(CNN) The US attorney's office in Brooklyn, along with the FBI, is scrutinizing the handling of some of the data surrounding Covid-19 deaths in long term care facilities in New York, according to a law enforcement official. A senior adviser to the governor said that the administration had been cooperating with the Justice Department and would continue to do so. We have been cooperating with them and we will continue to," said Rich Azzopardi, senior adviser to the governor. The US Attorney's Office for the Eastern District of New York declined to comment to CNN, as did the FBI in New York. Twenty New York state lawmakers sent a letter to the National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences, demanding it vacate Cuomo's International Emmy Award in light of his administration's handling of the Covid-19 deaths in nursing homes.

Source: CNN February 18, 2021 03:57 UTC