From Neighbors to Save Rivington House:
“We can keep evicting the elderly and the ill and the disabled from their homes in secrecy in order to line the pockets of profiteers or ……we can pass this law…”
From the Lo-Down:
“The Senate Health Committee will take up the “Rivington Act,” which would require the state to produce a public closure report when any nursing home is threatened, to reject any closure plan if community health needs cannot be met and to consider recommendations from local stakeholders.”
Livestreamed Senate Committee Meeting.
From Senator Squadron’s Office:
SQUADRON TO FORCE HEALTH CMTE VOTE ON ‘RIVINGTON ACT’ TO ADDRESS NURSING HOME CLOSURES
Squadron/AM Niou Bill Ensures Community Process When Nursing Homes Are Threatened
‘Rivington Act’ to Get Health Committee Vote; Will Be Live Streamed
ALBANY – TOMORROW, State Senator Daniel Squadron’s “Rivington Act” (S.2036/A.4395-Niou) will be voted on in the Senate’s Health Committee. Squadron and Assemblymember Yuh-Line Niou introduced the bill in response to the appalling deed restriction removal and closure of Rivington House on the Lower East Side. The Senate Health Committee will be live streamed and can be viewed here. Earlier this session, Squadron used a procedural motion to force this committee vote.
Squadron/Niou’s “Rivington Act” would require that community health needs are met as part of a more public and transparent process when nursing homes are threatened. The “Rivington Act” is based on Squadron/Assemblymember Simon’s Local Input in Community Healthcare (LICH) Act (S.2500A/A.6417A), which creates a similar process for at-risk hospitals.
WHAT: NY Senate Health Committee to vote on Senator Squadron’s “Rivington Act” to require that community health needs are met as part of a more public and transparent process when nursing homes are threatened
WHEN: TOMORROW, Tuesday, April 25th, 12pm/Noon
WHERE: Capitol Building 124 CAP, Albany; Livestreamed