Relatives of New York City nursing home residents who say their relatives contracted coronavirus and died after Andrew Cuomo’s order held a memorial service on Sunday, March 25, with participants, including Janice Dean, Fox News.
Dean, who attributes her in-laws’ death from the coronavirus to Cuomo’s order, said she and the other participants in a rally became like family.
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“I am here today as a grieving family member, not someone who is politically motivated, as our governor likes to call me,” she said. “We need to connect with each other because we want answers, and we will not stop.”
Dean’s in-laws, Mickey and Dee Newman, passed away in the spring of 2020.
Protesters against Governor Andrew Cuomo’s handling of nursing homes COVID-19 die gather on Sunday, March 21, 2021, in New York outside the nursing home of Cobble Hill Health Center. (AP Photo / David Crary)
‘We had no idea [Mickey Newman] died to Covid until we saw the death certificate, “Dean said. We had no idea that there was an order of March 25 for Covid-positive patients to nursing homes. My husband had to tell the news to his mother that his father was dead and that she was sad. Two weeks later she got Covid. ‘
Family members built a “We Care Memorial Wall” with photos of their lost loved ones.
New York City Councilor Brad Lander and Ron State Councilor Ron Kim also attended the rally organized by Peter and Daniel Arbeeny, two brothers blaming Cuomo for their father’s death in 2020.
“There are 100,000 people like me and those around me who have lost those they loved the most,” Daniel Arbeeny said.
Peter Arbeeny thanks nursing home staff and says he does not blame individual nursing homes or workers.
“As Covid’s orphan, we need answers, we need to apologize and we need a fair investigation,” he said.
New York lawmakers are preparing an indictment for Andrew Cuomo’s government. Kim was an early proponent of accusations.
“When I got the call from Cuomo that threatened my career and my livelihood to lie to him … I was afraid he would escape accountability,” Kim told the crowd, adding that he was infecting his uncle with the coronavirus. lost a nursing home.
“His government of abuse will soon end because there are far too many decent people in New York City to let this man go. “We will find the truth,” Kim said.
Participants held slogans with slogans including ‘Cuomo made our parents’ uncomfortable ‘#SeniorsToo’ and ‘Sorry Andrew!’
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Cuomo has been criticized by both Republicans and Democrats for the government’s March 25 mandate that barred nursing homes and other long-term care facilities from stopping thousands of coronavirus-infected seniors.
Despite Cuomo’s efforts to attribute the controversy to partisan politics, while questions about his handling of the pandemic continue, his government was forced to admit that deaths in nursing homes rose above 15,000 – almost 10,000 more than the state originally at the end. of January.