- FBI Cuomo Probe Seeks Details on Deal to Shield Nursing Homes from COVID Lawsuits
- 2 April 2020: Hospital Lobby Scores Legal Immunity from COVID Deaths
- 3 May 2020: Cuomo Gifts Immunity to Nursing Home Operators
- 25 October 2020: Cuomo Benefited from "Quid pro Cuomo" Ads by NY Hospital Industry
- 24 February 2021: NY Lawmakers Question Motives in Cuomo's Gift of COVID Legal Immunity to Nursing Homes
After initiating an investigation of Cuomo's nursing home scandals on 17 February 2021, news reports are surfacing the FBI is looking into Governor Cuomo's gifting of legal immunity from COVID deaths to nursing home operators:
In recent weeks, FBI officials have been looking to interview members of Gov. Andrew Cuomo's staff and other state officials about the eleventh-hour addition to the state budget last March, according to three people familiar with the matter. The measure granted nursing homes and hospitals broad legal protections against lawsuits and criminal liability for care provided to residents and patients during the pandemic.
FBI officials started to make house calls this month, showing up at people’s residences and leaving business cards, according to the three sources.
Investigators' questions have focused primarily on the nursing home immunity provision and how it "got in the state budget," said one legislative source, who did not want to be named because of the ongoing probe.
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