"On the night of Sept. 14, police responded to a 911 call reporting an assault inside the Coney Island facility. The NYPD said Nina Kravtsov was discovered with "head trauma" and was pronounced dead at NYU Langone Hospital-Brooklyn. Police later identified the suspect as 95-year-old Galina Smirnova, who prosecutors say bludgeoned Kravtsov with a detached metal leg from a wheelchair."
"He told Brooklyn Paper that understaffing and negligence were major contributors to the incident. "To even call it a contribution would be like calling a superstorm 'standing rain showers,' Zelin asserted. "It is part and parcel of Seagate's abject closing of its eyes to its legal and moral responsibility to care for its patients and residents.""
Nina Kravtsov, an 89-year-old Holocaust survivor, was fatally assaulted inside her room at Seagate Rehabilitation and Nursing Center on Sept. 14 and died at NYU Langone Hospital-Brooklyn. Police identified 95-year-old Galina Smirnova as the suspect; prosecutors say Smirnova bludgeoned Kravtsov with a detached metal wheelchair leg. Smirnova faces murder and criminal possession charges, and competency to stand trial is under judicial review. Attorney Randy Zelin blamed Seagate for understaffing and negligence. Medicare Care Compare rated Seagate "much below average," reporting residents received just 18 minutes of registered nurse care per day, under half the state average.
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