Welcome to The Finale
Hello Dear Friends,
Close to one year ago I offered to rip the roof off the healthcare system. I shared my experience in a blog, here. I initially thought it would be a shingle or two. Last August, I realized the whole system was going down. Let’s catch up for a moment. Learn more about topics below by using the blue clickable links.
Staten Islanders, are you the one? Michael Jordan raised the question. I’m here to answer. Yes, we are the ONE, been the one, and will remain the one. The people that didn’t flip our city red are hurting like the other boroughs, but everyone turned their backs on our pain. Staten Islanders act like Brooklynites, but people still don’t like us. People complain that we don’t have a transit system, but don’t wish to come here, that sounds legit. We love us. That’s all that matters. The fireworks on our block were so beautiful the last day we came together. Music blasting, people dancing, the love in Staten Island runs deep amongst the good people.
Michael Jordan’s campaign asks Staten Islanders are The One. Check out the visuals, this is the New York that we’ve grown to love.
“Morano, a Republican representing Staten Island’s South Shore, joked that little “C.C.,” as she will be known, has a few years ahead of her before she can vote: “So I don’t have to be nice to her just yet.” -Reported by Staten Island Live.
Oh, no Morano. By CC do you mean Carbon Copy? Obliviously, people like Morano do not represent us, that’s the raggedy side of Staten Island. There’s no sundown city if people run when approached. People say our Italian population causes these issues. IKYMFL. Italy is a whole vibe. People are loud and wrong, that’s it. You’ll find that in every borough across New York. If you stood with us during the NYK Championships, then why is this an issue any other time?
COVID-19 was the litmus test that our country failed. After 9/11, we cried and prayed together. During the pandemic, people were complaining about wearing a mask. We all saw and felt that devastation, yet we chose to move in separate directions after lockdown was over.
Thank you, Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (AOC) for officially calling out that empty seat waiting to be filled. I didn’t understand how this was legal either. I find it shocking that a seat held up a family from grieving or supporting their family member. This is not normal. Thank you for your continued bravery in every room you show up in. WE LOVE YOU!!! We does not include anyone but US. AOC represents New York’s 14th District. YERRRR. The Bronx and Astoria, this love goes deep.
Dr. Fauci, it’s about damn time. The front runner of the pandemic that cannot legally claim the Fifth Amendment protections to avoid testifying. I guess legal didn’t prepare him properly. Yikes.
Senator Rand Paul, Republican of Kentucky blew the whistle. Justice Department, it’s on you. Trump said he wasn’t never a big fan of Faucci. I’ll trump him, he/it/thing, we never were a big fan of you, either. Remember Central Park 5? New York does.
New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani, yessir, you’re up next. Thousands of 9/11 families demanded that you be banned from the 25th anniversary ceremony. The fist bumping mayor has landed himself in some stuff. There’s something about him that reminds me of men who have a sudden clean slate. The ones that immediately head to the gym after a breakup. Let’s see what Mamdani has been up to, via New York Post’s newspaper, dated 7/26/26.
‘Our objection is based on his public record-his failure to meaningfully acknowledge the horror of that day, and his employment, support for, or association with individuals who have minimized 9/11, defended terrorists, or even suggested America ‘deserved’ the attacks”. said Giovanni Galante, whose 29-year-old wife Grace was among the 2,977 innocents killed’-New York Post’s newspaper, 7/26/26.
Giovanni lost his 29-year-old wife on the day that brought us down to our knees. I wish he did not have to live with the pain of that experience. I wish none of us did.
My objection, a few staff members and I saw a POV of 9/11 that no camera or video has captured. We unknowingly watched the first plane take rapid speed before hitting the first tower. The reality barely sank in before the second tower was hit. We watched both towers collapse. We sat completely numb to this our new reality. We all walked home from Manhattan that day, people barely talked. I walked in heels in my hand. To carry the weight of having no hope for tomorrow? We will always remember. Maybe if Mamdani would stay off of Twitter and actually do his job, we’d care about what he’d have to say. At least I would.
My friend, Khamladai Singh (Khami), was 25 years old when she passed away. She worked at Windows on the World. We attended Midwood High School together. Her picture is next to mine in our yearbook. Roshan Singh was 21 years old when the towers collapsed. Roshan is Khami’s brother. Their roles were so intricately tied to Windows on the World that they went to work during the early hours of the morning. They are together, I believe that I pray their mother knows that they’ll be there for her one day, excited to embrace their mom, releasing the pain that has bound her since the day they left.
Days after 9/11, after we returned to work, I learned that a coworker lost her niece and nephew. It was then that I realized that I was standing with Khami and Roshan’s aunt. It was also then that I realized they weren’t here with us anymore.
For the respect of the people that continue to mourn, every year, each second. Let them have their peace. That’s all they ever asked for. Mamdani will pledge allegiance to the karma he is due if he even thinks he is welcome into this sacred space, respectfully.
The gentleman that shared with us that he has been discharged from a rehabilitation center to home, we appreciate an update. But please provide in-person proof. Thank you.
Last, but certainly not least. The companies that cost so many healthcare professionals, patients, members and communities their quality of life.
First up is Emblem Health, my former employer, please come to the front of the congregation. My department was rebadged from Emblem Health to Cognizant Health, not sure if you remember that. One random Tuesday the Cognizant executives call a meeting; they were talking about riding on snowblowers while we waited for the meeting to start. In less than 5 minutes over 200 employees were fired. I was one of many of them.
Emblem Health deliberately chose to partner with United Healthcare to launch the NYCE PPO for New York City employees, fully knowing that United Healthcare was actively under an expanding, high profile Department of Justice antitrust and criminal fraud investigation.
‘NYC, Emblem Health to pay $53M worth of copays back to 250,000 city retirees in new settlement.’ By Isabella Gallo (8/3/2026)
Well, as we can see, Emblem Health didn’t learn their lesson. United Healthcare absolutely deserves their DOJ investigation based on my experience with their company. UHC is also my former employer and the reason why I left nursing completely to pursue entrepreneurship.
United Healthcare cost Brian Thompson’s his life, we saw it all over the news. Brian was the CEO of United Healthcare, he was assassinated by Luigi Mangione in December 2024. Sir Andrew Witty would host fireside chats in the middle of the workday. Andrew is corporate businessman, not a United States healthcare expert. This means that he is not well versed in the complexities of the US healthcare system when he accepted his position at United Healthcare.
Andrew Witty is a British citizen that spent over 3 decades at GlaxoSmithKline (GSK), a massive UK based pharmaceutical giant, btw. His profit driven approach was attractive to American healthcare corporations as Witty was viewed as a prize asset. That prized asset left United Healthcare roughly five months after Brian Thompson’s assassination. Witty, cited leaving for “personal reasons.” News outlets shared that UHG/UHC was participating in insider trading.
Meta’s owner Mark Zuckerberg is already facing the heat. Social Dilemma on Netflix (2020) is experiencing major resurgence right now. I saw it in 2020, and I was looking at Mark like he had lost his damn mind. While Mark is scrambling to take accountability, we’ll look to his former inner circle for council. Facebook turned people into the zombies playing Candy Crush very quickly.
Social Dilemma shows everyone that Mark Zuckerberg (asking us if Zuckerberg is a psychopath is wild)
Mark used the Sesame Street philosophy of using television to educate children and parents and completely flipped it for profit. The people blowing the whistle on Mark are the actual architects of Silicon Valley. Top executives, no disguises or pixelation. Mark did not take accountability for his actions during a recent trial. Mark is in big trouble.
When we wonder why the world is the way that it is, it all traces back to profits. Visibility. Popularity. Concepts that don’t center individuals or the collective. They are made for us to consume but we are the ones that are being consumed. We’ve become the product. Now it’s time for the tables to flip in our favor. Elon Musk, I see you trying to hide behind trump. Elon has been quiet lately.
MAGA, don’t have us embarrass you either.
The End.
ETA: typos. God Bless America.