China News Service, March 2 According to Reuters, a New York State spokesperson said on the 1st local time that New York State Governor Cuomo had hired a well-known criminal defense lawyer to participate in the federal investigation on behalf of his office.

Previously, Cuomo was accused of concealing new crown death data in nursing homes.

  Earlier in February, it was revealed that Melissa DeRosa, secretary of Cuomo, had privately admitted to state legislators that last year the state government delayed submitting nursing home death data to the state assembly because it was responding to Trump administration instructions Related investigations initiated by the Federal Ministry of Justice.

  New York State Assemblyman Ron Kim later claimed that he was threatened by Cuomo for criticizing the nursing home issues in the media.

According to media reports, federal prosecutors for the Eastern District of New York and the FBI have begun investigating Cuomo on issues related to nursing homes.

  Elkan Abramovitz, a former federal prosecutor in Manhattan, is a well-known criminal defense lawyer in New York.

He was hired to represent the "administrative office" formed by Como, as well as the staff of Como, and participated in the investigation by the U.S. Department of Justice on the death data of the New York State Nursing Home.

  In addition to the alleged misreporting of data, three women have accused Cuomo of sexual harassment in recent weeks.

  Abramowitz said that at present, he will only deal with the affairs of nursing homes and has not been asked to deal with the issue of sexual harassment.