Reports: Cuomo Administration Gave Special Coronavirus Testing Access To Family, VIPs
Last March, New York was an epicenter of the coronavirus outbreak, and testing was hard to come by. New York law prohibits officials from using their positions to secure privileges or exemptions.
When New York was hit hard in the early days of the pandemic last March, Gov. Andrew Cuomo's administration gave his family members preferential access to coronavirus testing, according to several news reports.
The allegations were first reported in Albany, N.Y.'s and later in and The reports, which NPR has not independently confirmed, cited
