Restaurant approvals to speed up
There’s new hope that opening a restaurant in Suffolk County won’t be dependent on the health department’s hell-freezing-over timetable. After fielding calls from constituents about an interminable...
View ArticleCuomo names next health commissioner
New York Gov.-elect Andrew Cuomo has chosen a physician and researcher from Manhattan to be the state’s next health commissioner. Cuomo says Dr. Nirav R. Shah will be nominated to head the Department...
View ArticleWatchdog group slams NY on nursing homes
A watchdog group on Wednesday released a long-term care report card that gave the state Legislature near-failing grades for lack of action regarding nursing homes, but rewarded law enforcement...
View ArticleLegislation leaves nursing homes in limbo
The McGuire Group has invested more than $24 million in renovations and expansions of nursing homes in New York, including the 160-bed Brookhaven Healthcare Facility in Patchogue. The company made the...
View ArticleLong Island addictions on the rise
Dr. Sarah Eichberg, a director at Adelphi University’s Institute for Social Research and Community Engagement, heads Vital Signs, the research study of Long Island’s social health initiated by Adelphi....
View ArticleNY leaders negotiate prescribed drugs restrictions
State officials are working on ways to curb the black market and excessive use of hydrocodone and other addictive painkillers, including more aggressive monitoring of prescriptions and stricter...
View ArticleNY hit with $2M in late charges
New York state paid nearly $2 million in interest on late payments to vendors during fiscal 2011-2012, up 38 percent or by about $526,000 from the prior year, according to an audit. New York State...
View ArticleDecision on medical marijuana dispensaries looms in NY
Under a law passed last year, the state will authorize no more than five organizations, each of which could operate up to four dispensaries.
View ArticleRestaurant approvals to speed up
There’s new hope that opening a restaurant in Suffolk County won’t be dependent on the health department’s hell-freezing-over timetable. After fielding calls from constituents about an interminable...
View ArticleCuomo names next health commissioner
New York Gov.-elect Andrew Cuomo has chosen a physician and researcher from Manhattan to be the state’s next health commissioner. Cuomo says Dr. Nirav R. Shah will be nominated to head the Department...
View ArticleWatchdog group slams NY on nursing homes
A watchdog group on Wednesday released a long-term care report card that gave the state Legislature near-failing grades for lack of action regarding nursing homes, but rewarded law enforcement...
View ArticleLegislation leaves nursing homes in limbo
The McGuire Group has invested more than $24 million in renovations and expansions of nursing homes in New York, including the 160-bed Brookhaven Healthcare Facility in Patchogue. The company made the...
View ArticleLong Island addictions on the rise
Dr. Sarah Eichberg, a director at Adelphi University’s Institute for Social Research and Community Engagement, heads Vital Signs, the research study of Long Island’s social health initiated by Adelphi....
View ArticleNY leaders negotiate prescribed drugs restrictions
State officials are working on ways to curb the black market and excessive use of hydrocodone and other addictive painkillers, including more aggressive monitoring of prescriptions and stricter...
View ArticleNY hit with $2M in late charges
New York state paid nearly $2 million in interest on late payments to vendors during fiscal 2011-2012, up 38 percent or by about $526,000 from the prior year, according to an audit. New York State...
View ArticleDecision on medical marijuana dispensaries looms in NY
Under a law passed last year, the state will authorize no more than five organizations, each of which could operate up to four dispensaries.
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