Almost all men and women who are running to be the next mayor of New York met on Sunday to urgent voters not to support shared rivals of candidates, former governor Andrew M. Cuomo.
Group – which ranged in ideology by Zohran Mamdani, Democratic Socialist, to Curtis Sliwa, Republican – gathered to release the fifth anniversary of the New York Ministry of Health, while Mr. Cuomo was a governor who was a governor who was a governor. Governor, who was a governor who was a governor. He directed care houses to patients in the readmit hospital who tested positively to Koronavirus. Order, stated families and lawmakers of patients, contributed to thousands Death -related death between nursing homes in a state.
For Mr. Cuomo, Democrat, who resigned in 2021 in the middle of the sexual harassment scandal, he continued to control his pandemic reaction and his administration efforts to his administration cover the actual number of victims In the care homes he was Political mill Before he entered the mayor’s race. He sharply prevented the treatment of the crisis and described criticism of politically motivated.
On Sunday, nine candidates for the mayors on the street in Brooklyn Cobble Hill in front of the commemorative wall, which depicted photographs of the inhabitants of the nursing home who died during the Covid crisis. Each candidate said they did not participate for political reasons while taking the opportunity to criticize the former governor, who leads in public opinion surveys. The event was organized by families who long called for Mr. Cuomo to apologize and take responsibility for the death of his relatives.
“It is not a guerrilla policy, but a responsibility,” said Brad Lander, a city controller who runs in a democratic primary in June. “There’s not too much to ask Andrewa Cuomo to meet families.”
Mr. Sliwa said, “Look at the extraordinary number of people behind me. Could any other problem bring us all with the differences we have?
Several opponents of Mr. Cuomo explained to try to stop his dynamics emphasizing charges of sexual harassment Against him he denies, as well as the treatment of deaths for care homes and ethical questions during his time as a governor.
On Sunday most of them took the opportunity. In addition to Mr. Lander, Mr. Mamdani and Mr. Sliw, five democrats participated: Adrienne Adams, Michael Blake, Zellnor Myrie, Jessica Ramos and Scott Stringer. Walden, who runs as independent, was also present. The only candidates who did not participate were Whitney Tilson, Democrat and hit by the reigning mayor, Eric Adams, Democrat said that Mr Cuomo must explain his response to the death of a care home.
Critics of Mr. Cuomo focused on the state July 2020 Healthcare report As for the nursing homes, which they called inaccurate and said diverted to the guilt of the governor. In 2021, the General Prosecutor of the State of New York, Letitia James found out The death of coronavirus related Patients with care home thousands. Mr. Cuomo, who stated that the order in March 2020 and other public health policies followed federal instructions, called lack of transparency for a mistake, but but, but but, but, but, but, but, but denied that his decision was politically motivated.
Last year, a subcommittee led by a Republican She organized a hearing of an early pandemic reaction in New York, and eventually caused Mr. Cuomo for his involvement in a change in healthcare report with modifications that indicated that other reasons why Covid has expanded in homes. The panel referred him to the Ministry of Justice to prosecute and accused him of lying congress.
Rich Azzopards, spokesman for Mr. Cuomo, rejected the accusation on Sunday and stated that there was no evidence that the order in March 2020 caused further deaths. Showed Report of the General Inspector At the beginning of this year, who found out that Trump’s officials violated the rules of the Ministry of Justice in 2020 by sharing with reporters details of investigating the death of Koronavir in nursing homes in New York and other democratic states. The report, said Mr. Azzopards, showed that family pain was “for years” for pure election purposes “for pure election purposes.”
“We give the New Yorkers more recognition – they see these political games directly,” said Mr. Azzopards.
The event on Sunday took place in front of Norman Arbeen’s house, who, according to his family, died of Covid in the Cobble Hill nursing home. Mr. Arbeen’s relatives accused the order in March 2020 for his death and together with another family sued Mr. Cuomo. The federal judge rejected their unauthorized death last year.
Mr Azzopardi questioned the claims of families and stated that the evidence shows that “there could be no connection between the management of Doh and the transfer of their loved ones”.
On Sunday, Mr. Arbeen’s son Peter Arbeena begged Mr. Cuomo to personally talk to his family.
“You have to face and apologize,” he said. “If you are going to lead, you have to lead for all of us, and that means that even if we are critics of you.”
