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Salka 'Appalled'

If Governor Hid

Aged Death Rate

AG Letitia James' Study Concludes

Nursing Home Fatalities 50% Short

By JIM KEVLIN • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com

James
Salka
Cuomo

ALBANY – That state Attorney General Letitia James concluded the Cuomo Administration underreported COVID-19 deaths in nursing homes by half is "appalling," Assemblyman John Salka, R-Brookfield, declared in a statement released this afternoon.

An investigation by James' office concluded the administration undercounted coronavirus-related deaths at nursing homes by as much as 50 percent, the New York Times reported today.

Salka said this warrants the state Legislature pulling the governor's emergency powers, and he urged his colleagues to do so.

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