ALBANY, N.Y. — Gov. Andrew Cuomo said critics of the state’s handling of coronavirus cases in nursing homes need to talk to President Donald Trump.The governor defended New York’s response as the pandemic has killed more than 5,000 nursing home residents over the past two months, saying Wednesday the state’s recently reversed directive sending coronavirus patients back to elder care facilities was based on directives from the White House and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.“Anyone who wants to ask why did the state do that with COVID patients in nursing homes, it’s because the s...
