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React-O-Mat™: Response to second harassment allegations (updated) By Casey Seiler on February 27, 2021 at 9:39 PM Lawmakers, advocacy groups and others responded to Saturday evening’s bombshell New York Times report that a second former Cuomo aide, Charlotte Bennett, has accused Gov. Andrew Cuomo of sexual harassment. Here are those statements, beginning with the release from Cuomo’s administration announcing the launch of an ostensibly independent investigation by a former federal judge. Here’s the statement from Cuomo, accompanied by a statement from his special counsel and s...

WNY leaders react to new sexual harassment allegations against Governor Cuomo Hans Pennink/AP FILE — In this Jan. 11, 2021 file photo, New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo delivers his State of the State address virtually from The War Room at the state Capitol, in Albany, N.Y. New York may have undercounted COVID-19 deaths among nursing home residents by thousands, the state attorney general charged in a report Thursday, Jan. 28, 2021 that dealt a blow to Gov. Andrew Cuomo's oft-repeated claims that his state is doing better than others in protecting its most vulnerable. (AP Photo/Hans Pennink, Po...

NYS Health Commissioner testifies in front of lawmakers NYS Health Commissioner testifies in front of lawmakers. and last updated 2021-02-25 19:31:38-05 ALBANY, N.Y. (WKBW) — It was the first time Senators and members of the Assembly here in New York State have had to chance to directly ask questions to the Cuomo administration following the bombshell reports that the office of Governor Andrew Cuomo withheld and covered up deaths in nursing homes related to COVID-19. New York State Health Commissioner Dr. Howard Zucker appeared before legislators to answer health related budget questions...

WBFO Albany Correspondent Karen Dewitt reports Cuomo’s health commissioner, Dr. Howard Zucker, testified at a long-awaited legislative budget hearing. Zucker -- who had postponed his testimony, originally scheduled for three weeks ago -- appeared 2½ hours late. He immediately addressed the nursing home controversy. Zucker said with all of the pandemic policies being put into place last spring, including those affecting nursing homes, decisions had to made quickly before science made things more clear. “Yes, there were deaths. Too many,” Zucker told the committees. “And yes, there hav...

Gov. Andrew Cuomo (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer, Pool) Republicans’ bluster in the state Capitol on Monday fizzled as no arguments were made on the state Legislature floor to repeal Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s executive powers. The only opportunity to do so came during a debate over A.2037, legislation which requires the most recent rating of every nursing home assigned pursuant to the U.S. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, otherwise known as a CMS rating, be prominently displayed on the home page of the department’s website and at each nursing home facility. Earlier in the day, legislativ...