New York lawmakers demand information on the governor's book deal citing 'suspicious timing;' Bryan Llenas on 'The Story' Critics are looking at a June 2020 ABC News interview of New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo with fresh eyes as the Democrat attempts to fight off a pair of scandals. Cuomo's administration has been accused of covering up coronavirus nursing home deaths after the governor ordered assisted living facilities to accept COVID-positive patients in the early months of the pandemic. Critics blame that policy for the deaths of thousands of elderly New Yorkers. The FBI and the U.S. Attorney's Office in Brooklyn have both reportedly launched investigations into what transpired.