But the Manhattan facility, Amsterdam Nursing Home, was far from the only home flagged in New York City for failing to take steps to prevent the spread of the airborne infection. Source: New York Times
Posts published in “Nursing Homes”
Arbitration Has Come to Senior Living. You Don’t Have to Sign Up.
By Gotham Rex on September 24, 2022
In the blizzard of paperwork needed to get into a nursing home or assisted living, some residents unwittingly surrender the right to a day in court. Source: New York Times
Two Years Later, New York City’s Lessons from the Pandemic
By Gotham Rex on March 17, 2022
The city was slow to react, and the vaccine rollout was flawed. Poor neighborhoods still need help. But shutdowns and mandates saved lives. Source: New York Times
Health Agency Under Cuomo ‘Misled the Public’ on Nursing Home Deaths
By Gotham Rex on March 15, 2022
The New York State Health Department presented nursing home data that concealed the deaths of 4,100 people, according to an audit by the state comptroller. Source: New York Times
As Omicron Spreads, Some Nursing Homes Struggle to Boost Residents
By Gotham Rex on December 26, 2021
Medical experts say the government should do more to get booster shots into long-term care residents in New York. Source: New York Times
Cuomo Assembly Report Contains Grounds for Impeachment, Lawmaker Says
By Gotham Rex on November 19, 2021
A report set to be made public next week sheds new light on the Cuomo administration’s manipulation of nursing home death data and the former governor’s $5.1 million book deal. Source: New York Times
Vaccine Mandate Leads Thousands of New York Health Workers to Get Vaccinated
By Gotham Rex on September 28, 2021
Though many hospital and nursing home employees remain unvaccinated, officials say worst-case staffing shortages seem less likely. Source: New York Times
New York Hospitals Face Possible Mass Firings as Workers Spurn Vaccines
By Gotham Rex on September 24, 2021
With a Monday deadline looming, thousands of health care workers in the state are risking their jobs by not getting a coronavirus vaccine. Source: New York Times
Why Federal Research Bolsters the Case for Coronavirus Vaccine Mandates
By Gotham Rex on September 10, 2021
Scientists believe the administration’s new measures may tamp down the pandemic, although the effects will not immediately be obvious. Source: New York Times
Vaccine Effectiveness Against Infection May Wane, C.D.C. Studies Find
By Gotham Rex on August 18, 2021
Federal health officials said the new data justified a campaign of booster shots. But some scientists disagreed, saying not every American needs another dose. Source: New York Times
Health Care Workers in New York Must Get Vaccine, Cuomo Says
By Gotham Rex on August 16, 2021
In his first major policy announcement since saying he would resign, Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo said New York health care workers must be vaccinated by Sept. 27. Source: New York Times
Cuomo’s Top Aide, Melissa DeRosa, Resigns as He Fights to Survive
By Gotham Rex on August 8, 2021
The governor’s strategist helped lead efforts to retaliate against one of the women who accused him of sexual harassment, the attorney general’s report found. Source: New York Times
How Accurate Is New York’s Covid Death Toll?
By Gotham Rex on July 14, 2021
The state’s methodology has allowed it to report 11,000 fewer coronavirus-related deaths than the count from the National Center for Health Statistics. Source: New York Times
As Cuomo Sought $4 Million Book Deal, Aides Hid Damaging Death Toll
By Gotham Rex on March 31, 2021
Gov. Andrew Cuomo boasted, “I am not a superhero,” in early versions of his book, drafted as his aides scrubbed a politically damaging Health Department report. Source: New York Times
Fire in Spring Valley Assisted Living Home Kills At Least 1
By Gotham Rex on March 23, 2021
Dozens of residents were evacuated after the blaze tore through a facility in Spring Valley, N.Y., and a firefighter and a resident were still missing. “It’s one of your worst nightmares,” a fire official said. Source: New York Times