UFOA Board of Directors,
As you debate the difficult and complex decision of candidate endorsements, I wanted to express to my opposition to Andrew Cuomo’s candidacy, or any attempt by him to return to public office.
Disgraced former Gov. Cuomo is corrupt, dishonest and uses well-known intimidation tactics to get his way, which is something my family and I have never bowed to. Let me explain.
During the pandemic of 2020, we were all given direct orders to lock down and do everything we could to stay away from the Covid-19 virus.
While we were in quarantine, we could no longer visit, nor care for, my elderly parents who were in separate care facilities.
My father, Mickey, a retired member of the FDNY and the UFA, was in a nursing home rehab facility, while my mother, Dolores, had just moved to an assisted living facility in a double room waiting for her husband of almost 60 years to get well enough to join her.
The illnesses that brought them to care facilities could not have come at a worse time. My parents died within 2-1/2 weeks of each other, and they died alone.