New York State may end the practice of “spousal refusal” for elderly couples, which many argue keeps one spouse out of poverty as Medicaid pays for the other’s nursing home care, according to a story by NEWSDAY’s Michael Gormley. With spousal refusal, the “well” spouse can legally refuse to pay for a nursing home for the other, redirecting the bill to Medicaid. But Governor Cuomo has mandated a Read More >>
LTCCC Action Alert: Please speak out to increase funding of the NYS Long Term Care Ombudsman Program
February 14, 2020 by
The Long Term Care Ombudsman Program (LTCOP) offers a valuable, cost-effective service to seniors and their families in nursing homes, adult care facilities, and family type homes, by helping address their complaints and quality of life concerns. LTCOP has long been significantly underfunded, receiving only $1.19M for the entire program statewide. This lack of resources has resulted in the Read More >>
Nursing Home Oversight: Governor Signs Bill Expanding Reporting, Enforcement Processes
December 19, 2019 by
From the Office of New York State Assembly Member, Richard N. Gottfried: A new law expanding nursing home reporting requirements, quality oversight, and financial transparency was signed by (New York) Governor Cuomo on December 16. The bill, A4757A/S5908, was sponsored by Assembly Health Committee Chair Richard Gottfried and Senate Health Committee Chair Gustavo Rivera. The new law: Requires Read More >>
How Can New York’s Child Victims Act Help Sexual Abuse Survivors Get Justice in Court?
October 3, 2019 by
New York’s new Child Victims Act has allowed at least 639 sexual abuse survivors across the state to file civil suits against abusers and the institutions that protected those abusers, according to the New York State Unified Court System. That number only accounts for cases filed from August 14, the day the law went into effect, to September 9. Many more are expected because of the new law’s Read More >>
John Dalli Addresses New York State Civil Court Judges on Nursing Home Litigation in New York State Courts
September 26, 2019 by
John Dalli shares how he and his firm Dalli & Marino combat nursing home abuse and neglect in a presentation to the New York State Civil Court Board of Judges. John Dalli, a partner in law firm Dalli & Marino LLP, was one of four attorneys invited to present at the New York State Civil Court Board of Judges’ seminar in September in Long Beach, New York. Mr. Dalli shared his insights Read More >>
BREAKING NEWS: New York State Allows Survivors of Sexual Abuse to File Suit Now, No Matter When Abuse Occurred
September 17, 2019 by
On January 28, 2019, the New York State legislature passed the Child Victims Act, allowing child sex abuse survivors to sue abusers and the institutions that protected the abusers until the survivor reaches 55 years of age. The new law also opened a “look back” window of one year for anyone who was sexually violated or abused to bring a lawsuit no matter how long ago the abuse occurred. “This Read More >>
John Dalli Educates Albany Legislators on Dangers of Forced Arbitration In Nursing Home Contracts
July 2, 2019 by
John Dalli, a partner in the law firm Dalli & Marino LLP and a board member of the New York State Trial Lawyers Association, recently joined 100 other attorneys in Albany for the group’s annual Lobby Day. Each participating attorney discussed an assigned topic with 3-4 legislators at the New York State Capitol. Dalli highlighted the dangers of forced arbitration clauses in admissions Read More >>
Nurses Strike in New York: Threat Increases Over ‘Safe Staffing’ Levels – NYTimes, March 30
April 5, 2019 by
An article in the March 30, 2019, edition of The New York Times, by author, Patrick McGeehan, was entitled, "Nurses Strike in New York: Threat Increases Over ‘Safe Staffing’ Levels" . In the article, McGeehan described that: "At Morgan Stanley Children’s Hospital in New York City, the 58 tiny beds for sick newborns are almost always filled. But nurses who work there say there are often too few of Read More >>
Wrongful-death claims reveal tragic toll of medical blunders at city hospitals – New York Post
March 14, 2019 by
An article by authors, Sara Dorn and Mary Kay Linge (with additional contributions by Melissa Klein and Isabel Vincent), appeared in the March 9, edition of the New York Post, in the Metro section, entitled, "Wrongful-death claims reveal tragic toll of medical blunders at city hospitals." A terrible statistic was presented in The Post's team's important reporting: "Medical misconduct has killed Read More >>
Nurse Attacks 83-Year-Old Paraplegic War Veteran After He Outs Her for Being Late to Work: Cops – News4NY
January 22, 2019 by
A shocking story appeared on and in several New York news outlets in 2017, one sourced here from the News4NY (NBC) website, entitled, "Nurse Attacks 83-Year-Old Paraplegic War Veteran After He Outs Her for Being Late to Work: Cops". The story described how, "A licensed practical nurse allegedly brutally attacked an 83-year-old paraplegic Korean War veteran as he lay helpless in a stretcher once Read More >>
