JUST IN: NY Gov. Hochul adds more than 12,000 deaths to the state's coronavirus death count, following allegations that her predecessor, former Gov. Cuomo, had intentionally downplayed those numbers.
following a scathing report by the state attorney general that alleged he had sexually harassed 11 women and fostered a toxic work environment in Albany, although he denied any wrongdoing.
The state Assembly Judiciary Committee has been investigating those allegations as well as findings from Attorney General Letitia James that allege Cuomo had intentionally undercounted the number of coronavirus-related deaths from nursing homes by as much as 50 percent by failing to include residents who died in hospitals. The nursing home numbers are alsoCuomo also denied wrongdoing in counting the Covid deaths, and his state health commissioner, Howard Zucker, defended the numbers at the time.
"The word 'undercount' implies there are more total fatalities than have been reported; this is factually wrong," Zucker said then, adding that his agency"has consistently made clear that our numbers are reported based on the place of death." The Judiciary Committee is also investigating whether Cuomo misused state resources to write his book"American Crisis: Leadership Lessons from the Covid-19 Pandemic," and is expected to issue a report with its findings in the coming weeks. Cuomo, who snared a
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