ALBANY — The U.S. Department of Justice has opened a criminal investigation of Andrew M. Cuomo that is focused on his public statements and actions during the coronavirus pandemic, including allegations that the former governor and his top aides manipulated fatality data in 2020 to shift blame from a controversial directive that his critics have said caused thousands of nursing home deaths.

With just weeks to go until New York City’s mayoral primary, one of the leading candidates, former Gov. Andrew Cuomo, finds himself under investigation by the U.S. Department of Justice

Former Democratic New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo launched his first television ad in the 2025 New York City mayoral race on Monday, spotlighting the very crisis that helped bring down his political career.

The governor-turned mayoral candidate ran against Trump’s pick for D.C. federal prosecutor in the 2006 election for New York attorney general.

The Justice Department has opened a criminal investigation into former New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo after Republicans recommended that he be charged with lying to Congress over his handling of the COVID-19 pandemic,

Since announcing his bid for City Hall nearly three months ago, frontrunner Andrew Cuomo has only attended mayoral forums where candidates are quizzed by moderators one-at-a-time — a key component