Embattled former New York Governor Andrew Cuomo will not be criminally charged for his office’s handling of the COVID-19 pandemic, which led to nursing home deaths that his administration later covered up.
“I was contacted today by the head of the Elder Care Unit from the Manhattan District Attorney’s Office who informed me they have closed its investigation involving the Executive Chamber and nursing homes,” said his lawyer, former federal prosecutor Elkan Abramowitz.
“I was told that after a thorough investigation — as we have said all along — there was no evidence to suggest that any laws were broken.”
In the early stages of the pandemic, Cuomo controversially ordered nursing homes and long-term care facilities to take in patients that had tested positive for the virus, who then passed it onto more than ten thousand high risk elderly patients.
Cuomo blamed nursing home staff, not hospital patients, for spreading the infection amongst their wards, but later rescinded the problematic policy in May.
An investigation by New York Attorney General Letitia James revealed that the state’s Department of Health underreported the number of deaths by at least 50%. A bombshell report released in April 2021 revealed that the Cuomo administration knowingly covered up the actual number of nursing home deaths for a minimum of five months.
“The whole brouhaha here is overblown to the point where there are cynical suggestions offered for the plain and simple truth that the chamber wanted only to release accurate information that they believed was totally unassailable,” Abramowitz said at the time.
The Manhattan district attorney’s office, helmed by prosecutor Alvin Bragg, who took over for former DA Cyrus Vance Jr. at the beginning of the year, reportedly closed the case without filing charges against Cuomo.
“There are still ongoing investigations into the nursing home “matters” by the FBI, DOJ Eastern District and AG. This sounds like a little favor from an outgoing Manhattan DA which we’ll address with the new DA,” tweeted Fox News meteorologist Janice Dean.
Both of Dean’s in-laws died of COVID in nursing homes after the order. “If Andrew Cuomo wasn’t guilty of something then why did he resign? He should’ve fought for the truth,” she wrote in a follow-up. “That’s what a “New York Tough” guy would’ve done.”
The disgraced former governor resigned in August over accusations of sexual harassment and assault from multiple women.
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“Incompetence” needs to be a Criminal offense. By the time Cuomo gets done paying off all these DAs, Judges and Lawyers, he will be broke. Corruption runs deep in NY and Ill.
The NY people that voted him in are to blame. More than half the ones that died probably voted for him. you get what you vote for and NY people are stupid voters.
And CA and well many other states is corruption the reality. Oh and this is not incompetence. This is way worse than that. This is an attempt to control. Look at how manny people Cuomo killed and this was when there was some people who tried to expose these totally illegal actions. Think of what he would have done with no people trying to do the right thing and stop these murders from happening. It would have been like the nazis did. It is close already. To bad Cuomo andhis cronies did not experience the bad end of the nazix. But then they take money from nazis like soros who should have been hung whit the rest of thosse pricks (along with many American nazis like bloomberg, that little wimp has shown just how money has taken the place of size for power..
Everyone who lost a loved one should sue “Killer Cuomo” for wrongful death!
Clinton, Cuomo – Democraps don’t care about killing people. Just look at the history of Marxist socialism.
That scum should be jailed along with most other “democrats” ( commies). The real democrats need to take back their party.
What are real Democrats? Asking for a friend.
Figures he would get away with murder and covering it up just like all these politicians that break our laws or just act inhumane they can because they get away with it. No one truly holds these people accountable. Let’s go Brandon!
Democrats never get held accountable.
They do get held accountable, we just aren’t seeing it yet, but we will one day.
Really. When will we see them held accountable for the Russian hoax they perpetrated?!
This man is a murderer. But democrat murderers go free. I am ashame sometimes to live in this great country. It is not great anymore. I cry for it and all Gods good people.
I’m with you Carol.
I struggle because I claim to be a Christian man yet want to see some of these people in DC hanged for their crimes against our nation. May God forgive me for wanting death for those who hate our nation and act out against it and our citizens.
This is another case of Democrats not paying for their screw ups and coverups. Chino should have been prosecuted to the fullest not only for causing the deaths but for the cover up.
Because killing your own citizens/constituents isn’t even a crime in New York or other blue states, I mean how can you hold a guy with the IQ of Andrew Cuomo liable for anything that goes on in his state? He is ready to be President in the eyes of most Dems, imagine all the damage he can do at the national level after his warmup act in NY! So he lied and covered up the deaths, isn’t that what any good liberal would do?
HEY NEW YORKERS
YOU VOTED FOR THIS FROM THE TOP DOWN!!!!!
Now get out there and rally around AOC….
You fools!!!!!!!!!
THE LAW OF ” MORALITY TO OLD FOLKS ” WAS BROKEN BY THIS CHARLITAN SUCKER AND NOW HE WALKS! PROVES THE DUMBORATS REALLY ENCOMPAS THERE HERD AND PROTECTS THEM AT ALL COSTS, WHILE THE REPUBS HAVE THE ” RINO’S ” TO BEFUDDLE THERE PARTY OF NON ENJOINING ON ALL PROBLEMS! SORO AND HIS CARTEL HAS DONE IT ALL TO GET JUSTICE FOR THE CUMBORATS BUT NON FOR THE REST OF THE FOLKS!
DA must be a Democrap anyone else would say you were told not to do this you did it any way so you killed those people.
Incompetence is not a crime. It seems to merely be a prerequisite for running for Governor of New York State. Let us change that and show the world that we New Yorkers are not totally stupid.
That’s one heck of a tall order. The NEW NYC mayor is keeping the previous mayor’s mandates in place . . . . . . not a good start!
Well, what did you expect, GUILTY! Nah, only you or I would be criminally charged, the government officials are never held responsible or criminally negligent. Oh wait, I forgot he is not a Trump family member, only they are investigated even now while he is gone.
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Indepth investigation my behind. He’s being given a pass because of who he is, not because he didn’t do anything wrong.
Democrats always seem to skate when they break the laws or make really bad decisions that affect the American people .
Once again justice was not served.
Of course! CUOMO gets off free for killing all hose seniors ! Make me 🤮🤮🤮
We should not be surprised at this, after all the Dummycrats don’t charge people with crimes that cause death, rape , violence, destruction of property, how many people were charged for the crime and property damage in New York? They are reaping what they have sown.
Of course!
Theyre all IN ON crimes or theyd prosecute Cuomo
This is so unbelievable that seniors had to have their lives cut short. The Gov made a news conference old people die, really?