NYS Health Profiles publishes free license status and inspection history for every Adult Care Facility at profiles.health.ny.gov/acf, and for every nursing home at profiles.health.ny.gov/nursing_home. Search by region, county, facility name, or service type; nursing home records also include the federal CMS star rating.
What this means in practice
Pulling the record is the easy part; reading it usefully is what nobody explains. Look past the citation count and read the actual deficiency narratives -- a missing signature on a form and an injury that went unreported can both appear in a survey document formatted almost identically, so counting citations tells you less than reading what they actually describe.
Also check the licensee name against the operator's marketing name. Ownership of Staten Island facilities has changed hands over the years, and a building can be marketed under a brand name that is not the same as the entity that actually holds the license. If a single finding repeats across consecutive survey cycles, treat that as a pattern rather than a one-off incident.
Related questions
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