Tedisco pushing for nursing home investigation

Sen.

Jim Tedisco has joined other state leaders in launching a petition for an independent investigation into COVID-related nursing home deaths.

County, is launching a statewide petition drive for an independent investigation of nursing home deaths.

Tedisco and other state lawmakers called a news conference in albany today.

They want to subpoena the state health department to get the quote "real number" of covid related deaths.

The state says 64 hundred new yorkers died inside nursing homes from coronavirus.

Many believe that number is far greater.

--tedisco says the people have the power to get the truth.

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None i do believe the citizens, the voters, are the most powerful element in our representative democracy - when they harness themselves, government seems to move in their direction, legislators seem to move in their direction.

> tedisco says the state needs accurate data to prepare for a potential second wave.

We have the petition link at wktv.com.

The new nursing home visitation policy begins tomorrow.

The state health commissioner