Cuomo got Covid tests for friends and family when access was scarce

New York governor secured tests for certain people when most people could not get them in the early days of the pandemic

Andrew Cuomo set up friends and family members with scarce coronavirus tests when most New Yorkers did not have access to them in the early days of the pandemic, according to multiple reports Wednesday.

In March 2020, the New York governor provided tests - and in some cases repeated rounds of testing - to his brother, the CNN anchor Chris Cuomo; to a sister; to their mother; to multiple top government officials and their spouses; to state legislators and staffers; and to other friends of the administration, the Albany Times Union first reported.