Cuomo administration hires defense attorney for nursing home probe
By Justine Coleman - 03/01/21 07:10 PM EST New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s (D) administration hired a defense attorney to represent the governor and his closest aides in an investigation probing COVID-19 nursing home deaths during the pandemic.
Defense attorney Elkan Abramowitz, a former federal prosecutor, confirmed to The Hill on Monday that he was representing the “Executive Chamber†as the state endures three probes into how it handled reporting coronavirus deaths in nursing homes.
The Wall Street Journal first reported on Abramowitz’s hiring.
Two of the investigations are being conducted by the Justice Department's Civil Rights and Civil division, while the third is being handled by the Brooklyn-based U.S. attorney’s office. The governor previously said the state is cooperating in all three inquiries.
The governor's office did not immediately return a request for comment.
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