Here’s some fun stuff I researched after the @WSJ article came out yesterday re: nursing home order to put Covid positive patients into nursing homes:
“Mr. Raske, president of the Greater New York Hospital Association, said he contacted Mr. Cuomo’s team for help with nursing homes. Hospitals couldn’t afford to house recovered nursing-home residents long-term, with models showing they soon could be swamped.” @WSJ
Why is this important? Because
“Greater NY forged a bond years ago with 1199SEIU, a health care workers union, and has presented a unified front against health care cuts. Its president, Kenneth Raske, enjoys a close relationship with Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo...
Mr. Raske has been seated at the governor’s table at fund-raisers. (Mr. Raske earned more than $8 million in 2017.)” https://www.nytimes.com/2019/08/26/nyregion/new-york-lobbying.html
A Lobbyist Gave $900,000 in Donations. Whose Money Is It?

A lobbyist for a powerful hospital group has been New York’s most reliable donor, raising questions of whether his employer directs the contributions.

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/08/26/nyregion/new-york-lobbying.html
“Within days, Mr. Cuomo’s team approved an order from the state’s health department that said nursing homes couldn’t refuse to admit patients simply because they had tested positive. The order would become one of the most controversial decisions of the response.” @WSJ
https://www.wsj.com/articles/cuomo-covid-new-york-coronavirus-de-blasio-shutdown-timing-11599836994
In Worst-Hit Covid State, New York’s Cuomo Called All the Shots

Governor overrode Mayor Bill de Blasio on shutdown timing and faced criticism for nursing home moves. The virus would push the state’s hospital system to the brink and kill more than 30,000.

https://www.wsj.com/articles/cuomo-covid-new-york-coronavirus-de-blasio-shutdown-timing-11599836994
Lastly, I wish the @WSJ article would’ve told us why @NYGovCuomo never used the comfort ship, the Javits center or other makeshift hospitals to put patients in. It cost millions of dollars of taxpayer dollars to have those options and they went empty.
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