Suffolk nursing home battle intensifies
Photo credit: Bill Davis | Three of the John J. Foley Skilled Nursing Facility's 195 patients were moved to other long-term care centers in Suffolk on March 28, 2013.
After two decades of battling, Suffolk's century-old county nursing home in Yaphank is 32 days away from its scheduled closing. But both sides last week started lobbing "Hail Mary" passes to keep it open in very different ways.
After laying off the first 16 workers last weekend, County Executive Steve Levy in a surprise move called for a special county legislative meeting this Thursday. He...
