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jwhittaker@post-journal.com Assemblyman Andrew Goodell, R-Jamestown, wants the chair of the Assembly’s Health Committee to look into why the state chose to transfer patients recovering from COVID-19 into nursing homes. Goodell sent a letter to Assemblyman Richard Gottfried, D-New York City, on Thursday asking Gottfried to look into the reasons for the order. Goodell said hospital space wasn’t at a premium from March 25 through May 8, when the order was rescinded, because the Javitts Center and the USS Comfort had space for COVID-positive hospital patients and were never used. Goodell said the leaked transcript of the phone call between state officials and state legislators was intellectually insulting and demeaning, with Goodell saying Dr. Howard Zucker, state health commissioner, tried to hide behind bureaucratic acronyms and irrelevant details in an attempt to hide the truth. Goodell said the information being requested by legislators should have been available months ago,

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