🧵on nursing home scandal:
On April 14 2020, Berna Lee contacted my office, fearing that her mother, residing in a nursing home in my district, had been negligently exposed to COVID. Berna had been stonewalled.
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In a “moderate” district, my opponent & his developer friends sent out countless mailers and ads calling me a communist and socialist for being unapologetic for pushing to break up Amazon, tax the rich, decriminalize sex work.
I won the primary by 72%
I won the general by 83%
My mom is going on 18 straight days tied to an oxygen tank with permanent lung damage from breakthrough COVID. Doctors told me if she makes it, she will most likely have to spend the rest of her life in a nursing home …
On Oct 26, 2021, my mother passed away peacefully with her loved ones by her side. From the day I was born, my mom spent every minute of her life protecting, nurturing, and championing me. Words can’t describe the sorrow I am feeling …
COVID nursing home residents were reimbursed twice as much (Medicare) as regular residents (Medicaid).
Under Cuomo's March 25 mandate, NHs took 6,000 new COVID patients.
That is about $114 million/month & with Cuomo's corporate immunity, executives maximized their profits.
Never forget: Cuomo sent 9,000 COVID patients to unprepared nursing homes and handed out corporate immunity to his top NH donors as he chased down a $5.1 million book deal and covered up NH death toll.
The office of the Governor is being used to protect Cuomo. Not the families of 15,000 loved ones, not the women Cuomo abused. Cuomo is using tax dollars to protect Cuomo.