New York state Comptroller Tom DiNapoli's office will conduct a follow-up assessment of the state Department of Health's handling of nursing homes during the COVID-19 pandemic. The announcement made Wednesday by DiNapoli's office comes three years after a controversial order that required nursing homes at the start of the pandemic to not turn away COVID-19 positive patients. The initial review by DiNapoli found New York officials under counted the number of nursing home residents who died in the initial months of the pandemic, a finding that was also backed by an investigation by state Attorney General Letitia James.
