Residents and staff at Weinberg Campus are voicing their concerns about plans to close the nursing home.
GETZVILLE, N.Y. — In a few weeks, more than 140 residents could be displaced. Elected officials joined with residents on Monday in Getzville to call on the State Health Department to stop the closure.
“Neither we, nor the Department of Health, can sit back and allow skilled workers to have their work pulled from under them, and neither us, nor the Department of Health, can allow our friends, our family and our neighbors (to) have their homes taken away from them,” Rep. Timothy M. Kennedy, D-Buffalo, said at a news conference.
Advocates for the facility said they hope Weinberg Campus will receive funding from the state. They also hope a transfer of ownership can be approved.
Christopher Koenig, president of Lineage Care Group, said the organization has partnered with Weinberg Campus for about …