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An audit finds that the Cuomo administration ‘misled the public’ on nursing home deaths in New York.
The administration of former Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo didn’t publicly account for the deaths of about 4,100 nursing dwelling residents in New York in the course of the pandemic, in response to an audit launched on Tuesday by the state comptroller, Thomas P. DiNapoli.
The audit discovered that Well being Division officers at instances underreported the total demise toll by as a lot as 50 p.c from April 2020 to February 2021, as Mr. Cuomo confronted growing scrutiny over whether or not his administration had deliberately hid the precise variety of deaths.
“The general public was misled by these on the highest stage of state authorities by way of distortion and suppression of the info when New Yorkers deserved the reality,” Mr. DiNapoli stated in a press release.
The report discovered that the underreporting of the demise knowledge was initially a results of poor knowledge assortment by the Well being Division when New York unexpectedly grew to become the epicenter of the pandemic in March 2020. However officers nonetheless didn’t launch the total extent of nursing dwelling deaths at the same time as the information gathering improved.
By Might 2020, the report suggests, well being officers possessed principally dependable numbers that would have been made public.
Greater than 67,000 folks have died due to the coronavirus in New York for the reason that starting of the pandemic. As of Tuesday, 15,360 of these had been nursing dwelling residents, in response to state knowledge.
Mr. Cuomo, a Democrat, finally resigned in August because of the controversy over nursing dwelling deaths and different scandals that engulfed his administration, together with accusations of sexual harassment from quite a few girls.
The audit’s launch comes as Mr. Cuomo is wading again into public life, looking for to rehabilitate his picture.
Rebecca Davis O’Brien contributed reporting.
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Video: Adams’s Former Chief Adviser and Her Son Charged With Corruption
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Adams’s Former Chief Adviser and Her Son Charged With Corruption
Ingrid Lewis-Martin, who resigned as Mayor Eric Adams’s chief adviser, and her son, Glenn D. Martin II, were charged with taking $100,000 in bribes from two businessmen in a quid-pro-quo scheme.
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We allege that Ingrid Lewis-Martin engaged in a long-running bribery, money laundering and conspiracy scheme by using her position and authority as the chief adviser of — chief adviser to the New York City mayor, the second-highest position in city government — to illegally influence city decisions in exchange for in excess of $100,000 in cash and other benefits for herself and her son, Glenn Martin II. We allege that real estate developers and business owners Raizada “Pinky” Vaid and Mayank Dwivedi paid for access and influence to the tune more than $100,000. Lewis-Martin acted as an on-call consultant for Vaid and Dwivedi, serving at their pleasure to resolve whatever issues they had with D.O.B. on their construction projects, and she did so without regard for security considerations and with utter and complete disregard for D.O.B.’s expertise and the public servants who work there.
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Read the Criminal Complaint Against Luigi Mangione
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
V.
LUIGI NICHOLAS MANGIONE,
Defendant.
SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK, ss.:
Original
AUSAS: Dominic A. Gentile,
Jun Xiang, Alexandra Messiter
24 MAG 4375
SEALED COMPLAINT
Violations of
18 U.S.C. §§ 2261A, 2261(b), 924(j), and
924(c)
COUNTY OF OFFENSE:
NEW YORK
GARY W. COBB, being duly sworn, deposes and says that he is a Special Agent with the
Federal Bureau of Investigation, and charges as follows:
COUNT ONE
(Stalking – Travel in Interstate Commerce)
1. From at least in or about November 24, 2024 to in or about December 4, 2024, in
the Southern District of New York and elsewhere, LUIGI NICHOLAS MANGIONE, the
defendant, traveled in interstate commerce with the intent to kill, injure, harass, intimidate, and place
under surveillance with intent to kill, injure, harass, and intimidate another person, and in the
course of, and as a result of, such travel engaged in conduct that placed that person in reasonable
fear of the death of, and serious bodily injury to, that person, and in the course of engaging in such
conduct caused the death of that person, to wit, MANGIONE, traveled from Georgia to New York,
New York for the purpose of stalking and killing Brian Thompson, and while in New York,
MANGIONE stalked and then shot and killed Thompson in the vicinity of West 54th Street and
Sixth Avenue.
(Title 18, United States Code, Sections 2261A(1)(A) and 2261(b)(1).)
COUNT TWO
(Stalking – Use of Interstate Facilities)
2. From at least in or about November 24, 2024 to in or about December 4, 2024, in
the Southern District of New York and elsewhere, LUIGI NICHOLAS MANGIONE, the
defendant, with the intent to kill, injure, harass, intimidate, and place under surveillance with intent
to kill, injure, harass, and intimidate another person, used an electronic communication service and
electronic communication system of interstate commerce, and a facility of interstate or foreign
commerce, to engage in a course of conduct that placed that person in reasonable fear of the death
of and serious bodily injury to that person, and in the course of engaging in such conduct caused
the death of that person, to wit, MANGIONE used a cellphone, interstate wires, interstate
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Luigi Mangione Is Charged With Murder
The first-degree murder charge branded him a terrorist over the killing of UnitedHealthcare’s chief executive, Brian Thompson.
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We are here to announce that Luigi Mangione, the defendant, is charged with one count of murder in the first degree and two counts of murder in the second degree, including one count of murder in the second degree as an act of terrorism for the brazen, targeted and premeditated shooting of Brian Thompson, who, as was as you know, was the C.E.O. of UnitedHealthcare. This was a frightening, well-planned, targeted murder that was intended to cause shock and attention and intimidation. It occurred in one of the most bustling parts of our city, threatening the safety of local residents and tourists alike, commuters and businesspeople just starting out on their day.
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