Cuomo defends COVID-19 nursing home decisions in House panel hearing

NEW YORK CITY, New York: In an often combative congressional subcommittee hearing this week, former New York Governor Andrew Cuomo was criticized for his handling of the COVID-19 pandemic when the virus spread through nursing homes.

Cuomo had initially barred nursing homes from refusing to accept patients just because they had had COVID-19 in March 2020. More than 9,000 recovering coronavirus patients were relea