This award, we assume, given who it’s named after, is an award for killing people and getting away with it. Reality check: That Ted Kennedy is trotted out like some hero each year is repulsive. He left a woman to die. Which makes Cuomo’s receiving the award for his part in massive nursing home deaths apropos.
Cuomo will receive the Edward M. Kennedy Institute Award for Inspired Leadership, in part, for taking dramatic steps to slow the spread of COVID-19 when the pandemic first struck, including urging people to wear masks, stay home and respect social distancing rules.
The governor, who was married to Ted Kennedy’s niece, Kerry, also won praise for implementing a $15 minimum wage, the strongest paid family leave program in the nation and strict gun-safety laws during his three terms in Albany.
What absolute HORSE**** as well as a heavily edited version of reality.
On 2 March 2020, 54 days AFTER the CDC issued a public health alert about COVID to state and local health officers, state and local epidemiologists, state and local laboratory directors, public information officers, HAN coordinators, and clinician organizations, which would have included Democratic Socialist governor of New York Andy Cuomo’s worthless health commissioner, Howie Zucker, a press release entitled “Rensselaer County Officials Working with State and Federal Officials on Coronavirus Issue” stated as follows:
With confirmed cases of coronavirus in the nation and the state, Rensselaer County health officials took part in calls with the Centers for Disease Control and the New York State Department of Health regarding the issue.
At this time, there are no confirmed cases of coronavirus in the county.
Federal and state health officials have termed the spread of the illness nationally and in the state as “isolated” cases.
“We want residents to know that our team at the Health Department is monitoring this situation closely and working with state and federal officials to share information and get updates.”
“However, there is no need for undue concern or worry,” said County Executive Steve McLaughlin.
“We have been informed that New York State remains at a low risk for coronavirus.”
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That was Andy Cuomo who gave out that stupid information, and now, the dude is a Democrat hero!
Then, just fifteen days later, on 17 March 2020, WRGB 6 ran a story entitled “Troy man tests positive for coronavirus, first in Rensselaer County” by Heather Kovar, wherein un-edited reality was presented as follows:
TROY, NY (WRGB) Rensselaer County now officially has its first confirmed case of Coronavirus, a 35-year-old resident of Troy.
The County Executive announced all public and private schools there would close by Wednesday.
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In a listing of COVID deaths by state as of December 11, 2020 the death rate from COVID-19 in the state of New York is 181 per 100,000 people, second in the nation, and New York is one of the states with the highest number of COVID-19 cases.
That is what Andy Cuomo is getting the award for – BODY COUNT!
This must be like living in a parallel universe. Such a disgusting situation that it appears that there is nothing to stop this insanity.
The Kennedys, Cuomos, Romneys, Kerrys, Clintons, Obamas Pelosis, to name a few, all do live in a parallel universe. It is that place which they have purchased where they are able to be together and elite; where they can make decisions for us that they believe we don’t know how to make, and they will find a way to make those decisions for us using any method that is necessary. Smokescreens are created to distract us and cover the actual reality. Of course those decisions strengthen their control, have no conscience, drive a larger wedge between the have’s and have nots, and completely lack transparency. Fingers will be pointed at others to deflect the direction of investigations, and they will buy influential characters necessary to keep the lid from coming off the truth.
It is a rather sad state of affairs, but I believe we will get the last laugh. When Cuomo arrives at the podium to receive his Ted Kennedy award, I am sure he will pay the finest homage possible to his hero by having his pants fall down.
Cuomo ‘s beady-eyed pot-marked face appears at least twice each day on every major and cable news channel (yes, even the morphing FOX) Does anyone other than Scotiagirl expect to see this miserable chunk of offal heading the Democrat ticket for the 2024 Presidential election?
Oh those photographic descriptions just keep coming, eh ? “Miserable chunk of offal”. That’s a good one. I’m jealous of the creativity. As far as President Cuomo…………well it’s possible. Depends on which way the party goes. It’s early yet. They claim to be the progressive party and despise useless old white men, but they elected Biden as their guy. So Cuomo could be next in line. He is building democratic credibility. Then again, democrats support all abortion, even if the party has supported the man for all of his years. So they could turn on Biden in a heartbeat and leave him on the table w/o food until he expires. That would be a new progressive move and the party could really get into their identity politics. Mistress Harris then becomes president and could be the catalyst for an all female White House. Enter Miss Pelosi for now. She gets more power as she desires. Then in 4 years enter Miss Georgia. Stacy Abrams. 2 women. Minorities. With identity politics being the driving force to the democrat platform, all they need to then do is to declare Ms. Abrams gay (whether it’s true or not) and they would have their dream team. Sexual allegations already coming out against Cuomo. Hunter and Joe Biden already being announced there are allegations being pursued and the white guys are already being attacked as if old and in the way. The perfect rising tide against the white man in The Swamp ? Politics makes strange bedfellows ? No wonder Wayne is considering throwing up his hands. I’m trying to recall the attitude of Alfred E. Neuman at all times to keep my head on straight, and that’s a sad reality.
Without divulging details, please accept that Scotiagirl has considerable knowledge of and intimate experience with Joe Biden. No, she is not Chinese nor is she a prostitute but she does have a past, and if you knew Joe like she has known him you might conclude that ANYBODY can be placed behind the Resolute Desk.
I’m a VEET NAM veteran and I concluded that ANYBODY can be placed behind the Resolute Desk back in 68 when the horse’s ass LBJ was in there.
And there is nothing that has come along since then to make me change my mind.
As an aside, two feet of snow overnight up this way.
I hope you only got 2′ Paul. From the amount of rain we got, if that headed your way you may have gotten much worse. I think I did hear of some N.Y. State areas getting over 3′, no ? I am so glad I am here all the time. I was, and still am, quite tired of dealing with snow. The ocean and bay temps. sure help us keep our accumulations down, and to disappear quickly.
Just got back from a brief trip to Northern Virginia, Fauquier County, where my horses were. BTW better to spell that out rather than use the voice prompts on your phone or tablet. People can get offended…
Had about a foot of snow, ice there. Revolting to me.
32 inches just to the north of me, and 40 some inches in another place.
Must have been a white-out that night for 2 feet of snow that started after 7 P.M. some time to be on the ground by 5 the next morning.
Getting back to Andy Cuomo, called “The Honker” because he talks through his nose so that he sounds like a goose honking when he gets excited, which with Andy is often, according to an Albany, New York article entitled “State requires counties to sign agreement before receiving coronavirus vaccines – Governor’s vaccination chief urges patience as frustration over plan grows” by Brendan J. Lyons on Dec. 30, 2020, the state’s COVID response is as ****** up today as it ever was, if not more so, to wit:
ALBANY — The state health department ordered county officials this week to quickly sign a “memorandum of understanding” giving the state full control of the coronavirus vaccination process in order for those counties and other “authorized vaccine providers” to receive and administer the doses.
The memorandum was delivered to county officials across the state late Tuesday, and they were given a deadline of noon Wednesday to sign and return it, several officials said.
The move caught many county officials off-guard and has further strained the tenuous relations between the state and counties that have been preparing mass-vaccination plans for years but, according to some officials, seen those efforts largely brushed aside by the administration of Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo.
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For Andy, there is a very small stage in New York with only room for him on it, and there is a very small spotlight, with room for only him in it, so of course these other public officials are being brushed aside.
Getting back to that article as to why COVID vaccine distribution in the Democratic Socialist stronghold of New York state is so ****** up, we have:
The governor’s task force has responded that the distribution of vaccines to nearly 20 million New Yorkers is an unprecedented undertaking that requires meticulous management by the state to ensure the process is done properly.
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Uh, sure, okay, no, truly, whatever you say, although they have has months now to get prepared for exactly that outcome.
And back to that story we go, as follows:
Larry Schwartz, a member of Cuomo’s coronavirus task force who is leading the state’s vaccination efforts, said any organization or municipality receiving the vaccines is being required to sign the agreement.
“We have to ensure they are following the CDC (Centers for Disease Control) guidance and the state guidance on who is to receive the vaccine,” he said.
“That MOU ensures us that they are going to follow the CDC guidance and the state guidance regarding the allocation of the vaccine.”
“… To me, nobody should have an issue with that.”
The agreement states that any county health department or other authorized vaccine provider “is not at liberty to utilize the vaccine unless and until it is directed to administer it by (the state health department) at a later date, which may involve allocation or redistribution of vaccine initially delivered to such site, and which may be further informed by (the state’s) vaccination program, vaccine prioritization matrix, or other specific directives.”
The agreement also enables the state to reallocate vaccine doses to other facilities or locations at its discretion if there is a more pressing need elsewhere.
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As can be expected of a Democratic Socialist, this program remains a complete **** up, which takes us back to that article for more as follows:
Frank E. Thomas, chairman of the Warren County Board of Supervisors, said the frustration among some county leaders is due to their inability to provide more information to the public.
“There is frustration as far as counties want the data for each county, as far as how many vaccines come into each county,” he said.
“It doesn’t seem to be very forthcoming from the state.”
“… (We are) getting a lot of questions from the public … and they don’t have the answers.”
Rensselaer County Executive Steve McLaughlin, a frequent Cuomo critic, said his office also has not been provided details of who has been vaccinated in that county, and he questioned the necessity of the memorandum of understanding when there is “one mission” to vaccinate those who want it.
“We are worried that delays and a lack of coordination by the state will result in days turning into weeks, and weeks turning into months as we wait for vaccines,” McLaughlin said.
“The time the state has spent crafting MOUs or deciding which group gets to jump the line distracts from getting the vaccines onto trucks and delivered across the state to all residents.”
McLaughlin, a former state assemblyman, said there is “growing concern about the lack of communication by the state to local partners including those of us in Rensselaer County.”
“There should be specific dates on when the vaccines will be received and when they are expected to be administered.”
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Yes, there should be, and in a better run state, there would be.
But New York state under Democratic Socialist Andy Cuomo is not one of them.
Which will probably earn him another Edward M. Kennedy Institute Award for Inspired Leadership.
Knowing the Tammany-style politics of the corrupt Democratic Socialist stronghold of New York state under strongman ruler Andy Cuomo, when I read in Albany, New York Times Union article entitled “State requires counties to sign agreement before receiving coronavirus vaccines – Governor’s vaccination chief urges patience as frustration over plan grows” by Brendan J. Lyons on Dec. 30, 2020 that Andy’s state health department had ordered county officials this week to quickly sign a “memorandum of understanding” giving the state full control of the coronavirus vaccination process in order for those counties and other “authorized vaccine providers” to receive and administer the doses, and that the dictate states that any county health department or other authorized vaccine provider “is not at liberty to utilize the vaccine unless and until it is directed to administer it by (the state health department) at a later date, which may involve allocation or redistribution of vaccine initially delivered to such site, and which may be further informed by (the state’s) vaccination program, vaccine prioritization matrix, or other specific directives, and that the dictate also enables the state to reallocate vaccine doses to other facilities or locations at its discretion if there is a more pressing need elsewhere, the first and only thought that comes to my mind is that the Cuomo administration has a bidding war going on to determine who actually does get the first doses of the vaccines.
And going back for a moment to that Albany, New York Times Union article entitled “State requires counties to sign agreement before receiving coronavirus vaccines – Governor’s vaccination chief urges patience as frustration over plan grows” by Brendan J. Lyons on Dec. 30, 2020 while we ponder life in the Land of What The **** here to the north of the Commonwealth of Virginia with its copycat Democrat governor “Ralph “Ol’ Blackface” Northam, a “state” where Democratic Socialist strongman Andy Cuomo rules supreme with all the power of a Roman dictator, we have the following interesting revelation, to wit:
The governor and other members of his office and the coronavirus task force have not been vaccinated.
A spokesman for Cuomo said they would likely wait until the general public is being vaccinated, and to use it as an opportunity to reassure people the vaccines are safe and effective.
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HUH?
Speaking of being in the Land of What The ****, what’s up with that, one must wonder.
Governor Andy and other members of his office and the coronavirus task force have not been vaccinated and they would likely wait until the general public is being vaccinated, and to use it as an opportunity to reassure people the vaccines are safe and effective?
That seems like BULL**** to me given that on Friday, December 4, 2020, ABC 7 ran a story titled “Coronavirus NY News: Cuomo shows off the ‘weapon that’s going to win the war'” wherein Cuomo was touting the vaccine as follows:
NEW YORK (WABC) — New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo unpacked a sample box of coronavirus vaccine, demonstrating the packaging and shipment required for ultra-cold storage.
The show-and-tell was a demonstration of what Cuomo described as the “weapon that’s going to win the war.”
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Think about that, people – the “weapon that’s going to win the war.”
What a powerful statement!
OH, the drama of the moment, and what drama it would have been if Andy had rolled up his own sleeve and sat there calmly while his health commissioner and proctologist Howie Zucker came onstage from the wings with a gold needle full of vaccine resting on a cushion of purple velvet and gave Andy the shot right then and there!
Oh, how the multitudes would have cheered and felt good about themselves, as a result, more confident about getting the vaccine than they otherwise would have been, and now are, byt the spectacle og Asndy and his crowd, including Howie Zucker all saying, “Ah, well, hey, you know, we’re going to take a pass for the good of the public, who we’ll donate our share to, somebody in an underserved community of which we have many in New York!”
Which translates out as “Hey, I wouldn’t take any of that **** if my life depended on it!”
They’re going to wait to see what that **** does to the common person before they take it, which is smart on their part, which takes us to a CBS News article on December 14, 2020 entitled “First COVID-19 vaccine given in New York as Cuomo touts ‘weapon that will end the war'”, where we had another opportunity for drama missed by Andy Cuomo, who claims to be the supreme leader of the people of New York state, which has people wondering why he is ducking getting the shot himself, to wit:
New York Governor Andrew Cuomo hosted a televised update Monday that saw critical care nurse Sandra Lindsay receive one of the first doses of the COVID-19 vaccine.
“I believe this is the weapon that will end the war.”
“This is the beginning of the last chapter of the book,” he said, ahead of the public vaccination in New York City.
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Now, with good speech writing like that, and Andy’s commanding presence on stage where he looms larger than life like a modern-day George Patton, it is easy to see why Andy has become a nation-wide media darling worthy of a plethora of Edward M. Kennedy Institute Awards for Inspired Leadership, not just one.
So why is Andy putting off getting the shot?
I mean, what kind of leadership example is that?
If the stuff was as good as Andy wants us to believe it is, one would think he would be setting the same type of example as Kamala Harris who got the shot on national TV to convince the people of color that the vaccine is not some white man’s plot to kill them off the make America white again.
Think how much more powerful that message would have been if Andy had been there with her, getting the shot, as well, which takes us back to the story, as follows:
Lindsay said she felt “hopeful and relieved” about the shot.
“It didn’t feel any different from taking any other vaccine,” she told reporters.
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Not bad, but really, kind of tepid when it comes to getting the public interested in being a guinea pig for the drug companies by taking this vaccine.
Getting back to the story:
Cuomo tweeted “hope is on the way” Sunday as the first of nearly 3 million doses being shipped this week made their way by truck and by plane around the country from Pfizer’s Kalamazoo, Michigan, factory.
“The vaccine only works if people take it,” Cuomo said Monday.
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So why didn’t Andy take it then, to set an example?
What is it that he is waiting for, given that in that same news story, we are told that experts have said at least 75% of people need to get the vaccine to achieve widespread “herd immunity.”
“It’s going to take months before the vaccine hits critical mass.”
“This is the light at the end of the tunnel, but it’s a long tunnel,” Cuomo said, urging people to continue practicing coronavirus safety measures including wearing masks through the upcoming holidays.
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And that is the latest on the COVID vaccine cluster**** in the Land of What The **** north of the Commonwealth of Virginia where Cuomo wannabee Ralph “Ol’ Blackface” Northam reigns supreme.
To understand why we do not trust this COVID vaccine distribution in the corrupt third-world ****-hole of New York state under the regime of Democratic Socialist strongman Andy Cuomo, a thug who rules by fear, we need to go back to the Albany, New York Times Union article entitled “State requires counties to sign agreement before receiving coronavirus vaccines – Governor’s vaccination chief urges patience as frustration over plan grows” by Brendan J. Lyons on Dec. 30, 2020 where we were informed that Larry Schwartz, a member of Democratic Socialist strongman Andy Cuomo’s New York state coronavirus task force who is leading the state’s vaccination efforts said any organization or municipality receiving the vaccines is being required to sign an agreement giving Andy Cuomo full control of the vaccination program, including the “right” to pull back vaccine supplies apportioned to a county to divert them “elsewhere,” as determined by Andy, this same Larry Schwartz was the star of a Newsweek article appropriately entitled “Lawrence Schwartz is Cuomo’s behind-the-scenes muscle” by Michael Gormley michael.gormley@newsday.com on August 9, 2014, where we had as follows:
ALBANY — He is the most powerful state official most New Yorkers have never heard of.
“He has the reputation of a sort of no-nonsense tough guy who has really implemented the will of governors Paterson and Cuomo,” said Blair Horner, legislative director of the New York Public Interest Research Group and an observer of Albany politics for more than two decades.
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Being a real tough guy himself, our Andy, a former Queens tow-truck driver who has been made into a literal dictator by the Democratic-controlled lickspittle NYS legislature with the power to suspend the constitution during the COVID crisis, likes to surround himself with other tough guys like Rich “The Ape” Azzopardi who was the star of a 28 March 2019 New York Times story entitled “In Profane Rant, Cuomo Aide Calls 3 Female Lawmakers ‘Idiots’,” and a Splinter News article entitled “Cuomo Aides Not Big Fans of Young Female Legislators” by Samantha Grasso on 3/28/19, wherein was stated as follows, to wit:
If you thought New York Gov. Andrew was a piece of work, just look at his staff.
A senior adviser to the governor called three young female state lawmakers “f**king idiots” on Wednesday, the New York Times reported.
The insult was in response to a press conference the women held criticizing Cuomo for reportedly hosting a $25,000-ticket fundraiser earlier this month during the state’s budget season, which wasn’t mentioned on Cuomo’s public schedule.
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That is how the Andy Cuomo administration deals with women – it lets “The Ape” loose on them.
Getting back to the Cuomo COVID vaccine cluster****, we have:
Now Schwartz is at the center of the Moreland Commission controversy being investigated by Preet Bharara, U.S. attorney for the Southern District.
Schwartz was accused in a July 23 New York Times article of interfering with the commission Cuomo created a year ago.
“This is wrong,” Schwartz is said to have told a commission co-chairman last year when the panel planned to subpoena a TV ad company used by Cuomo’s campaign.
“Pull it back,” Schwartz said, according to an email from co-chairman William Fitzpatrick cited in the Times.
The subpoena ultimately was served.
Schwartz also was cited in the Times article as having interfered with the commission when it planned to issue a subpoena to one of Cuomo’s biggest campaign donors, the Real Estate Board of New York, and other allies.
“Even I was surprised at the level to which there might have been interference,” said Barbara Bartoletti of the League of Women Voters, who was a nonvoting adviser to the commission.
Cuomo, however, discounts claims of interference.
Cuomo and Schwartz aren’t commenting publicly on the Moreland case, citing the federal probe that has caused most of state government and even former Cuomo and Paterson staffers to clam up.
When Cuomo relied on Schwartz to work with the Moreland Commission, the governor picked a proven staffer with a strong background in government and politics.
Schwartz was senior class president and a soccer goalie at Comsewogue High School in Port Jefferson Station and graduated from the State University of New York at Binghamton, majoring in political science.
After college, Schwartz worked on local political campaigns.
Schwartz began the road to the executive chamber in 1994.
Like many current Cuomo confidants, he was an aide that year in the unsuccessful re-election campaign of Gov. Mario Cuomo, whose top adviser was another hard-charging 20-something named Andrew M. Cuomo.
That led Schwartz to a stint with the State Senate’s Democratic minority.
In 2009, Schwartz became secretary to the governor for Paterson, a formal title that translates to the governor’s top aide and chief of staff involved in every initiative.
Schwartz, who makes $178,000 a year, once described his role as “chief operating officer,” a title that doesn’t exist in state government and which many thought overstated his role.
In 2010, Schwartz was involved in one of the scandals of the Paterson administration.
Inspector General Joseph Fish released a highly critical report about the awarding of a contract to create a video slot machine casino at the Aqueduct Racetrack in Queens.
The state had sought to generate as much as $650 million a year in tax revenue by creating the casino, but what the inspector general later called a “political free-for-all” ensued, involving several lobbying groups and accusations that their campaign contributions swayed the selection process.
“Secretary to the Governor Lawrence Schwartz, the self-proclaimed ‘chief operating officer’ of the state . . . testified that he was ‘outside’ the selection process, yet he organized and attended many key meetings with executive staff and various vendors,” Fish’s report stated.
“Schwartz further engaged in communications with the governor regarding the selection despite his ignorance of the salient facts,” the report said.
“Schwartz further incredibly claimed to not recall myriad meetings he organized and attended, various e-mail correspondence between himself and other individuals, and numerous conversations in which he engaged.”
Schwartz survived unscathed as some lawmakers — but no administration officials — faced investigations.
And now we have that same dude in charge of distributing COVID vaccine in New York state which is why we have no faith whatsoever in the program, especially in a corrupt state like New York.
And continuing on with our concerns about COVID vaccine distribution in the corrupt ****hole of New York and segueing off New York State Inspector General Joseph Fish having released a highly critical report about the awarding of a contract to create a video slot machine casino at the Aqueduct Racetrack in Queens which the inspector general later called a “political free-for-all” involving several lobbying groups and accusations that their campaign contributions swayed the selection process, and wherein he stated “Secretary to the Governor Lawrence Schwartz, the self-proclaimed ‘chief operating officer’ of the state . . . testified that he was ‘outside’ the selection process, yet he organized and attended many key meetings with executive staff and various vendors,” and “Schwartz further incredibly claimed to not recall myriad meetings he organized and attended, various e-mail correspondence between himself and other individuals, and numerous conversations in which he engaged,” which is typical of New York state political hacks when they are being questioned about alleged wrongdoing they are involved in, with “I don’t know nothing” being their common refrain, that takes us to an Albany, New York Times Union article entitled “State Police investigating COVID-19 vaccine distribution outside of protocols – Provider based in NYC, Orange County touted giving Moderna vaccine to public” on Dec. 27, 2020, where we were informed as follows:
NEW YORK (AP) — Police and health officials were probing Saturday whether an Orange County health care provider violated state guidelines in the distribution of COVID-19 vaccines.
State Health Commissioner Dr. Howard Zucker said in a statement that his office and State Police were investigating ParCare Community Health Network in Orange County.
Zucker said he had received reports that ParCare may have fraudulently obtained the vaccine and diverted it to other facilities to be given to members of the public.
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Now, here it has to be said that the “boss” of this ParCare that allegedly received the COVID vaccine “fraudulently” is connected to the Democrat party, which takes us back to the story as follows:
“We take this very seriously and DOH will be assisting State Police in a criminal investigation into this matter,” Zucker said.
“Anyone found to have knowingly participated in this scheme will be held accountable to the fullest extent of the law.”
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The question, of course, that hasn’t yet been answered, and given the political connections here, won’t be answered, is how this alleged “fraud” could possibly have happened with Cuomo “tough guy” Larry Schwartz in charge of who it got distributed to.
Getting back to that story, it continues as follows:
In an emailed statement, the company said it would cooperate with the investigation and that it “has a long history of partnering with the city of New York to provide vital healthcare services to New Yorkers who need them most — including providing COVID-19 testing — especially for New Yorkers in medically underserved communities who’ve been hardest hit by COVID-19.”
On Dec. 21 ParCare tweeted pictures of “thousands” of doses it received, as well as a picture of a rabbi receiving the vaccine on Dec. 24.
Statements from ParCare the same day said they were providing Moderna vaccines to people who signed up online if they were older than age 60, or who had underlying medical conditions.
“Hundreds of patients were already vaccinated today, and people are still coming in,” Gary Schlesinger, the CEO and president of ParCare, said in a statement earlier in the week.
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And that in turn takes us to a New York Post article entitled “Gov. Cuomo says AG to probe vaccine ‘fraud,’ vows $1M fine for violations” by Bruce Golding on December 28, 2020, where the fraud saga continues, as follows:
The state attorney general’s office will investigate allegations that a Brooklyn-based health care provider fraudulently obtained and diverted coronavirus vaccines, Gov. Andrew Cuomo said Monday — and warned that even recipients of an unsanctioned shot could face penalties.
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See what I am saying about Cuomo being a real tough guy?
Getting back to the story of the COVID vaccine fraud, we have:
Cuomo also said he planned to sign an executive order that would establish a $1 million fine for vaccine-related fraud and allow the revocation of state licenses from violators, including doctors and nurses who crookedly administer shots.
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Cuomo is quite literally a dictator these days while COVID rages, so he can make any kind of laws he wants to through executive orders and nobody can challenge him.
And that story continues as follows:
Even patients could be prosecuted, Cuomo said, “if you received the vaccine and you knew you shouldn’t have received the vaccine.”
“The vaccine is a valuable commodity,” Cuomo said during a virtual news conference in Albany.
“You have many people who want the vaccine and you will have fraud in the vaccine process.”
“It’s almost an inevitable function of human nature and the marketplace.”
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And in fact, this being the corrupt ****hole of New York, we expect a brisk Black Market in COVID vaccines, especially in New York City, where the Russian mob will likely be peddling rat urine as the real thing, as well as a bidding war, which again takes us back to that story, as follows:
“The state police believe there’s enough evidence to commence a criminal investigation and that’s why they referred it to the attorney general,” Cuomo said.
AG Letitia James “is going to take it on and make it a priority,” he said.
“We will not tolerate any fraud in the vaccination process,” Cuomo said.
“Anyone who engages in any fraud is going to be held accountable.”
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Except “Tish” has a conflict of interest, as we see in another New York Post article entitled “AG Letitia James recuses herself from ParCare COVID-19 vaccine fraud probe” by Susan Edelman on January 2, 2021, as follows:
State Attorney General Letitia James has recused herself from the ParCare vaccination probe “to avoid even an appearance of conflict,” her office told The Post.
James is chummy with the boss of the embattled network, which runs four Brooklyn clinics, one in upstate Kiryas Joel and another in Harlem.
Gov. Cuomo and state Health Commissioner Howard Zucker have accused ParCare of misidentifying itself as a “qualified health center” to obtain the vaccine from the state Health Department.
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And it is immaterial as to how ParCare represented itself – what is material is how Larry Schwartz and Howie Zucker and the state health department allowed that representation to make it through the system unchallenged, which again takes us back to that story for more, as follows:.
The recusal was announced after questions were raised whether James — a former City Councilwoman in central Brooklyn and NYC Public Advocate — is too friendly with PareCare CEO Gary Schlesinger.
“In order to avoid even an appearance of conflict, the Attorney General has personally recused herself from this matter,” a spokeswoman said in a statement.
A fixture in the Orthodox Jewish community, Schlesinger was photographed smiling broadly alongside James at a 2015 Democratic Party fund-raiser at Junior’s restaurant in downtown Brooklyn.
In January 2016, Schlesinger posted a Facebook photo of himself next to James and ParCare’s executive team, captioned, “catching up with the energetic NYC Public Advocate Letitia James to discuss healthcare needs of Brooklyn’s underserved communities.”
In 2017, Schlesinger posted a photo of himself and James “celebrating last night with my friend,” calling her the “future NYC mayor.”
In 2018, James ran for state attorney general instead of mayor.
Schlesinger was a key supporter of James’ AG campaign, and reportedly was involved in running a PAC to help her get elected.
“I endorse Tish James, who is devoted to fair justice for all and religious liberty which is why I join Jewish community leaders and advocates to endorse” her, Schlesinger posted on Facebook, one of several messages urging followers to vote for her.
The history of Schlesinger’s political alliance with James, and Cuomo plopping the ParCare probe into the AG’s lap, has raised eyebrows.
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Indeed it has, and indeed it should, which takes us back to that story for the punch line, to wit:
The offices of Cuomo and Zucker would not explain why the state failed to check ParCare’s credentials before shipping the vaccines.
NEWS FROM
Assembly Health Committee Chair
Richard N. Gottfried
822 Legislative Office Building, Albany, NY 12248 – Tel: 518-455-4941
250 Broadway, #2232, New York, NY 10007 – Tel: 212-312-1492
GottfriedR@NYAssembly.Gov – Twitter @DickGottfried
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE, 1/28/2021
CONTACT:
Mischa Sogut, 518-455-4941
SogutM@nyassembly.gov
Attorney General’s Shocking Report: New York State Hides Thousands of COVID-19 Nursing Home Deaths
Statement by
Assembly Health Committee Chair Richard Gottfried
Attorney General Tish James’s new report reveals that New York State has hidden from the public thousands of COVID-19 deaths of nursing home residents, undercounting the deaths by 50 percent.
This is shocking and unconscionable but not surprising.
The Health Department refuses to release the number of nursing home patients who came down with COVID-19, were transferred to hospitals, and died there, despite six months of repeated requests by the public, press, and legislators.
I and others have long believed that it was drastically undercounting nursing home deaths.