New York state senators accused Gov. Andrew Cuomo of covering up the true number of deaths due to COVID-19 in nursing homes in 2020 with the goal of waiting for more lenient treatment under the Biden administration.

“I think it's hard to come to a different conclusion” than that Gov. Cuomo and his aide Melissa DeRosa withheld the actual number of nursing home residents who have died of COVID-19 from the Trump administration, choosing instead to hold out for preferential treatment from the Biden administration, New York state Senate Minority Leader Rob Ortt told the Washington Examiner.