Lawmakers urge NY to lift limits on nursing home visits
MARINA VILLENEUVE, Associated Press
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FILE - In this March 14, 2021 file photo images of New Yorkers who have died during the coronavirus pandemic are projected onto the Brooklyn Bridge during a commemoration ceremony in Brooklyn, NY. More than a year since the COVID-19 pandemic took hold in New York, Gov. Andrew Cuomo's administration's death toll is still nearly 11,000 lower than the federal government's own tally.Kevin Hagen/AP
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — Lawmakers are demanding that Gov. Andrew Cuomo lift remaining restrictions for visits at nursing homes, according to a letter two dozen Democratic lawmakers sent to the governor this week.