New York Gov. Kathy Hochul promised more government transparency on her first day in office and by day’s end her administration had quietly delivered it by acknowledging nearly 12,000 more deaths in the state from COVID-19 than had been publicized by her predecessor, Andrew Cuomo.
New York now reports nearly 55,400 people have died of COVID-19 in New York based on death certificate data submitted to the CDC, up from about 43,400 that Gov. Cuomo had reported to the public as of Monday, his last day in office.
Wow. Cuomo's time as governor was a disaster and a disgrace.
And this is who Joe Biden praised as the "gold standard" and said this month had done a "hell of a job."
New Yorkers deserve answers. Will Biden's DOJ finally decide to investigate now? https://t.co/Nuj7WyYXkt
— Tommy Pigott (@TommyPigott) August 25, 2021
