Andrew Cuomo is at the center of an escalating controversy over deaths in nursing homes, how they were counted and how they handled requests for that data. James also said at the time that there had been some underreporting by some nursing homes of resident deaths in their facilities. In a statement responding to the report, New York's state health commissioner, Dr. Howard Zucker, pointed out there was an undercount overall -- claiming it was just an issue of classification. "When I say the State Department of Health -- as the report said -- the State Department of Health followed federal guidance. He starts tweeting that we killed everyone in nursing homes, he starts going after (New Jersey Gov.

Source: CNN February 16, 2021 01:30 UTC