GOP lawmakers ask AG Garland to probe whether Cuomo's group home directive violated residents' civil rights
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Republican members of Congress from New York are calling on Attorney General Merrick Garland to investigate Gov. Andrew Cuomo's April 2020 directive requiring group homes for the developmentally disabled to take in residents with coronavirus who have been declared "medically stable."
"New York State's policies placed those with intellectual or developmental disabilities at increased risk of exposure to COVID, and we fear COVID-related deaths in group homes have been underrepreorted," the letter said. "Given Governor Cuomo's poor track record of transparently sharing COVID-related data with the public, we therefore call on the Department of Justice to initiate an investigation into this matter to determine first whether the civil rights of those with disabilities have been violated and second to assess whether the statistics shared with federal authorities by New York State are accurate and truthful." Cuomo has been facing scrutiny – as well as calls for his impeachment or resignation – due to scandals including his administration's handling of nursing home deaths. On March 25, 2020, he issued a directive requiring nursing homes to accept residents with COVID-19 who had been released from hospitals.More Related News