(914) 220-1086Hudson 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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Katherine Luther Residential Health Care: Fall Citations
Katherine Luther Residential Health Care and Rehabilitation Center received 36 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 Clinton nursing home’s citations resulted from a total of nine inspections by state surveyors. The violations they describe include the […]
Casa Promesa: Nursing Home Cited for Physical Abuse
Casa Promesa received 36 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 Bronx nursing home’s citations resulted from a total of seven inspections by state surveyors. The violations they describe include the following: 1. The nursing home did […]
Report: Truck Hits, Kills Cyclist in East New York Crash
A 43-year-old cyclist lost his life after being hit by the 52-year-old driver of a tractor-trailer truck in the Brooklyn neighborhood of East New York last week. According to ABC News, the cyclist was riding on Pennsylvania Avenue when the tractor-trailer driver turned onto Linden Boulevard, hitting him. The driver was not arrested at the […]
Premier Genesee Center for Nursing and Rehabilitation: Accident, Staffing Citations
Premier Genesee Center for Nursing and Rehabilitation received 42 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 Batavia nursing home’s citations resulted from a total of 10 inspections by state surveyors. The violations they describe include the following: […]
Reports: Queens Hit-and-Run Places Spotlight on Inequitable Streets
A five-year-old boy lost his life after the driver of a Dodge pickup trust struck him in a hit-and-run in Queens last week. According to a report by ABC News, authorities are searching for the driver of pickup truck who was turning at the intersection of 100th Street and McIntosh Street, where the boy, his […]
Federal Court Denies Covid-19 Workplace Safety Rule Petition
A federal court of appeals has denied an emergency petition by healthcare labor unions to force the Occupational Safety and Health Administration to create a permanent workplace safety rules regarding Covid-19. As Reuters reported last week, the US Court of Appeals for the DC Circuit decided in a three-judge panel that it lacked the power […]
New Analysis Asks Whether New York Can Mandate Car Safety Tech
When New York State Senator Brad Hoylman introduced a bill in August that would mandate the use of speed governors and other advanced safety systems in vehicles registered in the state, some questioned whether New York actually had jurisdiction over the use of car safety technology. An analysis published by Streetsblog last week carefully examined […]
New CMS Rule Maintains Hospital Safety Reporting
The US Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services has shelved a plan not to publish hospital safety ratings. According to reports by the Philadelphia Inquirer and MedPage Today, the CMS proposed earlier this year that it stop publicly releasing the PSI 90, a safety score composed of the hospital’s rates of “10 preventable and potentially […]
Orchard Rehabilitation & Nursing Center: Pressure Ulcer Citation
Orchard Rehabilitation & Nursing Center received 19 citations for violations of public health code between 2018 and 2022, according to New York State Department of Health records accessed on August 26, 2022. The Medina nursing home’s citations resulted from a total of four inspections by state surveyors. The violations they describe include the following: 1. The […]
Palatine Nursing Home Cited for Choking Hazard, Pressure Ulcers
Palatine Nursing Home received 29 citations for violations of public health code between 2018 and 2022, according to New York State Department of Health records accessed on August 26, 2022. The Palatine Bridge nursing home’s citations resulted from a total of five inspections by state surveyors. The violations they describe include the following: 1. The nursing […]
Research Suggests Automatic Braking Tech Less Reliable at Night
Tests performed by the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety found that automatic emergency braking systems, designed to prevent cars from hitting pedestrians, perform less effectively in the dark. According to a news release by the organization, more than half of the 23 midsize cars it tested earned “a basic score or no credit” in nighttime […]
Onondaga Center for Rehabilitation and Nursing: Bedsore Citations
Onondaga Center for Rehabilitation and Nursing received 67 citations for violations of public health code between 2018 and 2022, according to New York State Department of Health records accessed on August 26, 2022. The Minoa nursing home’s citations resulted from a total of 14 inspections by state surveyors. The violations they describe include the following: 1. […]
Large Vehicles Are Especially Dangerous to Children, Study Finds
A new study by researchers at the University of Illinois at Springfield found that large vehicles like SUVs are dramatically more dangerous than passenger cars to young pedestrians. Using crash and hospital records to examine “the relationship between striking vehicle type and medical outcomes of pedestrian and pedalcyclist cases,” the study ultimately found evidence that […]
New York Lawmakers Propose New Drunk Driving Penalties
Newly proposed legislation in both New York’s Assembly and Legislature would require people convicted of drunk driving incidents that resulted in the death of a custodial parent to make child support payments until the victim’s child (or their children) reach 18 years old. According to a recent report by Streetsblog, New York State Senator Andrew […]
Reports: NHTSA Investigating Deadly Tesla Crash in Florida
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, a division of the US Department of Transportation, is probing a fatal car crash involving a 2015 Tesla near Gainesville, Florida. According to a report by the New York Post, the crash involved a Tesla that collided with the rear of a semi-trailer truck at an Interstate 75 rest […]
Will New York Governor Hochul Sign Construction Safety Law?
New York construction sites are about to get much safer—if Governor Kathy Hochul signs a bill passed by the state legislature last month. Known as “Carlos’ Law,” Senate Bill S621Bwould “substantially” raise the fines that can be levied on companies convicted of crimes that led to workplace deaths or injuries. According to a recent report […]
Report: Brooklyn Residents Call For Safer McGuinness Boulevard Redesign
The New York City Department of Transportation’s preliminary redesign plan for McGuinness Boulevard in Greenpoint, has received criticism from local residents and elected officials. The large, busy Brooklyn road has seen 1,548 reported car crashes in the last nine years, resulting in injuries to 40 cyclists, 59 pedestrians, and 236 drivers, according to a recent […]
