AN END OF JULY 2021 UPDATE ON THE CUOMO NURSING HOME SCANDAL, OTHER STATES TOO, BIDEN DOJ DROPS CIVIL RIGHTS PROBE OF CUOMO, NO WHITMER INVESTIGATION ETC

The Department of Justice has decided not to investigate whether the civil rights of residents in New York’s government-run nursing homes were violated by Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s controversial admission policy related to the COVID-19 pandemic.

In a letter Friday, the DOJ’s Office of Legislative Affairs told US Rep. Steve Scalise (R-La.), ranking member of that House Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Crisis, that New York was off the hook in connection with potential violations of the Civil Rights of Institutionalized Persons Act.

In August, the DOJ’s Civil Rights Division requested information from New York in connection with a March 25, 2020, order from the state Department of Health that required nursing homes to admit “medically stable” COVID-19 patients discharged from hospitals.

It also sought records from Pennsylvania, Michigan and New Jersey, which adopted similar rules that the DOJ said “may have resulted in the deaths of thousands of elderly nursing home residents.” READ THE EXTENSIVE ARTICLE AT https://nypost.com/2021/07/23/doj-drops-civil-rights-probe-of-cuomo-nursing-home-covid-scandal/

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ANOTHER ARTICLE HERE.

AND FROM LOHUD AT  https://www.lohud.com/story/news/politics/albany/2021/07/24/covid-deaths-ny-nursing-homes-justice-department-drops-probe/8080189002/

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Also as of  MID-JULY....TAXPAYERS FORKED OVER $800K--

ALBANY — Taxpayers have shelled out nearly $800,000 to the lawyers representing Gov. Andrew Cuomo and his top aides in their defense against charges that the administration withheld data pertaining to COVID-19 deaths in nursing homes and misused state resources in the production of the governor’s $5.1 million book deal.

State Comptroller Tom DiNapoli’s website shows $795,936.88 has been paid to date...MUCH MORE AT https://nypost.com/2021/07/15/taxpayers-pay-800k-to-cuomo-aide-lawyers-in-nursing-home-probe/