New York

A federal judge has affirmed an order requiring New York to allow religious exemptions to its COVID-19 vaccine mandate after a group of healthcare workers sued the state over the omission. 

New York officials are “proactively working” with long-term care providers experiencing staffing shortages tied to the pandemic and the state’s new COVID-19 vaccination mandate, according to a top...

If New York is any indicator of how vaccine mandates work in long-term care facilities, the industry could soon be in good shape. Several Empire State providers struggling to get staff vaccinated saw their...

New York lawmakers want to establish a $4 billion compensation fund, similar to the one formed after the Sept. 11 attacks, for families of nursing home residents who died of COVID-19 during the pandemic.

The ongoing workforce shortage is pushing New York long-term care providers to be flexible with workers still hesitant about getting the COVID-19 vaccine even after the state’s healthcare worker mandate...

By midnight of its Monday deadline, New York state saw vaccination rates rise to 92% among nursing home and hospital workers, according to a new report.

New York officials plan to turn to the National Guard to help keep nursing homes fully staffed after the state’s broad vaccine mandate kicked in for healthcare workers Monday.

A law that required New York nursing homes to report injuries and abuse to county officials twice a year has been ruled unlawful by the New York Supreme Court this week.

New York long-term care providers cannot deny religious exemptions from the state’s COVID-19 vaccination mandate after a federal judge issued a temporary straining order blocking the rule for lacking...

VA becomes the first federal agency to actually issue a mandate