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Cuomo Aides Made Changes to Documents to Downplay Nursing Home COVID Deaths: Reports

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newsMarch 5, 2021 7:45 pm

Cuomo Aides Made Changes to Documents to Downplay Nursing Home COVID Deaths: Reports

As the governor faces sexual harassment allegations, three Cuomo aides reportedly rewrote nursing home COVID data to downplay the toll at the time. NBC New York’s Jonathan Dienst reports.

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