House COVID Panel Demands Answers From Former Cuomo Top Aide on Nursing Home Deaths

House Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Pandemic are pressing former Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s aide for more information about the state’s COVID-19 response.

The then-New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo holds a protective mask to his face as he and Secretary to the Governor Melissa DeRosa arrive for a briefing at New York Medical College in Valhalla, N.Y., on May 7, 2020. Mike Segar/Reuters

Members of the House Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Pandemic are pushing one of former Democrat New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s top aides for information about the state’s widely maligned COVID-19 nursing home policies.

Subcommittee chairman Brad Wenstrup (R-Ohio) and Rep. Nicole Malliotakis (R-N.Y.) announced in a Dec. 11 press release they had requested Melissa DeRosa sit for a transcribed interview and provide documents related to New York’s COVID-19 nursing home order.