Here's a reminder about an event we told you about last month. On Sunday, there will be a panel discussion on the past, present and future of the former Bialystoker Nursing Home building on East Broadway. The home closed...
A preservation coalition, the Friends of the Bialystoker Home, are sponsoring a panel discussion next month about the historical significance of the endangered building. The nursing home was shut down late last year; now the coalition is urging the...
Here's an update on the fate of the Bialystoker Nursing Home building at 228 East Broadway. As we have reported, the troubled home closed late last month after the last of its residents found new accommodations. Facing what they...
As of yesterday, the 80-year-old Bialystoker Center for Nursing and Rehabilitation has shut its doors for good.
The move came as expected, despite protests from residents and staffers who alleged malfeasance on the part of the center's board of directors, while...
In the weeks since the Bialystoker Nursing Home announced its closure, Board Chairman Ira Mesiter has been silent -- as critics alleged he was seeking to profit from the institution's demise. The New York Times has gotten the first...
Here's the headline in the new issue of The Forward: "Venerable Bialystoker Home Closing Under a Cloud: Sale of Lower East Side Building to Board Chief Raises Eyebrows." The article breaks some new ground not already reported here and...
New information this afternoon concerning the closure of the Bialystoker Nursing Home on East Broadway. First, Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver, City Councilmember Margaret Chin and State Senator Daniel Squadron have sent a letter to the state health commissioner.
Here's...
Community activist John Penley is getting involved in the effort to save the Bialystoker Nursing Home. Overnight, he left a link to a new Facebook events page on one of our recent stories concerning the closure of the home,...
The city's newspapers are beginning to pay more attention to the shuttering of the Bialystoker Nursing home on East Broadway. Last week, the Wall Street Journal filed a fairly innocuous piece that went into some detail about the facility's...
Another protest is being planned next week in front of the soon-to-be shuttered Bialystoker nursing home. Employees and residents staged a rally August 3rd, vowing to keep the pressure on the nursing home's board and community leaders to save...
