Westchester and Fairfield County Business Journals 062220

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JUNE 22, 2020 VOL. 56, No. 25

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Lt. Gov. Susan Bysiewicz, center, tours Greenwich Avenue on June 1 with Greenwich First Selectman Fred Camillo, left, and state Rep. Livvy Floren.

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‘You have to put public health first’ LT. GOV. BYSIEWICZ ENCOURAGED BY RECOVERY EFFORTS SO FAR BY KEVIN ZIMMERMAN kzimmerman@westfairinc.com

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ll things considered, Lt. Gov. Susan Bysiewicz says she is pleased with how Connecticut’s public health and economic recovery efforts are going so far.

Noting that the Lamont administration is continuing to have regular conversations with a host of business sectors, and that several local long-term recovery committees are already hard at work, Bysiewicz told the Business Journal that “We are doing so well with respect to our recovery —

and I think we should all be very proud of that.” Not that she’s being a Pollyanna. “We’re really facing three crises right now — the public health emergency, an economic catastrophe and the racial injustice crisis,” she said, adding that there is a lot of work to be done in » HEALTH

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NURSING HOMES FACE SCRUTINY OVER HANDLING OF COVID-19 GOP LAWMAKERS QUESTION LAMONT’S TRANSPARENCY BY KEVIN ZIMMERMAN kzimmerman@westfairinc.com

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s cases of COVID19 continue to decline and Connecticut goes about reopening its economy, a significant amount of attention is now being focused on how the state’s nursing homes and longterm care facilities performed — or, according to some, underperformed — during the height of the crisis. While Gov. Ned Lamont continues to tout what his administration

did to mitigate the virus’ spread in those facilities, and has issued a call for an independent, third-party review of what took place, several Republicans, including state Sen. Kevin Kelly (R-Stratford), believes that the review must include an analysis of the state’s response. “Quite frankly, this review should have started in March or April,” Kelly told the Business Journal. Nationally, more than 45,500 residents and staff have died from coronavirus outbreaks at nursing homes and other long» NURSING

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