BUFFALO, N.Y. - Erie County Executive Mark Poloncarz is calling on the New York State Department of Health to put Emerald South Nursing Facility into receivership.
This past June, Emerald South Nursing Home came under fire after an 87 year-old resident died while trying to climb out of his third floor window.
The nursing home was under scrutiny again when the New York State Health Department launched a investigation on allegations that a nursing home patient was molested by a former administrator.
"They're treating residents horribly, they have been treating employees recently very horribly and now they've put the public at risk," said Poloncarz at a news conference Thursday morning.
"The Department of Health has to act, they have to put it [Emerald South Nursing Home] in receivership, they're the only ones who can. Erie County can't, if we could, I would've signed an executive order this morning to do so."
2 On Your Side will be reaching out to Emerald South for a response.