(Business Insider) After being hailed as a hero in the early days of the coronavirus pandemic, Gov. Andrew Cuomo of New York is now facing an investigation by federal prosecutors and an attempt by his fellow Democratic state lawmakers to strip him of his emergency powers.
Cuomo has faced increasing scrutiny from lawmakers over recent reports that his administration withheld data on COVID-19 deaths in nursing homes and severely undercounted nursing-home deaths. The fallout is connected to an executive order that Cuomo issued in March, when hospitals were directed to release coronavirus-positive patients back to their nursing homes.