Cuomo Administration Retains Criminal Defense Lawyer on Nursing-Home Issue
Source: Bloomberg
New York Governor Andrew Cuomo’s administration has retained a prominent criminal defense lawyer to represent his office over allegations the governor covered up Covid-19 deaths among nursing-home residents.
Elkan Abramowitz, a former federal prosecutor in Manhattan, has worked for decades as a leading criminal defense lawyer in New York and has represented Cuomo in previous controversies. Abramowitz’s recent list of clients includes Ed Henry, the former Fox News co-anchor of the “America’s Newsroom” program who was accused in a civil suit of raping a woman in 2017. Henry has denied the charges.
Abramowitz said his firm hasn’t been asked to represent the governor in recent sexual-harassment allegations.
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