s Department of Health had reported as many as 50% COVID-19 deaths in nursing homes.
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The New York Department of Health reported that on January 27, 2021, there were 5,957 confirmed deaths due to COVID-19 in nursing homes and an additional 2,783 suspected deaths. In emergency care facilities, there were 160 deaths and 52 suspected deaths.
But on Wednesday, the state revealed that the number of deaths was in fact 15,049 residents in elderly care facilities (nursing homes and assistance / care institutions), according to a letter from the state health commissioner, dr. Howard Zucker, who was sent to the Senate Democrats.
New York state and federal lawmakers have increased the pressure on the governor and called for him to resign.
“Resignation is one thing and I have to be honest with you, he’s too proud to think about it. He’s for himself, not for these people,” Montesano told Fox News.
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“Therefore, I ask if there is a possibility of prosecution under the New York State Constitution,” Montesano said. “It’s worth it for the legislature to investigate, because it’s far-reaching.”
Republican Rep. Kieran Lalor also said he was investigating an indictment against Cuomo.
“Because of the massive loss of life, covering up deaths in nursing homes is no worse than crime. But covering up is still extremely bad,” Lalor said in a statement to Fox News. “It must be investigated whether Cuomo and his staff obstructed the US Department of Justice.”
“The remarks of Cuomo’s top assistant appear to be an acknowledgment of obstruction,” he added. “The public has a right to know how the governor was involved in the obstruction. Unlike California, New York unfortunately has no mechanism by which citizens can directly try to remove a sitting CEO. In New York, it depends on the “People’s elected representatives to use the indictment process. Accusation must be on the table.”