Hudson Park Rehabilitation and Nursing Center received 45 citations for violations of public health code between 2018 and 2022, according to New York State Department of Health records accessed on September 5, 2022. The Albany nursing home’s citations resulted from a total of 13 inspections by state surveyors. The violations they describe include the following: 1. […]
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Facing Extreme Heat, Will UPS Workers Strike?
A recent report by progressive magazine In These Times gave voice to UPS delivery workers calling upon their company to do more to keep them safe from extreme heat. Representatives for the International Brotherhood of Teamsters, which represents UPS workers, told the publication that even as UPS’s profits have risen over the last several years, […]
Valley View Manor: Nursing Home Cited for Inadequate Bedsore Care
Valley View Manor Nursing Home received 27 citations for violations of public health code between 2018 and 2022, according to New York State Department of Health records accessed on September 5, 2022. The Norwich nursing home’s citations resulted from a total of 5 inspections by state surveyors. The violations they describe include the following: 1. The […]
Report: SUV With 168 Violations Hits, Kills Bronx Woman
A New York City woman died last week after the driver of an SUV jumped the curb and struck her, impaling her on a metal fence. According to media reports, the 59-year-old Bronx resident, Paulina Nrecaj, was taken to a local hospital, where she died after surgery. “She was a good, sweet woman,” her daughter […]
Alice Hyde Medical Center: Multiple Accident Citations
Alice Hyde Medical Center received 29 citations for violations of public health code between 2018 and 2022, according to New York State Department of Health records accessed on September 5, 2022. The Malone nursing home’s citations resulted from a total of 5 inspections by state surveyors. The violations they describe include the following: 1. The nursing […]
Report: Heavy Electric Cars Do More Damage in Crashes
Recent tests by Swiss insurance company AXA Switzerland highlight the dangers of electric vehicles. As an analysis by Streetsblog explains, the company’s research found that electric cars “cause more damage in collisions than conventional cars” and that their larger size increases the risks they pose, both to pedestrians and to occupants in lighter vehicles. “[D]rivers […]
Campbell Hall Rehabilitation Center Cited for Fall
Campbell Hall Rehabilitation Center received 130 citations for violations of public health code between 2018 and 2022, according to New York State Department of Health records accessed on September 2, 2022. The Campbell Hall nursing home’s citations resulted from a total of 35 inspections by state surveyors. The violations they describe include the following: 1. The […]
Report: Delivery Workers Suffering, Dying Under Excessive Heat
Delivery workers across the country are sounding alarm bells about the deadly risks they face in extreme heat. According to a recent report by the New York Times, hundreds of drivers for UPS, FedEx, and the United States Postal Service “have been sickened and in many cases hospitalized from heat exposure” since 2015, a figure […]
Do Private Equity Takeovers Negatively Impact Nursing Home Care?
A recent New Yorker feature story examines the effects of private equity acquisitions on nursing home care. Based on firsthand accounts from a nursing home acquired by a private equity firm, and drawing from recent academic research, the article makes a compelling and heartbreaking argument that acquisitions lead to drastic staffing cuts and diminished care, […]
Report: NYC to Address McGuinness Boulevard Safety Issues
New York City transportation authorities will implement short-term safety adjustments in advance of the large-scale redesign of a dangerous stretch of North Brooklyn roadway. According to a report by Streetsblog, the Department of Transportation has said it will implement painted median-tip extensions and daylighting measures on McGuinness Boulevard in Greenpoint, while banning left at certain […]
