U.S. Supreme Court declines to hear Cuomo COVID-19 lawsuit

(The Center Square) — The U.S. Supreme Court has declined to hear a lawsuit against former New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo, claiming he was responsible for nursing home deaths during the COVID-19 pandemic.

The high court announced Monday that it won’t be taking up a legal challenge filed by families who lost loved ones to COVID-19 in nursing homes during the pandemic. The lawsuit was filed by a Brooklyn man who claimed that policies put in place by Cuomo and the Greater New York Hospital Association caused the death of his father and thousands of other elderly residents.

The justices didn’t reveal their rationale for declining to take up the case, as tradition dictates. It upholds a lower court ruling that dismissed the case and granted Cuomo qualified immunity from prosecution over the nursing home deaths.

Cuomo spokesman Rich Azzopardi praised the ruling, saying it vindicated claims the then-governor didn’t mismanage the state’s COVID-19 response and that critics had targeted him for political reas...