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New AdministratorTraining

May 19, 2017

Division of ACF / Assisted Living Surveillance

Patricia Hasan

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Division of ACF/Assisted Living Surveillance

Director Valarie Deetz

Central Office Staff

Regional Office StaffWestern - Noreen NickasonCentral - John VanDykeCapital District – Patricia HasanMetropolitan Area - Bobbi Barrington, John Pinto

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Regional Offices and Counties Served

Western Regional Office 355 E. Main StreetRochester, NY 14604(585) 423-8185Counties: Allegany, Cattaraugus, Chautauqua, Chemung, Erie, Genesee, Livingston, Monroe, Niagara, Ontario, Orleans, Schuyler, Seneca, Steuben, Wayne, Wyoming, and Yates

Central Field Office 217 South Salina Street4th FloorSyracuse, NY 13202-3592 (315) 477-8472Counties: Broome, Cayuga, Chenango, Cortland, Herkimer, Jefferson, Lewis, Madison, Oneida, Onondaga, Oswego, St. Lawrence, Tioga, and Tompkins

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Regional Offices and Counties Served

Capital District Regional Office 875 Central Avenue Albany, NY 12206(518) 408-5287Counties: Albany, Clinton, Columbia, Delaware, Essex, Franklin, Fulton, Greene, Hamilton, Montgomery, Otsego, Rensselaer, Saratoga, Schenectady, Schoharie, Warren, Washington

Metropolitan Area Office 90 Church Street15th FloorNew York, NY 10007-2919(212) 417-4440Counties: Kings, Dutchess, Kings, Nassau, New York, Orange, Putnam, Queens, Richmond, Rockland, Suffolk, Sullivan, Ulster, and Westchester.

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Types of Assisted Living Facilities

Adult Home Enriched Housing Program

Assisted Living ResidenceSpecial Needs Assisted Living ResidenceEnhanced Assisted Living Residence

Assisted Living Program

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Regulations

All ACFs18 NYCRR Codes Rules & Regulations Part 485 18 NYCRR Codes Rules & Regulations Part 486Adult Home18 NYCRR Codes Rules & Regulations Part 487Enriched Housing Program18 NYCRR Codes Rules & Regulations Part 488Assisted Living Residence10 NYCRR Codes Rules and Regulations Part 1000Assisted Living Program18 NYCRR Codes Rules & Regulations Part 49410 NYCRR Codes Rules and Regulations Parts 763 and 766

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Waivers and Equivalencies

Upon request by the operator, the department may waive nonstatutory requirements of this Part. An operator must request and receive written approval prior to instituting any alternative. Applications for approval must be submitted in writing to the appropriate regional office and shall include:    (i) the specific regulation for which a waiver is sought;  (ii) the reason the waiver is necessary; and    (iii) a description of what will be done to achieve or maintain the intended outcome of the regulation and to protect the health, safety and well‐being of the residents.    (2) The department may require that the operator make physical plant modifications or adopt special methods or procedures to protect resident health and safety and shall grant written approval only upon determination that the proposed waiver will not adversely affect the health, safety and well‐being of residents.    

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Waivers and Equivalencies

Index of Equivalencies in Dear Administrator Letters and on DOH web

Adult Care Facility Waiver Request/Equivalency Notification Form DOH-4235

Why is it necessary and how intent of the regulation will be met

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Waivers and Equivalencies

Water Temperature 

Issue: Water Temperature above 110 degrees (43 degrees Celsius). 

Conditions for approved equivalency: The water temperature may be raised above 110 degrees Fahrenheit  provided that the following conditions are met: 1) The maximum water temperature allowed in resident areas is 120 degrees Fahrenheit. 2) Periodic logs of all water temperature readings must be maintained and immediate action taken should temperatures exceed 120 degrees Fahrenheit . 3) All current residents must receive advance notice and newly admitted residents must receive notice that their water temperature may reach up to 120 degrees Fahrenheit  with additional reminders as necessary. 4) The operator must provide assistance with bathing/showering as needed or requested, even if only precautionary due to the higher water temperatures. 

Regulations: 487.11 (h) (4) (11) The water temperature at faucets for bathing, showering and handwashing must be capable of attaining a temperature of 95 degrees Fahrenheit and must not attain a temperature in excess of 110 degrees Fahrenheit. 488. 11(e) (9) The water temperature at faucets for bathing, showering, and handwashing must be capable of attaining a temperature of 95 degrees Fahrenheit but must not attain a temperature in excess of 110 degrees Fahrenheit where controllable by the operator. 

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Regulation Review

Redefining Adult Care Facilities for the 21st Century

Revise regulations incorporating policy interpretations, waivers and equivalencies; streamline, clarify and reduce duplicity across various sets of regulations.

Members – Residents, Associations, Resident Advocacy Organizations, Administrators, NYS LTC Ombudsman, Independent Living Organization, the Justice Center

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Adult Care Facility (ACF)

Family-type Homes Residence for AdultsShelter for AdultsAdult Homes

Provide temporary or long term residential care and services to adults who, though not requiring continual medical or nursing care as provided by facilities licensed or operated pursuant to article 28 of Public Health Law or articles 19, 23, 29, and 31 of the Mental Hygiene Law, are by reason of physical or other limitations associated with age, physical or mental disabilities or other factors, unable or substantially unable to live independently

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Adult Home (AH)

An adult care facility established and operated for the purpose of providing long-term residential care, room, board, housekeeping, personal care and supervision to 5 or more adults unrelated to the operator

18 NYCRR Part 487

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Enriched Housing Program (EHP)

An adult care facility established and operated for the purpose of providing long-term residential care to 5 or more adults, primarily persons 65 years of age or older, in community-integrated settings resembling independent housing units. Such program shall provide or arrange for the provision of room, and provide board, housekeeping personal care and supervision18 NYCRR Part 488

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Assisted Living Residence (ALR)

Provides or arranges for housing, onsite monitoring, and personal care services and/or home care services in a home-like setting to 5 or more adult residents unrelated to the assisted living provider. An ALR must also provide food, 24 hour on-site monitoring, case management services, and the development of an individualized service plan (ISP).

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Assisted Living Residence (ALR)

A licensed ALR may also be certified as an Enhanced Assisted Living Residence (EALR), and/or Special Needs ALR (SNALR)

EALR Supports aging in placeProvides or arranges nursing care

SNALRServes a those with a special needs, such as cognitive impairment

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Enhanced Assisted Living Residence

Aging in place

Chronically chairfast and unable to transfer

Chronically require the physical assistance of another person to transferwalkclimb/descend stairs

Are dependent on medical equipment and require more than intermittent or occasional assistance from medical personnel

Chronic unmanaged urinary or bowel incontinence

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Special Needs Assisted Living Residence (SNALR)

Provision of Services

Department approved plan

Services provided by appropriately trained individuals

Consistent with Individualized Service Plans

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Special Needs Assisted Living Residence (SNALR)

Disruptive/Aggressive behaviors

Evaluation by the Operator

Determine precipitating factors

Make staff aware of precipitating factors that need to be avoided

Develop a plan to include successful interventions and to promote the highest level of resident function

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Special Needs Assisted Living Residence (SNALR)

Resistance to personal care

ISPs and Case Management documentation including a plan for addressing such services

Staff considerations

Pain

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Assisted Living Program ALP

Adult Home or Enriched House Program and Licensed home care services agency LHCSA orCertified home health agency CHHA orLong term home health care program LTHHCP

If not a CHHA or LTHHCP, must contract with one for nursing and therapy services.

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Assisted Living Program ALP

ALP Regulations Title 18 NYCRR Part 494

Supportive housing and home care to those eligible for placement in a nursing facility

Facility provides or arranges for room, board, personal care, supervision, case management and housekeeping

CHHA, LHCSA or LTHHCP provide nursing and therapy

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Assisted Living Program ALP

Services included in the Medicaid Capitated rate include:

Personal care servicesHome health aide servicesPersonal emergency response servicesNursing ServicesPhysical, Occupational and Speech therapyMedical supplies and equipmentAdult Day Health Care

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Assisted Living Program ALP

Surveillance

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Department Communication

Health Commerce System HCS

Dear Administrator Letter DAL

Statement of Deficiencies SOD, Electronic Plan of Correction

Monthly Association Meetings

BML – Bureau Mail Log (email)

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Health Commerce System

Secure internet based electronic portal used for communications and critical information sharing

DAL # 15-02 March 19, 2015Required and recommended roles

DAL 16-20 September 7, 2016HCS Contact information

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Health Commerce System

Request Accounts

HCS Director and Health Provider Network Coordinator (HPN) Accounts(518)408-1133

Criminal History Record Authorized Person Role 518(402-5549)

Following request ACF Director receives document via email to complete, sign before a notary, and send to the Department’s Commerce Account Management Unit (CAMU)

Populate require HCS Communication Directory Roles

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Health Commerce System

Content – all applications

A – Z index of applications

Choose application, application profile, and green + to add to applications displayed on your home page

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Health Commerce System

HCS Applications

CHRC Criminal History Record CheckEfinds Evacuation of Facilities in Disaster SystemePoc Electronic Plan of Correction HERDS Health Emergency Response in Data SystemUAS_NY Uniform Assessment System for New YorkSecure File Transfer

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Health Commerce System

CHRC  Criminal History Record Check 

What do you want to doHelp – tutorials,  FAQLinks to submit/terminate an employee, schedule fingerprint, manage AP assignments, forms, contact CHRC

[email protected]

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Health Commerce System

Efinds Evacuation of Facilities in Disaster System for New York

DAL 6/5/13

Bar coded bracelets applied to residents, scanned upon evacuation, arrival at new location, and when returning to the ACF

Include in facility’s evacuation plan

Inservice and reinforce with staff periodically

Tutorials, practice tools, quick guide card on HCS/DOH web http://www.health.ny.gov/

[email protected] for questions and replacement bracelets 

L‐Tron Corporation (585)383‐0050, ext 111 for replacement scanner

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Health Commerce System

Epoc Electronic Plan of Correction

DAL 15-03 April 21, 2015DAL 15-09 July 1, 2015 DAL 16-24 November 8, 2016

Administrator role may read, edit, save, submit

POC Editor role may read, edit and save POCs

Operator may read

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Health Commerce System

HERDS Health Emergency Response in Data System

Add to My Applications

Submit reports and requested information to the Department

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Health Commerce System

UAS-NY Uniform Assessment System for New York

Comprehensive assessment used in Medicaid home and community-based long term care programs, including the Assisted Living Program.

Can be used as a basis for plan of care

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Health Commerce System

Secure File Transfer

Transmit sensitive information between HCS users

File remains on the HCS for 14 days

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Health Commerce System

Dear Administrator letters

Primary method of communication from Department to ACFs

Location: Health Commerce System ‐ My Content ‐ Documents by Group ‐ Long Term Care ‐Dear Administrator Letters ‐ (select the year you wish to review) ‐ ACF 

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Bureau Mail Log

ACF CON BML (Licensure and Certification) [email protected]

ACF Financial Report BML (HCS Finance questions) [email protected]

Adult Home, Enriched Housing Program, and Assisted Living Program [email protected]

Assisted Living Residence (ALR), Special Needs Assisted Living Residence 

(SNALR), and Enhanced Assisted Living Residence (EALR)

[email protected]

CHRC (Criminal History Record Check) [email protected]

Health Homes, Managed Long Term Care plans, housing contractors, 

Managed Care Plans (Questions regarding: inreach, assessments and 

development of care plans for adult home residents with serious mental 

illness transitioning to the community with support services.)

[email protected]

efinds [email protected]

EQUAL [email protected]

Justice Center [email protected]

Transitional Adult Home [email protected]

UAS‐NY [email protected]

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New Administrator Checklist

SFS Statewide Financial SystemNYS accounting and financial management system

Set up account @ SFS helpdesk 1-855-233-8363

www.sfs.ny.gov

ACF/Assisted Living Mandated forms

Adult Care Facilities Formswww.health.ny.gov/facilities/adult_care/forms.htm

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New Administrator ChecklistClass 3a License

Title 10 New York Codes, Rules and Regulations (NYCRR) Part 80

Bureau of Narcotics Enforcement [email protected]

Loss of Controlled Substance DOH-4330

Request for Approval of Disposal/Destruction of Controlled Substance DOH-2340https://www.health.ny.gov/professionals/narcotic/forms.htm

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New Administrator Checklist

Emergency Preparedness

Review Disaster and Emergency Evacuation Plan

Inservice Staff

List of residents requiring assistance evacuatingCurrentStaffing sufficient to carry out the plan

Public Health Duty Officer Helpline 1-866-881-2809

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Inspection

Full

Summary

Follow-up

Partial

Complaint

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Inspection

Entrance conference

Tour

Observations

Interviews with residents and staff

Record review

Exit conference

Inspection report

epoc

Inspection Review Process

Enforcement

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Inspection

Requested Items Lists

Surveillance Posters for full inspections

Notification to the Long Term Ombudsman Program

Inspection team interview residents, staff, and others as appropriate

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Inspection/Medication System

System for ordering, receiving and providing medications,

Procedure for notifying MD of missed medications and changes in orders

Labels following changes in orders

Medication storage – clean, secure

Discontinued medications

Controlled substances

Filling syringes

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Inspection/Medication System

Observation of the medication pass

Residents who self administer

Glucose testing, and other medical equipment

Crushed medications

Medications placed in food

Fluid restrictions

Altered consistency diets

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Inspection/Medication System

Record review

Physician orders in the resident’s record

Physician attestation resident can administer medication, manage medical equipment

Rx, Medication Assistance Record, and Medication Label match

ALR requirements – diagnosis, allergies, indications

Dementia - prn Rx includes signs and symptoms, licensed staff are consulted

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Inspection/Food Service and Nutrition

Staff in charge of the kitchen

Type of service, number of dining rooms, meal and snack times

Diets offered, consistency modifications and fluid restrictions

Posting of menu and substitutions

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Inspection/Food Service and Nutrition

Physician notification of weight changes

Residents not eating well, using adaptive equipment, have swallowing impairment, are receiving room trays, bagged meals, supplements, hospice, or dialysis, physician notification of weight changes

Sanitation NYCRR Part 14

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Inspection/Environment

Name of maintenance director

Staff with HCS access

Smoking policy, designated area, unsafe smoking

Bed bugs

Special services

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Inspection/Environment

Equipment and Systems

Fire Safety – drills, extinguishers, alarm system

Disaster and Emergency Plan

CHRC review

Sanitation NYCRR Part 14

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Inspection/Program

Resident review – preadmission, persistent efforts, post discharge

Case management

Supervision

Business records

Resident council

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Inspection/Program

Day program

Activities

Staff qualifications, training, continuing education

Medical equipment

Posting

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Inspection

Postings

Operating CertificateDALs EALR vacanciesWeekly menusResident Rights PosterInspection ReportOmbudsmanNo tipping notice (not EHP)Grievance Procedure (not EHP)Personal Needs Accounts Banking Hours

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Inspection

CHRC

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Inspection

Most Frequent Citations

Resident Services – medications, case management, supervision

Environmental Standards – maintenance of the building, grounds, equipment, housekeeping/vermin, fire protection

Records and Reports – maintenance and availability of resident recordsFood Service – purchasing, storage, preparation, prescribed diets and allergies

Admission Standards – admission criteria, medial evaluations, mental health evaluations, persistent efforts

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Incident Reporting

DSS-3122 DOH - 5175

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Outbreak of Illness

Notify both Local and Regional Health Department

Local Health Department provides infection control expertise

Staff considerations

A-Z index on HCS as well as DOH web

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Notify the Department

Disaster and emergency procedures.   ......  (l) Any time there is a work stoppage, a fire within the building that affects the program, the failure of any of the fire prevention or detection systems, a lack of hot water, interruption or shut off of essential services or any circumstance necessitating the implementation of the disaster and emergency plan, the appropriate regional office of the department will be notified by the next business day.   

Other events ……….

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Assessment

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Resident Evaluation

Pre-admission/initial Every 6 months for ALPChange in condition resulting in change in service planAnnual

Ongoing documentation in resident record of resident needs and staff activity undertaken to meet those needs

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Flu and Pneumonia Immunizations

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Termination

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Policies and ProceduresPolicy:A predetermined course of action that is stated clearly and simply

Used to set direction in an organization and assist in guiding decisions

Procedure:Describes step-by-step instructions to accomplish the policy

Identifies the staff person(s) responsible to implement and monitor the procedures

Include sufficient clear detail that end users will easily understand how to comply

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Guidance When Writing a PolicyInformation should be stated in an easy to read format

Language should be clear and easily understood so that it can be retained and used

Avoid lengthy complex information

Remember your objective(s)

Keep language specific to reflect the policy’s intent so there is no misinterpretation

Reference information from a credible source

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Guidance When Writing a Policy cont.Suggested information to be included in each policy:

Agency Name

Title: Clear and concise

Policy Statement/Purpose: Include a purpose which indicates the intent or objective of the policy

Date: Policy date and revision date is clearly indicated

Page Number: Number each page, e.g. 1 of 4 pages

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Guidance When Writing a Policy cont.Information to consider when developing a policy:

Authority: Reference to the guidance which governs the policy, statute or regulation

Application: Who or what the policy applies to is clearly identified (e.g. new employees, food service staff)

Responsible Party: Identify the Title, Position or Department

Terminology: Is defined so that it is easily understood in context of the policy, e.g. authorized person or temporary employee are terms thatmust be defined in the CHRC policy.

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Guidance When Writing a ProcedureDescribe each step by step in the process and actions needed to comply with a policy (while policies guide decisions, procedures show how to complete the task or process)

A well written procedure communicates effectively and should contain the following information: An overview of the procedure Identification of any necessary skills and/or materials needed A logical sequence of steps in the order they occur (steps should be clear, concise and easy to follow) Use illustrations or examples, if appropriate, that may increase the clarify of the steps identified.

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Policy TemplateAgency Name:_____________ Page Number:______Effective Date:_____________ Revised Date:_______

Policy Title:_____________________

Statement/Purpose: Statement of purpose for the policy

Authority: Reference to regulations, rules a/or policy directives that govern the policy

Application: Who/What the policy applies to

Terminology: Policy is defined, clear and easily understood

Responsible Party: Title, Position or Department

Procedure: Overview of Procedure if appropriate

A. Identification of skills and/or materials neededB. Steps in the order they occur

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THANK YOUCentral Office (518) 408-1133 [email protected]

Regional Offices

Western - Noreen Nickason (585) 423-8185

Central - John VanDyke (315) 477-8472

Capital District – Patricia Hasan (518) 408-5287

Metropolitan – Bobby Barrington, John Pinto (212) 417-4440