Suffolk lawmakers pitch new plan for nursing home
Photo credit: Bill Davis | File photo of the John J. Foley Skilled Nursing Facility in Yaphank. (March 25, 2008)
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As lawmakers prepared to vote Tuesday on the controversial sale of Suffolk's nursing home, a bipartisan proposal surfaced to create a public benefit corporation to run the 264-bed Yaphank complex.
State Sen. Brian Foley (D-Blue Point) and Legis. John M. Kennedy (R-Nesconset) disclosed plans Monday to file a state bill authorizing the new agency - the Suffolk County Health Corp. - to take over...
