New York City Gov. Andrew Cuomo arranged for member of the family, including his bro, CNN anchor Chris Cuomo, to get special access to state COVID-19 tests early in the pandemic, the Washington Post reported Wednesday.
The Albany Times-Union initially reported that Cuomo was utilizing state facilities to rush COVID tests for his household, that included his brother, Chris Cuomo, mom and “at least one” of his sisters.
Employees at the Wadsworth Center were in some cases asked to stay late after their shifts to continue processing outcomes of individuals close to Cuomo and his administration, the Post stated.
The Post also noted the specimens connected to Cuomo and his household were “shrouded in secrecy,” and that they were anonymized utilizing initials and numbers.
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In a statement, a CNN representative appeared to verify that its anchor sought out unique treatment from his well-connected bro.
In a statement offered to the Washington Post, Gov. Cuomo’s representative Rich Azzopardi said: “We must prevent insincere efforts to reword the past. In the early days of this pandemic, when there was a heavy focus on contact tracing, we were absolutely exceeding and beyond to get individuals testing– consisting of in some circumstances going to individuals’s houses– and door to door in places like New Rochelle– to take samples from those believed to have been exposed to COVID in order to identify cases and avoid extra ones.”
It’s the most recent headache to strike the New York guv’s workplace in2021 At least 5 former assistants and one unnamed current assistant have come forward to implicate Cuomo of improper habits and unwanted sexual advances.
Cuomo is also involved in a scandal regarding his administration’s handling of retirement home in the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic.
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