#Top Cuomo officials subpoenaed in harassment investigation

#Top Cuomo officials subpoenaed in harassment investigation

“#Top Cuomo officials subpoenaed in harassment investigation” Dozens of Albany officials– including top Cuomo aide Melissa DeRosa — have been subpoenaed by the state Attorney General’s Office as part of its investigation into sexual-harassment accusations against the governor, a report said Friday. The officials are being asked to produce documents related to the investigation, which…

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#Assembly Dems eye removing Cuomo COVID emergency powers

#Assembly Dems eye removing Cuomo COVID emergency powers

“#Assembly Dems eye removing Cuomo COVID emergency powers” Democrats who run the state Assembly privately huddled Wednesday to craft a plan to remove the emergency powers given to Gov. Andrew Cuomo last year to address the coronavirus pandemic. The move comes amid outrage over Cuomo’s COVID-19 nursing home scandal, which included undercounting deaths of residents…

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#Ex-aide details sexual harassment allegations against Cuomo

#Ex-aide details sexual harassment allegations against Cuomo

“#Ex-aide details sexual harassment allegations against Cuomo” A former aide to Gov. Andrew Cuomo on Wednesday provided new details to back up her claims of sexual harassment — including an allegation that New York’s top elected official kissed her “on the lips” without warning inside his Manhattan office. Lindsey Boylan — now a Democratic candidate…

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#Cuomo proposes his own nursing-home reform package

#Cuomo proposes his own nursing-home reform package

“#Cuomo proposes his own nursing-home reform package” Gov. Andrew Cuomo on Friday proposed a package of measures to boost accountability in the state’s nursing homes — while facing a firestorm of criticism over his own handling of COVID-19 deaths in the facilities. Cuomo — under fire after The Post exclusively reported his top aide admitted…

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#Top NYS pols push back against Gov. Cuomo over nursing home data

#Top NYS pols push back against Gov. Cuomo over nursing home data

“#Top NYS pols push back against Gov. Cuomo over nursing home data” New York’s top state legislators turned up the heat on Gov. Andrew Cuomo on Friday for stonewalling lawmakers over the total tally of nursing home residents killed by COVID-19. In nearly identical statements from their spokespeople, Senate Majority Leader Andrea Stewart-Cousins (D-Yonkers) and…

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#Cuomo policy may have led to 1K nursing home deaths: watchdog

#Cuomo policy may have led to 1K nursing home deaths: watchdog

“#Cuomo policy may have led to 1K nursing home deaths: watchdog” The Cuomo administration’s controversial directive for nursing homes to accept COVID-19 patients amid the pandemic likely did lead to a spike in resident deaths, an analysis of its own data revealed Thursday. The study by the nonprofit Empire Center for Public Policy tied “several…

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#Families of NY nursing home COVID victims want Cuomo probe

#Families of NY nursing home COVID victims want Cuomo probe

“#Families of NY nursing home COVID victims want Cuomo probe” Family members of nursing home residents killed by COVID-19 called for an independent probe of Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s actions and policies. To make their point, they held a press conference Wednesday outside the Manhattan US Attorney’s office. The clamor for an investigation followed last week’s…

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