Friends -

Andrew Cuomo mandated nursing homes re-admit COVID-positive patients from hospitals. Then he gave those same nursing home executives legal liability protecting them from lawsuits and prosecutions for providing substandard care -- something I voted against. Then his administration covered up the actual number of nursing home deaths that happened as a result.

Andrew Cuomo says that it "doesn’t matter" whether COVID patients died in a hospital, or in a nursing home.

But it does matter. Because we are talking about preventable deaths.

Those patients — ones we knew were from the start of the pandemic were the most vulnerable — belonged in hospitals. And Governor Cuomo’s immunity gave unscrupulous nursing home executives the green light to provide inadequate care to them without reprisal.

Then he tried to cover up the result by fudging the numbers.

Unfortunately, we can’t turn back the clock on Andrew Cuomo’s decisions. But we can make things right going forward — starting by repealing legal liability for nursing home executives immediately. Add your name if you agree:

Sign my petition calling for the repeal of legal protections for nursing home executives who provide substandard care to COVID patients.

According to the New York State Department of Health, more than 6,000 COVID-positive New Yorkers were admitted into nursing home facilities after his mandate.

How many of them would have lived if they were in a hospital where they belonged? How many staff did those nursing home patients infect? How did Andrew Cuomo’s reckless decision impact the uncontrolled spread of the pandemic in New York?

We need answers to ALL of these questions. And we need accountability.

But first, we can tackle the low-hanging fruit of legal immunity. Add your name if you agree:

Sign my petition calling for the repeal of legal protections for nursing home executives who provide substandard care to COVID patients.

Thank you for making your voice heard. More on this soon.

All my best,

Alessandra Biaggi

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