Andrew Cuomo Apologizes For That Whole Nursing Home Situation

Is Andrew Cuomo the epitome of “too little, too late”?

Almost certainly so after you see what I’m about to show you.

Do you remember during COVID and how bad things got thanks to how Andrew Cuomo handled the elderly in the nursing homes?

If you don’t exactly remember, allow me to refresh your memory.

The irony is he played both ends of the stick, simultaneously imported sick elderly patients into nursing homes that had no ability to properly quarantine them (remember you quarantine the SICK, not the HEALTHY) creating a huge wave of sickness and death across all nursing homes in New York — and then here’s the ironic part — at the same time he banned family members from visiting their sick and dying family members!

Cuomo Nursing-Home Scandal Summary

In March 2020, Governor Andrew Cuomo’s administration ordered nursing homes to accept COVID-19 positive or suspected patients, even if facilities lacked proper isolation capacity. Critics argue this accelerated outbreaks among vulnerable residents, while supporters said it was meant to free up overwhelmed hospitals.

At the same time, families were banned from visiting nursing-home residents under strict pandemic restrictions. Thousands of elderly New Yorkers died isolated and alone, unable to see their loved ones in their final days — a decision that still fuels deep anger among families.

Later, Cuomo’s Health Department was accused of undercounting nursing-home deaths by omitting residents who died after being transferred to hospitals. A state Attorney General’s report found deaths may have been undercounted by up to 50%, prompting federal and congressional investigations into whether the administration withheld or altered data to downplay the impact.

The scandal severely damaged Cuomo’s credibility, transforming what had once been national praise for his crisis leadership into bipartisan criticism over transparency failures, executive overreach, and inhumane isolation policies. Though no criminal charges have been filed directly over the order, the controversy remains one of the most painful and consequential chapters of New York’s COVID-19 response.

Well, flash-forward five years and on election day Andrew Cuomo now says “OOPSIES!  Sorry about that guys, my bad!”

Unreal.

Watch here:

TRANSCRIPT:

Gov. Andrew Cuomo: Worst. Nobody knew what we were dealing with. I had the best health experts from around the globe—

Mm-hmm.

—giving us advice. We followed the best advice, we followed the federal guidance, and people died in a horrific way.

There were no visitors allowed into nursing homes, and I apologize for any family that lost a loved one during that time. It was on my watch, and I understand how terrible it was.

Yeah, we—we really were first—

Yeah.

—and worst. I remember calling my family down in South Carolina saying, “Mom and Dad, do not go to that party. You don’t understand what’s happening here. Y’all need to stay away from your friends right now and stay at home. People are losing their loved ones.”

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My doormen, many of them lost, like, their dad, their mom. It was really sad.

Janice Dean lost both of her in-laws because of the nursing home situation. It was a really hard time for New York and we were the first.

Interviewer: What do you say to the people who can’t afford to pay their bills here in New York, Governor? Because, uh, we really know how Mom Donny feels about the billionaires, about our police officers, about the Jewish community. Many of them are voting for you because of what he said about Israel.

But what do you say when people are gonna go vote for him today because free grocery stores, free buses, rent stabilized, corporate taxes go—

Backup video here if needed:

Andrew Cuomo apologize for nursing home deaths during COVID, begs Republicans for votes in NYC mayor race. pic.twitter.com/1ysKTy5qLQ

— Breaking911 (@Breaking911) November 4, 2025

What do you think….time to forgive and forget?

Or as they say in New York City: “Never Forget”?