But de Blasio secured 1199’s endorsement in his then-longshot run for mayor in 2013 and again in 2017.
Mayor Bill de Blasio, who may also run for governor, was absent from the lineup. “Anywhere working-class people have a problem, Jumaane is there.” “Jumaane is always ready to join a picket line,” Brown-Zanders said. Lorraine Brown-Zanders, a vice president at 1199 who was co-emceeing the event, called him “a longtime champion for working people and our issues.” Williams, who ran a close race against Hochul for lieutenant governor in 2018, got the most passionate introduction of all of the candidates. “We know it was the policies of government that failed us as a city and as a state.” “We know that during that period, there were those who blamed you and that wasn’t right,” she told the crowd. James, meanwhile, reminded the crowd of her office’s nursing home investigation, which found that home directors and government officials could have done more to prevent the spread of COVID-19 at the long-term care facilities and that resident deaths were undercounted by the state. All you’re saying is, ‘Just give me a little respect.’” All you’re asking for in return is not to just be called somebody’s heroes. “You were surrounded by death and misery,” she said. Hochul opened her speech to the crowd of health care workers by calling them “God’s angels here on Earth.” Like other speakers, she acknowledged the sacrifices nursing home staff made during the pandemic. In recent weeks, the union has warned that some 33,000 members employed at 250 nursing homes in New York City and the surrounding areas could go on strike if they don’t get the pay raises and benefits they’re requesting. Each of the Democratic candidates pledged their support for workers who were demonstrating over stalled contract negotiations with for-profit nursing homes. Kathy Hochul, New York City Public Advocate Jumaane Williams and State Attorney General Letitia James all spoke at the event.
With competition heating up in New York’s 2022 gubernatorial race, several candidates made a stop Wednesday evening at a rally in Times Square held by the health care union 1199SEIU, which represents some 250,000 members across the state.
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