Cuomo’s much-criticized March 25, 2020 COVID-19 policy requiring nursing homes to admit infected patients recovering from the bug who were discharged from hospitals — became a flashpoint during the debate.
Lander invited Peter Arbeeny, whose father died from COVID-19 after a rehab stint at a local nursing home, as a guest.
And he recognized Arbeeny while questioning Cuomo — drawing cheers from the crowd.
“Andrew, this is Peter Arbeeny. His father Norman died because of your disastrous order to send people with COVID into nursing homes. Then, as you admitted this week, you hid the real death toll and lied to families about it for five years,” Lander said.
“So tonight, will you finally apologize to Peter and other grieving New Yorkers?” he said, pausing for applause. “Or will you just keep gaslighting them, with more blather about what a great job you claim you did?”Cuomo replied: “Maybe where you come from in St. Louis facts don’t matter, but here they do” — again failing to apologize.
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