CELJ in the News
February 24, 2022: WBFO, “Nursing homes helped bring down Cuomo. How has Hochul handled them?”
February 17, 2022: WGRZ Channel 2, “Hospital’s new COVID support group: ‘It can change lives’ patient says”
February 14, 2022: Syracuse Post-Standard, “Weekends are a nursing home danger zone. A Syracuse home’s staffing is among NY’s worst”
January 31, 2022: Syracuse Post-Standard, “Syracuse nursing home slammed for medication mix-up that lands resident in emergency room”
January 14, 2022: Harlem World Magazine, “Money, Not Study for Nursing Home Oversight; Advocates Urge $20 Million In State Budget for Ombudsman Program”
December 22, 2021: WBFO, “‘Back to where we were’: Nursing home visitation restrictions lifted in time for holidays but also amid Omicron surge”
December 8, 2021: WBFO, “New York’s safe staffing law, profit cap to take effect Jan. 1, but not without a fight from nursing homes”
November 22, 2021: NY Focus: “As Utility Shutoff Freeze Nears End, New Yorkers in Debt Fear Shutoffs”
November 10, 2021: WBFO, “BE SAFE wins $1 million grant to aid seniors, people with disabilities victimized by domestic abuse”
October 26, 2021: WIVB Channel 4, “Niagara County gets a federal grant to combat elder abuse”
October 26, 2021: WGRZ Channel 2, “The Center for Elder Law & Justice awarded grant to end elder abuse in Niagara County”
September 15, 2021: WIVB Channel 4, “Attorney for senior citizens urges Western NY’ers to protect elderly from financial predators”
September 2, 2021: NY Focus, “Why Isn’t New York Offering Paper Applications for COVID Rent Relief?”
August 19, 2021: Olean Times Herald, “Borrello hosts fraud prevention clinics for seniors”
August 3, 2021: Genesee Sun, “Senator Borrello Hosts Fraud Prevention Events for Seniors in Allegany and Cattaraugus Counties”
June 17, 2021: WBFO, “‘It’s about time’: World Elder Abuse Awareness Day marks year of attention on older adults”
June 17, 2021: Jamestown Post-Journal, “World Elder Abuse Day Press Conference Held”
June 17, 2021: Springville Journal, “Senator Gallivan marks Elder Abuse Awareness Day”
May 14, 2021: WBFO, “Nursing homes say “safe staffing” bill will hurt them. Resident advocates say it didn’t go far enough”
May 12, 2021: Food & Water Watch, “New York’s Utility Shut-off Moratorium Extended”
May 10, 2021: Syracuse Post-Standard, “Left on her own in notorious Syracuse nursing home, elderly woman dies horrible death”
May 4, 2021: Spectrum News Rochester, “AARP on nursing home staffing bill: ‘it misses the mark'”
May 3, 2021: Buffalo News, “Array of organizations share $2 million from Wilson Foundation”
April 2, 2021: Buffalo News, “What New York’s new marijuana law means for those with prior pot convictions”
March 31, 2021: Environmental Advocates NY, “State Legislature Passes Bill to Extend Utility Shut-off Moratorium”
March 11, 2021: Syracuse Post-Standard, “More horrors revealed at one of NY’s worst nursing homes. Is it time to shut it down?”
February 23, 2021: WBFO, “Green House homes called ‘promising model’ for nursing home reinvention. But are they replicable?”
January 29, 2021: WGRZ Channel 2, Town Hall Discussion on Report on Nursing Homes & Covid-19
January 21, 2021: Food & Water Watch, “Social Justice, Environmental Organizations Applaud Governor Cuomo’s Proposal to Ban Water Shutoffs During States of Emergency”
January 19, 2021: Buffalo News, “Advocates call nursing homes a ‘failed’ business model”
January 4, 2021: Buffalo News, “These nursing homes kept Covid-19 out for 7 months. Here’s what caregivers learned”
December 23, 2020: WBFO, “‘The light at the end of the tunnel’: NY nursing homes begin receiving COVID-19 vaccine”
December 4, 2020: WBFO, “Joe Biden will be the oldest-ever U.S. president. What will he do for older adults?”
December 3, 2020: Buffalo News, “It’s distressing, but it’s not surprising – as Covid-19 batters nursing homes again”
November 25, 2020: Buffalo Business First, “In battle against incessant robocalls, legal help does exist”
November 6, 2020: Buffalo News, “Covid-19 outbreak slowing at Williamsville nursing home, but 8 have died”
October 20, 2020: WXXI, “Nursing homes have relied on lawns and patios for visits. What will happen as weather grows colder?”
October 12, 2020: WBFO, “Will New York follow New Jersey in raising nursing home wages, capping how much nursing homes can profit?”
September 24, 2020: Modern Healthcare, “Inspections found nursing home lapses as Covid-19 raged”
August 19, 2020: Buffalo News, “Even with ban lifted, many nursing home residents are unable to see family”
August 13, 2020: Buffalo News, “Understaffing plagued New York nursing homes long before Covid-19”
August 10, 2020: Buffalo News, “Tonawanda nursing home worker tells lawmakers of Covid-19 protective gear shortage”
August 5, 2020: Spectrum News, “Here’s what lawmakers can do to protect nursing home patients”
July 31, 2020: WBFO, “Lack of planning, or overly strict rules? Fewer than 1 in 5 NY nursing homes are open to visitors”
July 17, 2020: Buffalo News, “5,000 nursing home investigations delayed, thanks to Covid-19”
July 10, 2020: Niagara Frontier Publications, “Elder Law Day 2020: Summer webinar series to begin July 15”
July 4, 2020: The Seattle Times, “Stimulus money could pose dilemmas in nursing homes”
June 9, 2020: Niagara Frontier Publications, “Virtual activities planned for World Elder Abuse Awareness”
June 3, 2020: KenTon Bee, “Spindle: Remote counsel”
June 1, 2020: Buffalo News, “Cuomo administration won’t say when nursing home visits will resume”
May 30, 2020: Lockport Union-Sun & Journal, “Free legal assistance during the pandemic”
May 30, 2020: Lockport Union-Sun & Journal, “Community Response Fund Distributes $1 million in New York”
May 28, 2020: Food and Water Watch, “New York Legislature Bans Water Shutoffs during COVID-19”
May 26, 2020: Clarence Bee, “Spindle: Kinship – Special Education Advocacy”
May 26, 2020: Buffalo News, “Covid-19 brutal on long-term care facilities; nationwide, it’s worse”
May 24, 2020: Buffalo News, “Even before Covid-19, infection control was an issue at area nursing homes”
May 23, 2020: Buffalo News, “Civil legal services are essential to Covid recovery”
May 20, 2020: Courthouse News, “Drop in vaccinations raises alarm in virus-consumed NYC”
May 17, 2020: Riverdale Press, “Nursing homes: Numbers don’t tell the whole story”
May 13, 2020: Spectrum News, “WNY Elder Law Advocate on New Nursing Home Rules”
May 12, 2020: Cheddar TV, “Helping Residents and Workers at Nursing Homes Protect Themselves Against Coronavirus”
May 7, 2020: Buffalo News, “New York doesn’t count nursing home workers infected by Covid-19”
May 6, 2020: WBFO, “WNY has at least 150 deaths across 24 facilities, but death toll may be even higher”
May 6, 2020: WBEN, “Is vaccine needed for nursing homes to reopen?”
May 6, 2020: WBEN, “Attorney Lindsay Heckler of Center for Elder Law & Justice on reopening of nursing homes”
May 4, 2020: USA Today, “‘It makes no sense:’ Feds consider relaxing infection control in US nursing homes”
May 4, 2020: The Hill, “Fed rule would roll back infection control requirements at nursing homes”
May 4, 2020: The Daily Beast, “Feds mull rolling back infection control requirements at nursing homes”
May 4, 2020: Raw Story Investigates, “Federal government wants to roll back infection control requirements in nursing homes as coronavirus rages: report”
April 24, 2020: Buffalo News, “Legal help for all ages available from elder law center”
April 19, 2020: Buffalo News, “At nursing homes, covid-19 deaths but little public data”
April 17, 2020: WKBW, “Son says he wasn’t notified of mother’s death”
April 17, 2020: Courthouse News, “Cuomo rips into Trump: pass bucks, not the buck”
April 15, 2020: “Poloncarz: Nursing home residents account for closer to one third of Erie County’s COVID-19 deaths”
*List does not include items prior to April 15.
