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Former New York Governor and mayoral candidate Andrew Cuomo is under fire for his handling of Covid-19 once again. The investigation was discovered a day after Cuomo released a political ad focusing on his experience navigating New York through the pandemic; the mayoral primary election is only five weeks away. The New York Times is reporting that the Justice Department launched the criminal investigation about a month ago. The probe is reviewing allegedly false statements Cuomo made to Congress about his handling of the Covid-19 pandemic made in June 2024. An executive order made by Cuomo on March 25, 2020 that restricted nursing homes from refusing to admit or readmit residents “solely based on confirmed or suspect[ed] diagnosis of Covid-19.“ The order directed nursing homes to admit patients carrying Covid-19. The order was reversed not even two months later. The New York State Department of Health (NYSDOH) released a report alleging nursing home staff, not the Executive Order, was the cause for excess Covid-19 deaths in nursing homes. In January 2021, New York State Attorney General Letitia James released an investigative report claiming that Cuomo and his team undercounted the total number of nursing home deaths by as much as 50 percent. The Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Pandemic began its investigation into New York's response to the pandemic, specifically regarding Cuomo's executive order, in 2023. The committee announced a subpoena to compel Cuomo to appear for a deposition on May 24, 2024. FOX 5 New York's Morgan McKay joins LiveNOW's Andrew Craft to discuss. Subscribe to LiveNOW from FOX! Where to watch LiveNOW from FOX: Follow us @LiveNOWFOX on Twitter: Raw and unfiltered. Watch a non-stop stream of breaking news, live events and stories across the nation. Limited commentary. No opinion. Experience LiveNOW from FOX.
