Vivian Rivera Zayas and Alexa Rivera urge New York Democrats to 'step up and do the right thing' on 'Fox & Friends'
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Hatred and vendetta, but broken
families left in the wake after
fire through dry Grass
Steve that last speaker was
Vivian who lost her mother Anna
Martinez about a year ago after
she was exposed in a New York
State Nursing Home
Oaf LIVE Yaw joins us with her
stir Alexis. They are the
founders of the group voices
foreseniors
good morning to you
good Morning,
Steve Lydia start with you. I
know you spoke yesterday at the
rally outside of city Hall
does not seem in New York City
as if anybody in democratic
control is listening to these
claims about Andrew Cuomo and
the nursing home scandal.
Yeah,
it sure appears that way
were going to continue to apply
pressure.
I think they have to recognize
that it is not just the fifteen thousand.
There are many seniors that died
of the extreme shutdowns
if we tally those numbers
together, it is humanitarian
crisis,
Steve Alexa. What do you think
is going on?
Why wont people address? The
issues of you know did Cuomo
make a mistake:
whys hasnt, he apologized to the
families,
his secretary Melissa, Derosa
apologized, to lawmakers
democratic lawmakers, making
their re election harder last
November, but they have not
apologized to families like
yours.
I think the reason why they
dont apologize is because that
would be admitting that they
actually did something wrong.
As a former as a Democrat, I
voted for Governor Cuomo.
My mother did as well,
and we expect the other
Democrats to step up and do the
right thing.
Their political party
affiliation and whether they
know or are friends with
Governor Cuomo should not stop
them from doing the right thing.
They are public servants,
Steve yeah.
They work for people like me,
and my mom and other people
voted for them.
We would hope that they would
eventually do the right thing
and not side with Governor
Cuomo,
Steve sure
Vivian. I know Republicans in
Congress in Washington D dot C
are trying to hold hearings into
it, but Nancy Pelosi wont let
them.
Yesterday, at the rally you were
at City Hall Park, Assemblyman
RON Kim called on Jerry Nadler,
who is from New York and a
Democrat, to hold some sort of a
hearing.
You know what
Jerry Nadler is going to see
this.
We dont know that he saw the
rally yesterday.
What would you like to say to
Jerry Nadler about investigating
what happened at New Yorks
nursing homes?
Well, we would like Jerry
Nadler to know that the
families of for variety of
reasons had our loved ones.
There were believing all along,
they were safe,
so it is basically we need to
restore the faith and trust in
our nursing home system and the
leadership in the state of New
York,
Steve. Indeed,
Alexa bench you go. Do you, you
know, I know theyre trying to
end Governor Cuomos emergency
powers.
They run through the end of
April, but Democrats are
reluctant to do that
at the very least. They should
pull the plug on that right.
Absolutely.
There should be no reason why he
still has the capability of
making executive decisions that
affect other people.
He already wiped out enough
seniors and others that are
still in lockdown
Steve right,
but the problem is for you,
ladies and others, is that the
deciders on these things are all
Democrats, just like Mr Cuomo
Vivian and Alexa Rivera. We
thank you both for joining us.
Transcript generated on 2021-03-08.