The disclosure that NYC mayoral candidate Andrew Cuomo is the subject of a federal investigation into COVID nursing home deaths​ is roiling the political world.

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

Litman warned that the investigation is close to the New York City mayoral race, in an interview on Wednesday.

The once-epicenter of Covid served as the stage Thursday for New York City mayoral candidate Adrienne Adams to tear into opponent Andrew Cuomo’s pandemic response as governor. Adams, the New York City Council speaker,

Cuomo has avoided sharing the stage with other mayoral hopefuls, seeking to give his campaign the aura of a foregone coronation.

In a deeply personal speech, Ms. Adams, who is running for mayor, will speak about her father’s death from Covid in 2020. She says that as governor, Mr. Cuomo “failed him.”