REPORT: Cuomo Brothers Planned To Smear Janice Dean Who Raised Alarm Over Nursing Home Scandal

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Former Democratic New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo, with the help of his brother Chris and top-aide Melissa DeRosa, reportedly plotted to discredit Fox News meteorologist and host for being a vocal critic of his handling of the COVID-19 pandemic.


Janice Dean became a major critic of the New York governor over his handling of the pandemic inside the state’s nursing homes after losing both her in-laws in elder-care facilities in 2020. The Daily Caller News Foundation first broke the news in May 2020 that New York had undercounted the number of COVID-related deaths among nursing home patients by as much as 50%. (RELATED: Here’s How Cuomo Used Undercounted Nursing Home Deaths To Mislead The Public)

DeRosa and other close aides of Cuomo planned to discredit Dean as a “right-wing commentator” for being a vocal critic of the governor’s pandemic policies, CNBC reported. DeRosa crafted strategies to attempt to silence Dean’s criticisms, sources familiar with the matter told the outlet.

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REPORT: Cuomo Brothers Planned To Smear Janice Dean Who Raised Alarm Over Nursing Home Scandal