Foley nursing home shutdown eyed within 2 months

Originally published: March 19, 2013 9:17 PM
Updated: March 19, 2013 9:56 PM
By RICK BRAND rick.brand@newsday.com

Photo credit: Newsday/Bill Davis | John J. Foley Skilled Nursing Facility in Yaphank. (March 25, 2008)

Consultants hired by Suffolk County expect to complete the closure of the John J. Foley Skilled Nursing Facility within two months, aides to County Executive Steve Bellone said Tuesday, even though legislative analysts say a shutdown will take until September.

Legislative budget aides estimated last week that the county faces a $250 million shortfall by the end of 2014, and said Foley's shutdown...

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