ALBANY, N.Y.—New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo, who wrote a book on his managing of the COVID-19 crisis, now faces intensifying accusations that he covered up the true death toll of the pandemic on nursing home residents. State lawmakers called for investigations, stripping Cuomo of his emergency powers and even his resignation after new details emerged this week about why certain nursing home data was kept under wraps for months, despite requests from lawmakers and others. Top aide Melissa DeRosa told lawmakers the data was delayed because officials worried that the information was “going to be used against us” by the Trump administration’s Department of Justice. The new salvos from Republicans and Cuomo’s fellow Democrats mark a stark turnaround from the early days of the pandemic, when Cuomo’s daily briefings helped cement a national reputation for leadership. The briefings, in which he promised to deliver “just the facts,” won him an …