This shouldn’t be a surprise. After all, it took the governor long enough to reverse the state’s deadly order requiring nursing homes and assisted living facilities to readmit residents who were treated for the coronavirus.

‘Vulnerable people are going to die’: Andrew Cuomo says ‘nobody’ should be prosecuted for New York’s nursing home disaster https://t.co/R53IMEqyFN

— Twitchy Team (@TwitchyTeam) May 17, 2020

I would love to see what the press would do when Trump says "Vulnerable people are going to die from this virus no matter what you do." https://t.co/HZfVPXrtAL

— Stephen L. Miller (@redsteeze) May 17, 2020

Furthermore they prohibited the nursing homes from testing patients classified “medically stable” upon admission or readmission.

Why would they do that? pic.twitter.com/s0wvZrzBw5

— OhMagaMan (@OhMagaMan1) May 17, 2020

PS glad you were able to zoom your mom on Mother’s Day. My husband couldn’t. He lost his mom and dad to COVID in assisted living and nursing homes. https://t.co/vMKByMqfbB

— Janice Dean (@JaniceDean) May 11, 2020

March 25th: YOU @NYGovCuomo made an executive order requiring nursing homes accept coronavirus patients. That accelerated outbreaks like wildfire and killed our loved ones. We still don’t know the exact number of cases. YOU have a catastrophe on your hands. https://t.co/YoRqXWfD8U

— Janice Dean (@JaniceDean) May 11, 2020

“But the adulation glosses over mistakes ⁦@NYGovCuomo⁩ has made, including the biggest one: The state mandate, recently abandoned, that nursing homes must admit suspected or diagnosed COVID-19 cases.” https://t.co/yTDQnIQo3U

— Janice Dean (@JaniceDean) May 17, 2020

“March 10, ⁦@NYGovCuomo⁩ bragged of how the state was protecting residents of New York’s 1,100 nursing homes and adult-care facilities. But he didn’t protect them. New York has lost 5,000 lives in nursing and adult-care homes alone.” https://t.co/G5AnwiUEZv

— Janice Dean (@JaniceDean) May 12, 2020

New York Sent Recovering Coronavirus Patients to Nursing Homes: ‘It Was a Fatal Error’ and one that ⁦@NYGovCuomo⁩ should be held responsible for. https://t.co/fOgN7AVyZP

— Janice Dean (@JaniceDean) May 15, 2020

Can you imagine how much press the nursing home tragedy here in New York City would be getting if @NYGovCuomo was a Republican? It would be on every single channel and newspaper. (And yes, if he was a republican I’d be just as furious).

— Janice Dean (@JaniceDean) May 17, 2020

'We want answers': Janice Dean's in-laws died of COVID-19 at a New York nursing/assisted living home https://t.co/kDWD3RBsr6

— Twitchy Team (@TwitchyTeam) May 16, 2020

There should be a 9/11 commission about what has happened in so many of these homes. https://t.co/qtnJxZhZ6W

— Ian Livingston (@islivingston) May 17, 2020

“Around the time ⁦@NYGovCuomo⁩ issued a directive prohibiting nursing homes from testing coronavirus patients prior to admission, Florida issued an executive order strictly regulating incoming patients to protect those facilities from the epidemic.” https://t.co/ZBF1UhDRu0

— Janice Dean (@JaniceDean) May 14, 2020

"Vulnerable people are going to die from this virus no matter what you do"

So what was the point of the whole lockdown?

— Alex Sarmiento (@sarmientoalex) May 17, 2020