My mother died of COVID-19 in a nursing home — now I’m fighting back
Alexa Rivera, a 47-year-old construction estimator living in Brooklyn, lost her mother, Ana Celia Martinez, 78, after she was exposed to COVID-19 at Our Lady of Consolation nursing facility in West Islip, Long Island. Rivera is now suing the nursing home and has started the organization Voices For Seniors, which advocates for other families who’ve...