STATE CAN BOUNCE ESPADA NETWORK FROM MEDICAID: JUDGE
BY DANIEL BEEKMAN (NYDN)
A Bron judge on Thursday upheld the Cuomo administration’s decision to dump ex-state Sen. Pedro Espada’s Bronx health care network from the Medicaid program.
The decision could spell the end for Espada’s Soundview Health Care Network because Medicaid bucks account for some 70% of its funding.
MEDICAID CHANGES UPSET BRONX HOME AIDE PROGRAMS
BY DANIEL BEEKMAN (NYDN)
A handful of Bronx home attendant programs are shutting down this month due to changes in New York’s Medicaid system.
Christian Community in Action is folding in response to the changes championed by Gov. Cuomo, and the shutdowns are provoking anxiety among home attendants and their clients.
“I love my job,” said Carmen Ramos, 56, who has worked at Christian Community for 17 years. “It hurts to see the agency close. I don’t know what I’m going to do.”
ESPADA HEALTH CARE NETWORK STILL SHOWS PULSE
BY DANIEL BEEKMAN (NYDN)
The Bronx health care network run by disgraced former state Sen. Pedro Espada may live to fight another day, after a Bronx judge granted the clinics more time Wednesday to defend their Medicaid funding.
NEW STATE LAW WOULD BAIL OUT BRONX DEFENDANTS
BY DANIEL BEEKMAN (NYDN)
Thousands of Bronxites do hard time at Rikers Island because they can’t afford to post bail.
But new legislation headed to Gov. Cuomo’s desk could set them free.
BRONX GRANNIES HOLD BAKE SALES TO SAVE UNIQUE BUILDING
BY DANIEL BEEKMAN (NYDN)
Some Bronx grandmothers are raising money - one cake at a time - to offset more than $300,000 in state budget cuts to the funding for their unique residence.
The bake sales are a desperate attempt to sustain programs and services, from 24-hour security to after-school tutoring, at Grandparent Family Apartments.
CUOMO’S BUDGET AX COULD FALL ON BLIND, DEAF SCHOOLS
BY DANIEL BEEKMAN (NYDN)
Gov. Cuomo wants to slash state funding to schools for the blind, deaf and severely disabled - and is asking local school districts to pick up the tab.
BUDGET CUTS THREATEN GRANDPARENT APARTMENTS
BY DANIEL BEEKMAN (NYDN)
Gov. Cuomo has a budget to balance. But Grandparent Family Apartments has children to protect - children like Daron Reliford, a teenage gunshot victim.
BRONX RIVER CLEANUP GETS $5 MILLION BOOST
BY DANIEL BEEKMAN (NYDN)
The jewel of the Bronx is going to sparkle, thanks to $5 million in settlement money and matching grants for local groups cleaning up the Bronx River.
