New York’s nurses have been clear about what they need: safe staffing ratios, protection from workplace violence, fair treatment, and a government that actually has their backs.
So why hasn’t it happened?
Why, after years of warnings, strikes, and staffing crises, does Albany keep offering speeches instead of solutions?
The answer is simple: follow the money.
Governor Kathy Hochul’s political ecosystem has been heavily supported by hospital associations, healthcare executives, and industry-aligned political committees. In recent election cycles, hospital lobbying groups and healthcare leaders have poured hundreds of thousands—if not more—into political vehicles aligned with her administration.
That doesn’t automatically mean corruption. But it does explain something New Yorkers can see with their own eyes:
- When nurses demand enforceable staffing ratios, the response is delay.
- When they demand safer workplaces, the response is task forces.
- When they demand accountability, the response is press conferences.
That is not leadership. That is avoidance.
You don’t need a conspiracy theory to understand what is happening. You just need basic accounting. When powerful hospital systems fund the political status quo, the status quo protects them. And when nurses challenge that system, they are told to wait.
I am a career accountant. I have spent my life following money, identifying incentives, and fixing systems that don’t work. I know this truth: you can’t solve a problem if you are financially dependent on the people benefiting from it.
That is why I accept $0 from hospital executives, healthcare PACs, or corporate lobbyists.
No strings. No conflicts. No excuses.
And it is why, if elected Governor, one of the first bills I will sign is a Nurses Protection Act—real legislation with real teeth, not another study or pilot program.
The Nurses Protection Act will:
- Establish enforceable safe staffing ratios, not voluntary guidelines
- Strengthen protections against workplace violence, with real consequences
- End loopholes that allow chronic understaffing to become “normal”
- Require transparency and accountability from hospital systems
- Treat nurses as essential professionals—not expendable labor
This is not anti-hospital. It is pro-patient. It is pro-nurse. And it is pro-common sense.
Nurses are the backbone of our healthcare system. When they are overworked, patients suffer. When they are unsafe, care suffers. When they are ignored, the entire system breaks down.
Governor Hochul has had years to act—and she hasn’t. Not because the problem is complicated, but because the incentives are wrong.
I am running to change the system.
I don’t owe anything to lobbyists. I don’t owe anything to hospital CEOs. I owe everything to everyday New Yorkers and especially to the nurses who show up for us when we are at our most vulnerable.
If you elect me Governor, I promise you this:
nurses will no longer be asked to fight alone.
We will protect them.
We will respect them.
And together, we will finally fix what Albany has refused to confront.