{"id":108832,"date":"2021-03-06T02:45:27","date_gmt":"2021-03-06T02:45:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fin2me.com\/?p=108832"},"modified":"2021-03-06T02:45:27","modified_gmt":"2021-03-06T02:45:27","slug":"cuomo-aide-implicated-in-nursing-home-coverup-taught-ethics-in-government-class","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fin2me.com\/politics\/cuomo-aide-implicated-in-nursing-home-coverup-taught-ethics-in-government-class\/","title":{"rendered":"Cuomo aide implicated in nursing home coverup taught 'ethics in government' class"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Democrat Ron Kim accuses the governor’s top aides of intentionally covering up nursing home death numbers on ‘The Story’<\/p>\n
An aide implicated in embattled New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo\u2019s nursing home scandal taught an “ethics in government” class at the New York University School of Law.<\/p>\n
Linda Lacewell, superintendent of the New York State Department of Financial Services, was one of several Cuomo aides who reportedly altered nursing home data to undercount coronavirus deaths \u2014 a charge the administration denies.<\/p>\n
Lacewell is an “adjunct professor at NYU Law, teaching ethics in government,” according to her official government biography. <\/p>\n
Cuomo’s office did not immediately respond to Fox News’ request for comment regarding the apparent contradiction between Lacewell’s teaching experience and her alleged actions.<\/p>\n
Attorney Kevin Bell revealed that Lacewell was his ethics professor in law school on Twitter Friday following news of her alleged involvement. <\/p>\n
“Y’all this was my law school ETHICS PROFESSOR,” he wrote. “HER CLASS WAS CALLED ETHICS IN GOVERNMENT INVESTIGATIONS.”<\/p>\n
CUOMO SOUGHT TO CASH IN ON BOOK SALES WHILE HIDING NURSING HOMES DEATH TOLL, REPORT SAYS<\/strong><\/p>\n The full name of Lacewell\u2019s class was “Ethics in Government: Investigation and Enforcement,” according to the university website.<\/p>\n The latest development in the Cuomo nursing home scandal comes as the governor faces sexual harassment allegations from three women.<\/p>\n CLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APP<\/strong><\/p>\n One of the three Cuomo accusers \u2014 Charlotte Bennett \u2014 called the governor a “textbook abuser” in a recent interview that aired Friday.<\/p>\n Cuomo declared that he would not be resigning from his post during a Wednesday press conference as a bipartisan group of over two dozen lawmakers demand the embattled governor resign.<\/p>\n