{"id":290001,"date":"2021-07-03T03:17:21","date_gmt":"2021-07-03T00:17:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/chief-ny-judge-janet-difiore-obtained-priority-covid-testing\/"},"modified":"2021-07-03T03:17:21","modified_gmt":"2021-07-03T00:17:21","slug":"chief-ny-judge-janet-difiore-obtained-priority-covid-testing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/chief-ny-judge-janet-difiore-obtained-priority-covid-testing\/","title":{"rendered":"#Chief NY Judge Janet DiFiore obtained priority COVID testing"},"content":{"rendered":"

“#Chief NY Judge Janet DiFiore obtained priority COVID testing<\/strong>”<\/p>\n

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New York State Chief Judge Janet DiFiore \u2014 who was nominated to her post by Gov. Andrew Cuomo in 2016 \u2014 received priority COVID-19 testing along with some of her family members last year, state officials said Friday.<\/p>\n

DiFiore is the latest prominent New Yorker with ties to the governor \u2014 along with Cuomo\u2019s family members \u2014 to be revealed to have gotten priority testing from state public health officials during the COVID-19 pandemic.<\/p>\n

A public health nurse and members of the state National Guard were ordered to DiFiore\u2019s private residence in Southampton on Long Island in August to conduct the testing, according to the Albany Times Union, which first reported the testing<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The test samples were then transferred to a state trooper, who immedia<\/a>tely rushed them to a state-run laboratory for priority processing, the paper said.<\/p>\n

The state Office of Court Administration confirmed that DiFiore \u2014 who could wind up sitting on any future impeachment jury of Cuomo \u2014 and her relatives had been tested at her Southampton residence last summer.<\/p>\n

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Chief Judge Janet DiFiore could be on the jury of Gov. Andrew Cuomo\u2019s impeachment trial.
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A spokesman told The Post Friday the testing took place after a young member of the judge\u2019s family had tested positive for the infectious disease.<\/p>\n

\u201cA member of her family, who they had quarantined with, was suspected to have been exposed to the virus. She requested testing and the Department of Health responded,\u201d said OCA spokesman Lucian Chalfen.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhat and how they handled the samples was outside of our purview. It was the only time that a request was made.\u201d<\/p>\n

The priority testing is one topic being scrutinized as part of multiple probes of allegations against Cuomo and his administration\u2019s handling of the COVID pandemic.<\/p>\n

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Chief Judge Janet DiFiore is sworn in by Gov. Andrew Cuomo in Albany on Feb. 8, 2016. <\/figcaption>
AP Photo\/Skip Dickstein,Times Union<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Two state investigations are being conducted by Attorney General<\/a> Letitia James and the Assembly Judiciary Committee.<\/p>\n

James is looking at sexual harassment accusations leveled at Cuomo by current and former staffers, as well as claims that government resources were used to help the the governor publish his $5.1 million COVID memoir.<\/p>\n

The Assembly\u2019s Judiciary Committee\u2019s impeachment probe is also looking at the sexual harassment claims as well as whether the Cuomo administration deliberately undercounted COVID-related nursing home deaths, the book deal and the priority COVID testing issue.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile the US Attorney\u2019s Office in Brooklyn is investigating the Cuomo administration\u2019s COVID policies, nursing home deaths and the book deal.<\/p>\n

If Cuomo is impeached by the Assembly, a trial to remove the three-term Democrat would be held in the state Senate. As chief judge, DiFiore would sit as one of the jurors.<\/p>\n

DiFiore is married to Dennis Glazer, whose former law firm \u2014 Davis Polk & Wardwell \u2014 was hired by the Assembly to assist in its impeachment probe.<\/p>\n

That connection has been called an \u201cunacceptable conflict of interest\u201d by lawyer for ex-Cuomo aide Charlotte Bennett, who is among his most outspoken accusers.<\/p>\n

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Chief Judge Janet DiFiore reportedly sought priority COVID-19 testing after a family member tested positive.
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AP Photo\/Mike Groll<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The OCA spokesman said the testing issue would have no impact on DiFiore\u2019s ability to participate in a Senate trial on Cuomo.<\/p>\n

\u201cNot at all, she along with all her colleagues on the Court of App<\/a>eals, will perform their constitutional duties as is appropriate,\u201d Chalfen said.<\/p>\n

It was revealed earlier this year that Cuomo\u2019s brother, CNN anchor Chris Cuomo, his mother, Matilda, and other Cuomo relatives were given priority testing by state health department officials. The results were then rushed to the state lab in Albany for quick turnaround of results.<\/p>\n

Cuomo has denied any wrongdoing when confronted with the various accusations.\n <\/p><\/div>\n

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