Northeast
Federal judge dismisses nursing home COVID death case against former New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo
A federal judge on Monday dismissed a lawsuit against former New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo over his handling of nursing home deaths during the COVID-19 pandemic.
New York families with relatives who died from COVID-19 in nursing homes filed the lawsuit in early 2022, accusing Cuomo’s administration of undercounting fatalities.
“During the last four years, the debate over COVID in nursing homes has been weaponized, distorted and contorted beyond recognition by those using this situation for their own politics,” Cuomo spokesman Rich Azzopardi said in a statement to Fox News. “However, anytime this gets taken out of the political arena, the truth wins. The judge today ruled to dismiss this case just as the DOJ – which launched three separate probes – and the Manhattan district attorney did previously. Once again, justice has prevailed.”
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Cuomo was widely lauded in the early months of the pandemic, but his reputation took a hit amid revelations that his administration released an incomplete accounting of the deaths at nursing homes and assisted living facilities.
He resigned from office in August 2021 amid sexual harassment allegations, which he denies.
Cuomo testified before the subcommittee in June, but it was behind closed doors. Top former Cuomo administration officials also were interviewed as part of the investigation.
A separate state report commissioned by Cuomo’s successor, Gov. Kathy Hochul, and released this summer, found that while the policies on how nursing homes should handle COVID-19 were “rushed and uncoordinated,” they were based on the best understanding of the science at the time.
Cuomo faced a grilling from Republican lawmakers earlier this month during a congressional subcommittee hearing.
Republicans who questioned the Democrat zeroed in on a controversial directive his administration issued in March of 2020 that initially barred nursing homes from refusing to accept patients just because they’d had COVID-19. More than 9,000 recovering coronavirus patients were released from hospitals into nursing homes under the directive, which was rescinded amid speculation that it had accelerated outbreaks.
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Cuomo defended his actions and blamed the former Trump administration for failing to provide enough testing and personal protective equipment in the early days of the pandemic.
“These are all diversions to blame New York and other states for the culpability of the federal response, which was malpractice,” Cuomo said.
A report issued by the House committee didn’t delve into the question of whether significant numbers of people discharged from hospitals were still contagious with the virus when they were readmitted to nursing homes, or whether they then passed the virus to other patients.
Cuomo told the panel that its report provided no evidence to support the allegation that the directive helped spread the virus.
There were about 15,000 COVID-19 deaths among long-term care residents in New York, far more than the initial number disclosed. Cuomo said some figures were initially withheld out of concerns about accuracy.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
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Vermont
Welch requests list of books banned from prisons
BURLINGTON, Vt. (WCAX) – Banned Book Week starts on Saturday, and Vermont Sen. Peter Welch says it’s not just schools that are censoring reading materials. Welch says federal prisons are also abusing the rejection policy for books.
Now, he is joining other senators to call on the director of the Federal Bureau of Prisons to provide a full list of books rejected by the prison system and how the Bureau of Prisons decides what books should be rejected.
Welch says there was a record 10,000 instances of individual books banned in the 2023-24 school year alone.
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Boston, MA
Editorial: City Council scores a win for Boston with liquor licenses
The Council stepped up to the plate for Bostonians and hit one out of the park, ultimately landing 225 liquor licenses for minority neighborhoods over the next three years.
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Pittsburg, PA
AEW Rampage spoilers from Pittsburgh
The following are spoilers for the Friday, October 4 AEW Rampage episode.
Friday night’s show was taped Wednesday night, October 2 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania at the Petersen Events Center.
Spoilers from the taping are courtesy of PWInsider.
The spoiler-free lineup for Friday:
- The Young Bucks & Jack Perry vs. Katsuyori Shibata & Private Party
- Orange Cassidy & Kyle O’Reilly vs. Big Bill & Bryan Keith
- Queen Aminata vs. Harley Cameron
- Kamille (w/Mercedes Mone) vs. Zoey Lynn
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AEW Rampage spoilers for Friday, October 4 —
- Queen Aminata defeated Harley Cameron. Serena Deeb attacked after the match, with Dr. Britt Baker making the save.
- The Conglomeration (Orange Cassidy & Kyle O’Reilly) defeated The Learning Tree (Big Bill & Bryan Keith). Chris Jericho was at the commentary desk for the match.
- Kamille defeated Zoey Lynn. TBS Champion Mercedes Mone was in Kamille’s corner.
- Private Party (Isiah Kassidy & Marq Quen) & Katsuyori Shibata defeated The Young Bucks (Matthew & Nicholas Jackson) & Jack Perry
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