Again and again, New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo has insisted that his policy requiring nursing homes to accept coronavirus patients was necessary because hospitals in the city could not handle the influx of patients and care for the existing ones at the same time.

His defense of the policy, which has left more than 6,000 senior citizens dead, makes it seem like he had no choice but the one he made. A recent New York Times report proves this is far from true.

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