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The governor's office last week released a partial transcript of a closed-door meeting between state Democratic lawmakers and Melissa DeRosa, the governor's secretary, in which DeRosa acknowledged that their office had delayed providing nursing home data to the state Legislature out of concern about how that information might be used against the governor's administration in the face of a U.S. They have also pressed for the use of legislative subpoenas to compel answers from key officials - including state health Commissioner Howard Zucker - about a policy decision that many believe may have increased the number of infections and deaths tied to COVID-19 in New York's nursing homes. Republicans and some Democrats escalated their calls over the weekend - and following the governor's remarks Monday - for outside investigations of Cuomo's administration. 'And that's what created the void, but I do understand the pressure that people were under.' 'In retrospect, should we have given more priority in fulfilling information requests? In my opinion, yes,' the governor said. When you donвЂ™t correct this information you allow it to continue and we created the void.'Д¬uomo, in his first news conference addressing the issue, reassured New Yorkers that 'everybody did everything they could' when it comes to the coronavirus infiltrating nursing homes, but recognized that requests for information from state lawmakers and the press should have been given 'more priority.' 'When we didnвЂ™t provide information it allowed press, people, cynics, politicians to fill the void. 'Apologize? Look, I have said repeatedly, we made a mistake in creating the void,' he said.

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