Montefiore University Hospital for Albert Einstein College of Medicine

Biaggi Moves to Repeal Governor’s Nursing Home Immunity Provision

By Síle Moloney
State Sen. Alessandra Biaggi and Assemblymember Ron Kim have introduced a new State bill that would repeal an amendment in the state budget that gives blanket corporate immunity to nursing home owners, shareholders, and trustees during the COVID-19 pandemic.   If passed, repealing the amendment would enable families to pursue a legal pathway that could uncover evidence of poor care by nursing homes. To date, over 5,600 families have lost a loved one living in a nursing home due to COVID-19.   On Friday, Jun. 12 at 12.30 p.m., Kim and Biaggi will hold a virtual press event and vigil


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Montefiore Honors George Floyd in Nine-Minute Silent Tribute

By Síle Moloney
On Friday, June 5, 2020, Montefiore University Hospital for Albert Einstein College of Medicine stood in solidarity with the Black Lives Matter movement in the call for a more equitable and just society, when staff held a nine-minute silent tribute to George Floyd, the unarmed African-American man who was murdered at the hands of police in Minneapolis on May 25, 2020.   Floyd died of asphyxiation after a White police officer, who has since been charged, pinned him face down on the ground and knelt on his back and neck for nine minutes, even as he pleaded for air and


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