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The son of Frank L. Williams stared at bedsores his 82-year-old father developed at a nursing home in the Town of Tonawanda. He thought his father had contracted “the Black Plague.”

Doctors cut away Williams' rotting flesh, but the infection had spread too far. Williams died.

At a Buffalo nursing home, workers failed to disinfect a glucose meter as they drew blood from one resident after another, including two with bloodborne diseases.

That put up to 30 residents' health at risk and resulted in an $85,925 fine, one of the biggest penalties imposed on a nursing home in the state.

The Tonawanda and Buffalo nursing homes aren't owned locally. They're operated by companies owned by Judy Landa [color="Red"]hmmm....Landa? That doesn't sound too Jewey... and partners. A Long Island resident, Landa has never worked in the health care industry and has no day-to-day involvement in the four nursing homes her companies own in Erie County, a spokesman said

Out-of-town investors are buying up nursing homes in Erie and Niagara counties, and for thousands of vulnerable nursing home residents, that hasn’t been good. Since 2007, one-third of the 47 nursing homes in Erie and Niagara have been bought by out-of-towners. The government gives most of those 16 nursing homes low marks.

Out-of-town, for-profit owners operate eight of the 10 local nursing homes rated "much below average," the federal government’s lowest rating.
[color="red"]These "out of town" owners must be upstanding community members who really care about the elderly, right?

Taxpayers have a huge stake, too. Just in Erie and Niagara counties, more than half a billion dollars was paid by taxpayers to nursing homes in 2016, according to the most recent figures for the state's Medicaid program and estimates on federal Medicare spending.

The history of nursing homes linked to Judy Landa, where one resident was beaten to death and another died falling from a third-floor window, is a case study on what can go wrong as out-of-town investors take over facilities in Western New York.

"Operating a high-quality nursing home is not easy, but many owners can get that done," said Tony Szczygiel, a retired University at Buffalo Law School professor who specialized in elder law. "What is hard to understand is why well-financed, experienced out-of-town owners can’t do that after buying local nursing homes."

Judy Landa, 65, is a passive investor in the four Erie County nursing homes, according to Mark Weiss, a spokesman for her husband, Benjamin Landa. He said Landa is a great-grandmother who spends her days praying at the Queens grave of a revered rabbi, shopping for her eight children and 18 grandchildren, and running her home in Lawrence, N.Y., which public records say is worth $2.1 million.

[color="red"]What? This is anti-semitism!

The son of Holocaust survivors, Benjamin Landa is a devout Orthodox Jew with a passion for educating young people about the Holocaust. He donates millions of dollars to charities, Jewish schools and others, Weiss said. He doesn't wear jewelry, doesn't have a driver, doesn't belong to country clubs or go to spas,

[color="red"]Oh, he's just a humble man who donates to charity (which only benefit his fellow Jew), and remember, goyim, the holocaust alway remember. You have no right to question the quality of care of your elderly, because holocaust.

Landa's company cut staff and other expenses to save about $1 million, according to Health Department records.

[color="red"]Who cares about the goyim? Think of the shekels!

"I have not drawn a penny since I purchased the properties. In fact, I have spent millions of dollars subsidizing the facilities which my wife, Judy, owns in order to keep them from closing."

"At each turn, though, we have been met with unreasonable lawsuits on the part of an overly aggressive local law firm and what some refer to euphemistically as an anti-downstate, anti-New York City prejudice which has been the cause of great frustration for me and the members of my family,”

[color="red"]I can't help but think there's some scam going on here. So, he claims his wife hasn't collected any rent. And she refused to talk to the press. I'm just speculating that she's collecting in cash to avoid paying taxes.

The month before Benjamin Landa's company took over the two Buffalo nursing homes as receiver in 2012, Emerald South was rated a four-star, or "above average," home by the federal government. Emerald North was rated "average," or three stars.

Today, Emerald South and Emerald North are rated as two- and one-star facilities – "below average" and "much below average."

[color="red"]Oy vey! Being productive and competant is anti-semitic!

They would save hundreds of thousands of dollars by cutting staffing at Emerald South and Emerald North and boost taxpayer reimbursements by accepting residents who needed more health care.

[color="red"]Did they take covid19 patients?

The business was split from the property: Companies formed by Judy Landa and four New York City area partners became the Safire operators; companies formed by Benjamin Landa and the same four partners bought the land and buildings. They paid $9.3 million for the real estate, public records show.

The Safire companies were to pay $58,008 a year in rent, according to the applications to the state.

But in 2016, the rents had increased to $1.2 million a year for the two Safire homes, according to financial statements filed with the state.

Meanwhile, the Safire homes were cutting staff, according to workers and union officials.

"Paychecks have bounced and insurance benefits have been canceled, despite the fact that employees have had pay deducted from their salaries for these benefits," said Todd Hobler, vice president of 1199SEIU.

Weiss, the spokesman for Benjamin Landa, said the two Emerald nursing homes switched health insurers and a gap in coverage occurred. He said no deductions for the insurance were made from workers' pay stubs during the gap.

The union disputes that.

[color="red"]You mean, Jews lie?? To scam money from the goyim!

These are the types of facilities that took in covid patients that resulted in 10s of thousands of deaths. Coincidentally, they're owned by Jews and donate millions to Cuomo, and give him near unanimous support in elections.