Former New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo has been cleared in a lawsuit accusing him of mishandling nursing home deaths during the COVID-19 pandemic, as a federal judge dismissed the case.
The wrongful death suit, filed in 2022 by families of relatives who died from COVID-19 in nursing homes, alleged that the Cuomo administration intentionally undercounted fatalities.
Judge LaShann DeArcy Hall granted the motions to dismiss on Monday, though her reasoning has not yet been disclosed. Further details are awaited as the story develops.
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