As the probe into Andrew Cuomo’s nursing home scandal grows, so, too, has the taxpayer tab for his legal counsel.
’s nursing home scandal grows, so, too, has the taxpayer tab for his legal counsel. Thethat Cuomo, who’s under federal investigation for his administration’s apparent undercounting of COVID deaths in nursing homes, inked a $2.5 million contract with the legal firm Morvillo Abramowitz Grand Iason & Anello PC last month—a price tag a million dollars higher than the previous maximum contract amount.
The bigger bill appears to be a response to the escalating inquiry and is expected to be footed by New York taxpayers. “The way it works is the Executive Chamber has retained counsel, and that is a state expense,” Cuomo said Wednesday, per thenotes, there’s nothing unusual about the state fronting the legal bills for elected officials.
into the matter in February, and at the time, Cuomo’s office retained legal counsel with a maximum contract of $1.5 million.
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