ALBANY, N.Y. – Relatives of New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo and others with connections to him received special access to coronavirus tests a year ago when testing was scarce, according to published reports in newspapers.
Members of Cuomo’s family including his brother, CNN journalist Chris Cuomo, his mother and at least one of his sisters were tested by top health department officials, some of them several times, according to the Times Union of Albany.
The testing of people closely tied to the Democratic governor was carried out by high-ranking state health officials, The New York Times reported.
It mostly happened in the early days of the pandemic in March 2020. The newspapers cited multiple people with direct knowledge of the testing but did