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Nursing-Home Death Data Was Sought From Cuomo by U.S. Prosecutors © Yuki Iwamura/Associated Press Federal prosecutors in Brooklyn sought data this month on nursing-home deaths from New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s administration, people familiar with the matter said, after state officials took months to respond to a separate inquiry by the Justice Department. The prosecutors’ request seeks the number of New York nursing-home deaths due to Covid-19 and when and where they occurred, as part of a broader inquiry into the state’s handling of the pandemic in those care settings, the people said. One person said federal prosecutors requested the nursing-home death data after Mr. Cuomo’s top aide, Melissa DeRosa, told state lawmakers last week that the administration had held off on releasing the information because of an earlier Justice Department Civil Division probe. State officials worried the information would be politicized by the Trump administration, Ms. DeRosa said, accor

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