Nonprofits say more New York children are living in poverty than state numbers reflect. Our Alek LaShomb spoke with one of the thousands of families struggling to keep their heads above water.
The incoming head of the House Oversight Committee is targeting state Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli over the massive fraud in New York’s pandemic unemployment relief, alleging a damning report was delayed for political purposes.
The expected $10 billion budget gap by 2026 s thanks to dwindling federal relief money that began flowing to the city due to COVID, a cooling off of the stock market that’s hurting city pension funds and a projected decrease in city tax revenue.
The audit details how health officials undercounted deaths in nursing homes by more than 50% at certain points during the height of the pandemic, echoing similar findings reported by Attorney General Letitia James’ office last year.
The embattled governor s comments came on the day his party in New York and beyond turned sharply against him following allegations of harassment as well as sweeping criticism of Cuomo for keeping secret how many nursing home residents died of COVID-19 for months.
Cuomo s growing list of detractors now covers virtually every region in the state and the political power centers of New York City and Washington. A majority of Democrats in the state legislature and all but a handful of the state s 29-member congressional delegation have called on him to step down.
The escalating political crisis jeopardizes Cuomo’s 2022 reelection in an overwhelmingly Democratic state, and threatens to cast a cloud over President Joe Biden’s early days in office. Republicans across the country have seized on the scandal to try to distract from Biden’s success with the pandemic and challenge his party’s well-established advantage with female voters.