New York comptroller audit concludes Cuomo admin undercounted COVID nursing home deaths

An audit released on Tuesday by the New York State government concluded that the administration of former New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo failed to accurately account for the number of New Yorkers who died from the coronavirus in nursing homes.

"Families have a right to know if their loved one’s COVID-19 death was counted, but many still don’t have answers from the state Department of Health," DiNapoli said in a statement released with the audit. "Our audit findings are extremely troubling. The public was misled by those at the highest level of state government through distortion and suppression of the facts when New Yorkers deserved the truth. The pandemic is not over, and I am hopeful the current administration will make changes to improve accountability and protect lives. An important step would be for DOH to provide the families who lost loved ones with answers as to the actual number of nursing homes residents who died. These families are still grieving, and they deserve no less."