NEW YORK (1010 WINS) — The Manhattan District Attorney's probe into former Gov. Andrew Cuomo's alleged mishandling of COVID-19 nursing home deaths has reportedly ended without any charges, an attorney for Cuomo said Monday.
"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 lkan Abramowitz, former outside counsel for the Executive Chamber.
Abramowitz added, "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."
An investigation by New York Attorney General Letitia James also found that the former governor underreported the New York state department of health data on the number of nursing home patients that died from COVID-19.
Critics also slammed the then-governor for a policy at the beginning of the pandemic that returned nursing home residents back to their facilities once they were released from the hospital without a negative test.
Although Cuomo resigned in August 2021 amid sexual misconduct allegations, the State Assembly Judiciary Committee's impeachment report continued and found Cuomo "was not fully transparent regarding the number of nursing home residents who died as a result of COVID-19."
In October, Gov. Kathy Hochul apologized to the family members of those residents who died during the pandemic and vowed to restore trust.
"On her first day in office, the governor disclosed additional nursing home data, and she will continue to deliver transparency to New Yorkers on the impact of COVID-19 on nursing homes," said Hochul spokesperson Hazel Crampton-Hays in a statement at the time. "Governor Hochul's deep sympathy is with the families whose loved ones have been lost to the pandemic."
The DA's office declined Monday to comment on the investigation's standing.
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