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On Wednesday’s broadcast of CNN’s “Cuomo Primetime,” host Chris Cuomo criticized former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and accused him of hypocrisy on the origins of COVID-19, saying, “You remember Pompeo saying, I have seen proof of the origin of COVID. I have seen what happened in the Wuhan lab. And then what? He dummied up. Where was the proof? But now he believes in tough, now he believes in follow-through.” Cuomo said, “Of course, Putin’s work of weakening our country is being done for him, right? By the rabid right. Another sign of how pathetic our politics are, Trumpers...

"Today is Day 472. Today is Tuesday." And effective immediately, state-mandated COVID restrictions are eliminated, Gov. Andrew Cuomo said as he announced New York had achieved his 70% vaccine milestone early

The New York Attorney General's Office is probing whether Governor Andrew Cuomo and his aides committed a crime by retaliating against women who accused him of sexual harassment, according to a report. Sources told the Washington Post investigators are looking into the possibility the governor and his inner circle broke state laws aimed at protecting whistleblowers that make it illegal to retaliate against alleged victims of sexual harassment. Officials are said to be especially interested in the controversial release of the personnel file of his first accuser, Lindsey Boylan, to the media which branded her a bully.

On Monday’s broadcast of CNN’s “Cuomo Primetime,” host Chris Cuomo said that we’re “wasting” energy on whether COVID-19 came from a lab or naturally. After CNN Chief Medical Correspondent Dr. Sanjay Gupta said that he doesn’t think the U.S. is adequately prepared for the next pandemic and wasn’t for the coronavirus pandemic, Cuomo said, “I don’t know what the excuse is, I have to tell you, it’s embarrassing. And even now, all this energy we’re wasting on, was it the lab, was it a bat in the wild or at the market or whatever it is? These are the same...

The U.S. Department of Justice has subpoenaed material connected to a memoir written by the Democratic governor of New York Andrew Cuomo, as part of an investigation into a possible cover-up of COVID deaths in the state's nursing homes. Prosecutors in the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Eastern District of New York are said to have requested communications associated with Cuomo's book, American Crisis: Leadership Lessons from the COVID-19 Pandemic. The DOJ is said to be after a host of materials that would have been used during the pitching process to publishers - including various contracts and documents.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s youngest daughter, Michaela Kennedy Cuomo, identified herself as queer in a social media post. “Today, I stand in my queer identity with pride, and in memory of those who came before me,” Michaela posted on her Instagram account Thursday night. “I stand indebted to the activists who fought for my right to love and happiness. I stand with a helping hand outreached to those finding their way from under socially constructed boxes to emerge from the closet. I’m standing with you,” she added using three heart emojis.

Last week, the Commack School District on Long Island wanted to do the sane thing and make masks optional for children. The move is long overdue. The state COVID positivity rate is under 1 percent, and deaths and hospitalizations have dropped precipitously. So why are kids, who should have never been masked in the first place, still forced to cover their faces? Why are kindergartners masked at recess outdoors, even after national virus guru Anthony Fauci said “the risk outdoors is very low”? In New York, it turns out it’s because Gov. Cuomo says so. Cuomo has been a disaster...

CNN's Jake Tapper has slammed colleague Chris Cuomo for joining strategy calls advising his brother Gov. Andrew Cuomo on how to respond to sexual harassment allegations. Tapper - who is widely seen as CNN's biggest star - told the New York Times that Chris' behavior put network employees in 'a bad spot'. 'I cannot imagine a world in which anybody in journalism thinks that that was appropriate,' the 52-year-old anchor stated in an interview conducted on Friday.

Exclusive DailyMail.com photos show an influx of homeless people on the streets as Manhattan struggles to get back on its feet after the coronavirus pandemic cut off its lifeline of tourism The pandemic upped the ante on homelessness, mental illness and crime - particularly random assaults and stabbings as homeless men and women are seen strung out on the streets In 2021, almost every type of violent crime is on the rise in New York CityAccording to recent figures from Compstat, the NYPD's data gathering unit, crime is up 30 percent city wide Still, city officials are optimistic, 'The ship...

CNN anchor Chris Cuomo said Wednesday on “Cuomo Prime Time” that former President Donald Trump and his supporters “were wrong before they were right on China” after revelations that three researchers from China’s Wuhan Institute of Virology were hospitalized in November 2019, months before China announced the COVID-19 pandemic. Cuomo said, “Ninety days is a new deadline set by President Biden for the United States intelligence agencies and all the assets to get answers on the genesis of COVID-19. What’s the problem? The problem is China won’t comply in the effort. So how can we discover if they don’t let...

The Brooklyn man accused of beating a Jewish man in a hate attack in Midtown proclaimed from his jail cell that he would “do it again,” prosecutors said on Saturday. Waseem Awawdeh, 23, was held on $10,000 bail in the Thursday attack, in which he is accused of beating Joseph Borgen, 29, with crutches and punching, kicking and pepper-spraying him. “If I could do it again, I would do it again,” he told one of his jailers, according to a prosecutor at Awawdeh’s Saturday arraignment in Manhattan Criminal Court. “I have no problem doing it again.” The attack was unprovoked,...

“That’s stupid; next question,” Gov. Andrew Cuomo this week told a reporter who’d asked him to respond to criticism that his $5.1 million book deal came on the backs of dead elderly New Yorkers. Is he losing it? [cut] All along, too, he has tried to blame the feds — falsely claiming the March order simply followed federal guidance (it didn’t: most states issued nothing like his order), rather than the pleas of the state hospital lobby, which has donated massively to his campaigns, and also falsely indicating that the coverup was an effort to avoid persecution by the Trump...

On Twitter last night, Rebekah Jones confirmed ...That she was not, in fact, asked to delete COVID deaths in Florida. In a now-deleted tweet, Jones wrote: “Deleting deaths was never something I was asked to do. I’ve never claimed it was.” But Jones has claimed it....Jones has made the claim that she was instructed to edit the raw data over and over again. In February, she reiterated that “(Florida’s deputy secretary of health, Dr. Shamarial Roberson) asked me to change numbers and delete records to present a rosier picture of Florida’s pandemic than reality.” In April, she repeated her claim...

If only he played it this safe with his journalism ethics… Fully-vaccinated CNN anchor Chris Cuomo has taken mask-wearing to absurd heights — covering his face as he cruised all alone in a convertible with the top down amid the latest scandal to hit his family.

Meghan McCain told her co-hosts on ABC’s “The View” that CNN host Chris Cuomo was “a sanctimonious tool” while discussing the news he was advising his brother Gov. Andrew Cuomo (D-NY) about his sexual misconduct allegations. McCain said, “Well, I just think it’s hypocritical…We’re all in positions where we work in media and politics. We have to talk about people that we love. Quite frankly, if my dad had been accused of sexual assault, I would be talking about it on “The View.” I’m not a snowflake. I’m not Chris Cuomo. I do love my family and my dad. There’s...

During a discussion of Texas Gov. Greg Abbott (R) banning mask mandates in the state’s public schools on Thursday’s broadcast of CNN’s “Cuomo Primetime,” host Chris Cuomo lamented that “people are still fighting the science” in some states. After Brown University School of Public Health Dean Dr. Ashish Jha argued against Texas’ ban on the mask mandates, Cuomo asked, “How much progress are we making if people are still fighting the science at the state level?”

Knicks owner James Dolan is making up for lost time — and revenue. After announcing the Knicks would go from 1,980 fans to 13,000 for the first round of the playoffs, the Knicks are raising the number again after high demand to a capacity of 15,000 — highest in the NBA. It will be among the largest indoor crowds for a sporting event in North America since the pandemic. Games 1 and 2 against the Hawks are slated for Sunday and Wednesday, and they already have sold out after going on sale Wednesday. By contrast, the Hawks will hold a...

CNN host Chris Cuomo says he is 'truly sorry' for taking part in strategy calls advising his brother Gov. Andrew Cuomo through his sex-pest scandal - adding that he compromised his colleagues at the network. His public comment comes after he was thrown to the wolves by CNN bosses after it was revealed he'd been privately coaching his governor brother through an ongoing sex scandal. 'If you would allow me a moment, if you will remember, I told you back in the beginning of March that I can’t cover my brother’s troubles. It wouldn’t be fair. And you got it...

New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo offered a new incentive to get vaccinated Thursday, telling New Yorkers they can get a free lottery ticket once they get the shot in their arm. "If you were undecided about getting a vaccine or dubious about getting a vaccine, now you have an added bonus. Don't miss this chance," Cuomo said during a press conference. The program dubbed "Vax and Scratch" means that anyone who gets the coronavirus vaccine from one of the 10 state-run sites from May 24 to May 28 enters into the chance of winning $5 million. There are 13 different...

Kids over the age of 2 will now be required to wear face masks while at day care and day camps, according to new guidance put out by New York state. This announcement came the same day that fully vaccinated New Yorkers were allowed to ditch their masks while indoors, causing confusion across the board. Throughout the entire pandemic, toddlers have not been required to wear a mask, but the state said it is now following federal guidance put out earlier this month. “We tend to follow the federal guidelines,” Gov. Andrew Cuomo said during a press conference on Thursday....