Tag: Coronavirus

Governor Hochul gave health care surprisingly little attention in her State of the State speech on Tuesday – a sign that taking on dysfunction in one-sixth of the state's economy ranks low on her list of priorities. Read More

A pandemic-related study recently published by the state University at Albany's School of Public Health is marred by factual errors, inconsistencies and methodological issues that raise doubts about its findings – and questions about the process by which it was reviewed. Read More

Private employment in New York State remained more than 300,000 jobs short of the pre-pandemic level Read More

Ho hum. Another month, another “emergency” in Kathy Hochul’s New York. Read More

Last week, Governor Hochul extended one of her two pandemic-related emergency orders into its ninth month – an action so routine and non-urgent that her office issued no press release. Five days later, an expose in the Times Union showed why casually overusing emergency powers can be a bad idea. Read More

Today, Governor Kathy Hochul announced that she is issuing an RFP for a review of the state's handling of the COVID-19 pandemic Read More

New York's nursing home operators are increasingly outsourcing expenses to separate companies that they also own or control. Read More

The tragic impact of the coronavirus pandemic in New York’s nursing homes has revived debate about how the industry operates. Read More