Cuomo bails on NYC senior center visit where protesters hoped to confront ex-gov over nursing home death scandal

Mayoral hopeful Andrew Cuomo bailed on a planned visit Friday to a Queens senior center as dozens of raging protesters were expected to confront the ex-gov over his botched handling of the nursing homes during the pandemic.About 25 protesters marched in front of Peter Cardella Senior Citizens Center in Ridgewood for over an hour as they eagerly waited to face Cuomo over his administration’s controversial directive to send infected COVID-19 patients into nursing homes — which resulted in thousands of deaths.“I’m still trying to process and come to terms with how to prevent that [a pandemic] from happening again, but I’m pretty dismayed that Andrew Cuomo has the gall to run for mayor,” said Dr.Damien Archbold, an anesthesiologist at Elmhurst Hospital, told The Post.“I have this moral indignation that Cuomo’s running for mayor of New York City after he sold out the city.”Cuomo was initially scheduled to hit the senior citizens center on the campaign trail — prompting the group to rush to the building.“I like what you guys are doing, where can I get a sign?” one woman asked before joining their ranks.Across the street, a neighbor yelled: “Hold up your signs so I can take a picture.

F–k that guy!”The campaign claims the former governor, who resigned amid a series of scandals, had no plans to show up with the event being cancelled days ago.However, two workers in the senior center told The Post the campaign pulled the plug Friday morning.The center is not a nursing home — seniors visit the building to socialize, but do not live or sleep in the building.Protesters, however, viewed Cuomo’s visit to an elderly facility as disingenuous after his fatal COVID-19 policies allowed the virus to tear through nursing homes at the height of the pandemic — a responsibility he has continuously declined to acknowledge.

Daniel Arbeeny, who attended the rally with We Care Memorial Wall, a group dedicated to “exposing Cuomo’s nursing home death c...