Politics

Assembly Minority Leader Will Barclay

Assembly Minority Conference Calls For Immediate Convening Of ‘Reimagining Long-Term Care Task Force’

December 6, 2022 Contributor
Assembly Minority Leader Will Barclay (R,C,I-Pulaski), Assemblyman Josh Jensen (R,C,I-Greece) and their colleagues in the Assembly Minority Conference are calling on Gov. Kathy Hochul, Health Commissioner Mary Bassett, and Greg Olsen, acting director of the New York State Office for the Aging, to take immediate action regarding the wellbeing of residents living in the state’s long-term care facilities.

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Assembly Minority Leader Will Barclay

New Yorkers Are Still Owed Answers Regarding State’s Nursing Homes

December 3, 2022 Contributor
The COVID-19 pandemic exposed massive holes in the procedures and protocols of long-term care and nursing homes in New York state, and while we wait for Gov. Kathy Hochul to produce the report she promised months ago detailing those shortcomings, we must also grapple with new horror stories related to these facilities.

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US Senator Kirsten Gillibrand

Gillibrand Calls For Nearly $2 Billion In Funding For Older Americans Act Nutritional Programs For Fiscal Year 2023

November 18, 2022 Contributor
Ahead of the Thanksgiving holiday, U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand, member of the Special Committee on Aging, is holding a video press conference to call for $1.93 billion in FY23 funding for the Older Americans Act (OAA) nutritional programs.

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