The Paramount at Somers Rehabilitation and Nursing Center has received 17 citations for violations of public health code between 2018 and 2021, according to New York State Department of Health records accessed on February 25, 2022. The Somers nursing home’s citations resulted from a total of six surveys by state inspectors. The deficiencies they describe include […]
St. Patrick’s Home Cited for Abuse, Fall
St. Patricks Home has received 26 citations for violations of public health code between 2018 and 2021, according to New York State Department of Health records accessed on February 25, 2022. The Bronx nursing home’s citations resulted from a total of seven surveys by state inspectors. The deficiencies they describe include the following: 1. The nursing […]
NHTSA Investigates 1.7 Million Honda Cars
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) has launched an inquiry into 1.7 million Honda-manufactured vehicles in relation to concerns over unintended, or “phantom” braking. According to a report by Automotive News, the probe includes Honda Accord sedans manufactured in 2018-2019 and Honda CR-V SUVs manufactured in 2017-19. Like other NHTSA investigations, this one stems from […]
Sans Souci Rehabilitation and Nursing Center: Abuse Citation
Sans Souci Rehabilitation and Nursing Center has received 16 citations for violations of public health code between 2018 and 2021, according to New York State Department of Health records accessed on February 25, 2022. The Yonkers nursing home’s citations resulted from a total of four surveys by state inspectors. The deficiencies they describe include the following: […]
NYC to Strengthen 20 Miles of Bike Lanes by 2024
The New York City Department of Transportation has begun the process of strengthening 20 miles of protected bike lanes within the city, or roughly half of the city’s protected bike lanes. As a recent report by Streetsblog notes, DOT Commissioner Ydanis Rodriguez had previously pledged to strengthen 20 miles within 100 days of taking office. Now, the […]
Williamsbridge Center for Rehabilitation and Nursing Cited for Infection
Williamsbridge Center for Rehabilitation and Nursing has received 24 citations for violations of public health code between 2018 and 2021, according to New York State Department of Health records accessed on February 18, 2022. The Bronx nursing home’s citations resulted from a total of four surveys by state inspectors. The deficiencies they describe include the following: […]
NYC Moving Forward with Massive Bus Lane Plan
A recent analysis by the New York Times asks whether a plan to install 150 miles of new bus lanes is worth the investment for New Yorkers. The city’s new mayor, Eric Adams, is overseeing an initiative to add to the Big Apple’s 140 miles of bus lanes, which will effectively “create one of the largest such […]
The Emerald Peek: Nursing Home Cited for Medication Errors
The Emerald Peek Rehabilitation and Nursing Center has received 40 citations for violations of public health code between 2018 and 2021, according to New York State Department of Health records accessed on February 18, 2022. The Peekskill nursing home’s citations resulted from a total of six surveys by state inspectors. The deficiencies they describe include the […]
Report: Construction Worksite Fatalities Increased in 2020
A new report by the New York Committee for Occupational Safety and Health concludes that construction worksite deaths rose during the first year of the coronavirus pandemic. A total of 41 workers lost their lives in job site incidents in 2020, the NYCOSH found, 13 of whom died in New York City sites. According to the Gotham Gazette, […]
New Riverdale Rehab and Nursing Cited for Burn
New Riverdale Rehab and Nursing has received 27 citations for violations of public health code between 2018 and 2021, according to New York State Department of Health records accessed on February 18, 2022. The Bronx nursing home’s citations resulted from a total of six surveys by state inspectors. The deficiencies they describe include the following: 1. […]
Andrus On Hudson Cited for Medication Errors, Fall
Andrus On Hudson has received 19 citations for violations of public health code between 2018 and 2021, according to New York State Department of Health records accessed on February 18, 2022. The Hastings-on-Hudson nursing home’s citations resulted from a total of six surveys by state inspectors. The deficiencies they describe include the following: 1. The nursing […]
New Yorker Killed by Driver with a Record of Speeding
The SUV driver who stuck and killed 99-year-old Holocaust survivor Jack Mikulincer in Manhattan Beach, Brooklyn earlier this month was the recipient of “10 school-zone speeding tickets and four red-light tickets since 2016,” including six such speeding tickets in 2021, according to a report by Streetsblog. The incident raises questions of what state and city authorities are […]
The Citadel Rehab and Nursing Center: Abuse, Fall Citations
The Citadel Rehab and Nursing Center at Kingsbridge has received six citations for violations of public health code between 2018 and 2021, according to New York State Department of Health records accessed on February 11, 2022. The Kingsbridge nursing home’s citations resulted from a total of four surveys by state inspectors. The deficiencies they describe include […]
Westchester Center for Rehabilitation & Nursing: Sexual Abuse Citation
Westchester Center for Rehabilitation & Nursing has received 26 citations for violations of public health code between 2018 and 2021, according to New York State Department of Health records accessed on February 11, 2022. It also received an $18,000 fines in 2021 in connection to quality of care deficiencies. The Mount Vernon nursing home’s citations […]
US Auto Safety Regulators Investigate Hyundai and Kia Engine Fires
In December, The National Highway Transportation Safety Administration has launched an investigation into potentially widespread defects in cars manufactured by Kia and Hyundai. According to a report by the Associated Press, the inquiry will look at “more than 3 million vehicles from the 2011 through 2016 model years,” stemming from 161 reports it received about engine fires. A […]
Pedestrians Suffer as Reckless Driving Rises
The Covid-19 pandemic has “intensified” trends behind an increase in reckless driving-related pedestrian deaths in the United States, according to a recent report by the New York Times. Despite expectations early in the pandemic that a decrease in drivers on the road would lead to a decrease in pedestrian deaths, in reality the relative emptiness of the […]
The Knolls: Valhalla Nursing Home Cited for Antipsychotic Drugs
The Knolls has received 16 citations for violations of public health code between 2018 and 2021, according to New York State Department of Health records accessed on February 11, 2022. It has also received $8,000 in fines since 2017. The Valhalla nursing home’s citations resulted from a total of four surveys by state inspectors. The deficiencies […]
Briarcliff Manor Center for Rehabilitation and Nursing: Pressure Ulcer Citation
Briarcliff Manor Center for Rehabilitation and Nursing has received 27 citations for violations of public health code between 2018 and 2021, according to New York State Department of Health records accessed on February 11, 2022. The Briarcliff Manor nursing home’s citations resulted from a total of two surveys by state inspectors. The deficiencies they describe include […]
New York City Traffic Violence Roundup
As reckless driving rises across the nation, New York City has been no exception to the deadly trend. Below is a roundup of recent traffic violence injuries and fatalities in the city. In Park Slope, Brooklyn, a 44-year-old pedestrian was struck while crossing Fourth Avenue near Bergen Street, according to police. The victim was taken […]
New York Nursing Home Sheepshead Nursing & Rehabilitation Center Cited for Health Code Violations
Sheepshead Nursing & Rehabilitation Center has received 10 citations for violations of public health code between 2018 and 2021, according to New York State Department of Health records accessed on February 4, 2022. The Brooklyn nursing home’s citations resulted from a total of two surveys by state inspectors. The deficiencies they describe include the following: 1. […]
NY Nursing Home Workers Call for Stricter Enforcement of Staffing Law
A new law in New York requires nursing homes to provide residents with 3.5 hours of direct nursing care per resident day. Though this law recently went into effect, a recent NPR report found, the state’s nursing homes are still falling short of the newly required threshold. “Of the 21 Western New York nursing homes […]
Speed Limit Bill Advances in New York Senate
New York State Senate Bill S524 was advanced through the chamber’s Transportation Committee last week, according to a report by 1010 Wins. The bill, also known as Sammy’s Law, “Relates to establishing speed limits in cities with populations in excess of one million people,” according to its listing in the Senate’s website. If passed by the Senate and […]
Car Crash Deaths Continued Rising in 2021
Data released by the federal government shows that traffic fatalities continued in their upward trend during the first two-thirds of 2021, apparently due to the spate of reckless driving that came with the Covid-19 pandemic. According to a report by the Associated Press, there were 31,720 car crash-related deaths in the first nine months of last year, […]
Cold Spring Hills Center for Nursing and Rehabilitation
Cold Spring Hills Center for Nursing and Rehabilitation has received 56 citations for violations of public health code between 2018 and 2021, according to New York State Department of Health records accessed on February 4, 2022. The facility has also received three fines totaling $24,000 since 2015. The Woodbury nursing home’s citations resulted from a […]
Construction Industry Suffers Omicron-Related Labor Shortages
The US construction industry is suffering drastic worker shortages resulting from the omicron variant of the novel coronavirus, according to a recent report by Construction Dive. Citing data analyzed by the Washington Post, roughly 8.8 million construction workers “reported missing work either because they were sick with the coronavirus or caring for someone else who was […]