Malliotakis calls for investigation into long-term care facilities
Assemblymember Nicole Malliotakis sent a letter to U.S. Attorney General William Barr asking him to start an investigation regarding the care of COVID-19 patients in long-term care facilities in New York State.
“It is my fear and belief that to leave it in the hands of our governor and Attorney General Letitia James would be a disservice to those we have lost and the families who mourn them,” Malliotakis wrote on May 8.
On May 10, Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced that he will issue an executive order mandating that all nursing homes and adult care facilities test all personnel for COVID-19 two times per week and report any positive test results to the State Department of Health by the next day. The executive order also mandates that hospitals cannot discharge a patient to a nursing home unless that patient tests negative for COVID-19.