#Elderly man violently shoved to ground in Brooklyn

#Elderly man violently shoved to ground in Brooklyn

“#Elderly man violently shoved to ground in Brooklyn” An 81-year-old man was violently shoved to the ground outside of a Brooklyn liquor store, police said. The victim was attacked by another man last Tuesday outside the store on Flatbush Avenue near Avenue D in Flatbush, according to cops. Surveillance footage provided by police caught the…

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#Older women are having to tackle unemployment bias head-on

#Older women are having to tackle unemployment bias head-on

“#Older women are having to tackle unemployment bias head-on” It’s a sad fact that older women often face a higher hurdle while finding employment. In the pandemic, they’ve also been losing their jobs at worrisome rates. Since February 2020, the unemployment rate for females over 55 has almost doubled, from 3.5 percent to 6.1 percent,…

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#Cuomo proposes his own nursing-home reform package

#Cuomo proposes his own nursing-home reform package

“#Cuomo proposes his own nursing-home reform package” Gov. Andrew Cuomo on Friday proposed a package of measures to boost accountability in the state’s nursing homes — while facing a firestorm of criticism over his own handling of COVID-19 deaths in the facilities. Cuomo — under fire after The Post exclusively reported his top aide admitted…

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#Nursing home families furious over Gov. Cuomo’s COVID rant

#Nursing home families furious over Gov. Cuomo’s COVID rant

“#Nursing home families furious over Gov. Cuomo’s COVID rant” New Yorkers whose kin were killed by COVID-19 they contracted in nursing homes reacted with outrage to Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s claim Friday that his critics were “causing pain to families who lost a loved one.” “We are sickened by Cuomo’s press conference,” said Vivian Zayas, founder…

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