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arrow Queens County Civil Court Roman Tiraspolsky / Shutterstock While the media spotlight has been largely focused on the NYC mayoral candidates, when you head to the polls for the June 22nd primary you'll also find a number of judicial posts on the ballot. Most of the judges are running for open seats in Civil Court, which, unlike other judicial posts appointed by the mayor and governor, are elected positions. Judges in these courts—broken up into municipal districts per borough and a countywide court—decide on a slew of cases, including commercial tenant-landlord disputes...

  NEW YORK -- New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo's administration insisted Friday that a quest for scientific accuracy, not political concerns, prompted members of his COVID-19 task force to ask the state health department to delete data last summer from a report on nursing home patients killed by the coronavirus. The Wall Street Journal and The New York Times, citing documents and people with knowledge of the administration's internal discussions, reported late Thursday that aides including secretary to the governor Melissa DeRosa pushed state health officials to edit the July report so it count...

A new report shows 15,000 nursing home residents in New York state died as a result of COVID-19, a drastic increase over a January report of 8,700. Critics say the way the deaths were counted was an attempt to protect Gov. Andrew Cuomo from political rivals.

March 5, 2021 96 NEW YORK (AP) — Some New York lawmakers are calling for Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s impeachment after reports late Thursday that his top aides altered a state Health Department report to omit the true number of people killed by COVID-19 in the state’s nursing homes. The Wall Street Journal and The New York Times, citing documents and people with knowledge of the administration’s internal discussions, reported that aides including secretary to the governor Melissa DeRosa pushed state health officials to edit the July report so only residents who died inside long-term care faci...

NEW YORK (AP) — Some New York lawmakers are calling for Gov. Andrew Cuomo's impeachment after reports late Thursday that his top aides altered a state Health