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Yahoo
24-05-2025
- Health
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1199SEIU members to vote on offer from McGuire Group
BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — 1199SEIU United Healthcare Workers East announced on Friday that its members at four facilities will vote on a final offer from the McGuire Group. According to the union, the McGuire Group issued its 'last, best and final offer' to four of its facilities, which include Northgate Health Care Facility, Garden Gate Health Care Facility, Autumn View Health Care Facility and Seneca Health Care Center. If members vote against the offer, the union said its next steps could include an 'unlimited strike' at the four facilities. A notice of a week-long strike was issued earlier this month at 15 nursing facilities throughout Western New York asking for better pay, staffing levels, pensions and more. Hundreds of nursing home workers began striking on Tuesday. The union previously filed an unfair labor practice charge against Edward Farbenblum, the principal of the McGuire Group, alleging that he is negotiating in bad faith. On Monday, 1199SEIU announced reached agreements for Comprehensive Rehabilitation and Nursing Center at Williamsville, and Schofield Residence in Tonawanda. Strike notices were also withdrawn at Newfane Rehabilitation and Health Center, Buffalo Center for Rehabilitation and Nursing, Ellicott Center for Rehabilitation and Nursing, and The Grand Rehabilitation and Nursing at Delaware Park. Workers at Ascension Living Our Lady of Peace in Lewiston reached a tentative three-year agreement last week. WIVB News 4 reached out to the McGuire Group who provided no comment. Katie Skoog joined the News 4 team in April 2024. She is a graduate from the University at Buffalo. You can view more of her work here. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
Yahoo
20-05-2025
- General
- Yahoo
Woman fights for answers after ancestry test shows local businessman could be her father
GRAND ISLAND, N.Y. (WIVB) — A young woman is fighting for answers after her life was turned upside down when she realized the man who raised her may not be her biological father. Instead, according to an result, a local businessman, who passed away in 2020, could be her dad. And an unaffiliated Manhattan family and matrimonial attorney said he's never heard of a case quite like it before. 'It might be a case of first impression,' said Ankit Kapoor, a founding partner with Cohen Stine Kapoor LLP law firm, indicating it could feature an uncharted legal issue. Jordan Tripi, a Grand Island native who now lives in Florida, said when she thinks of her dad, she pictures a hardworking, blue collar construction owner who always made sure his family was cared for. 'He removed every barrier that he ever could so that I could pursue the fullest life,' Tripi said. Those loving memories live on, three years after his passing. After a short illness in the Spring of 2022, he died the day after her wedding day. 'It shakes your whole world,' Tripi said. 'And I think the circumstances around it, shook my world even more.' Those circumstances are the results of a DNA test from 'I was really interested to know more about my family, and the origin, and the story about my ancestors' life,' she said. But the results didn't indicate any of her dad's Italian and German heritage. It did show her mother's roots. 'I just assumed it was a fluke,' Tripi said. 'We all really resembled [our mother's] part of our genetics. The number of times I got from fellow students, peers, saying 'You don't look Italian at all,' I could count on my fingers and toes.' One of the strangest parts of the results: two people on the app she did not know showed up as a slight DNA match with her. She said their last name was McGuire. Questions built up in Tripi's mind in the months after her dad passed away. She eventually sat down with her mom to ask questions. 'She was also shocked and confused by the results,' Tripi said. 'She had felt assured that I was my dad's.' But that last name jogged her mom's memory of another man. They realized her dad might not have been her biological father. 'In many ways, this rebooted … made me start the grieving process all over again,' she said. The man Tripi now believes to be her biological father is Frank McGuire, a local businessman who passed away in the summer of 2020. 'I would never know my biological dad, and he would never know me,' Tripi said. McGuire, the chairman of the McGuire Group, was 92 when he passed. According to an obituary in The Buffalo News, McGuire built a business of more than 30 companies that employed 1,700 people in Western New York. 'To think he was such a staple, such a man of notoriety in the city of Buffalo, and for her (my mom) to never mention him … I knew of no connection there,' Tripi sad. For two years now, Tripi has fought to get a definitive answer about her biological father. 'At 30 years old, I found out that every medical record that I filled out my family history was completely inaccurate,' Tripi said. 'On a lighter note: that history project that I did at Heathrow Elementary was grossly inaccurate. In a deeper sense, knowing our heritage, our ancestors, where we came from — [it's] important for the soul.' What Tripi wants now is for one of McGuire's seven children to do a DNA swab, to prove whether or not she is in fact their sibling. A year ago, State Surrogate Court Judge Acea Mosey decided in Tripi's favor. But the McGuire siblings argued a privacy concern. It's now being appealed. Kapoor, the Manhattan attorney, said he hasn't found a case like this, where a sibling was forced to take a DNA test. 'DNA testing is definitely not uncommon in New York courts,' Kapoor said. '[But] in terms of Jordan Tripi's case where the siblings are ordered to do a DNA test, that I believe might be a case of first impression. I did not encounter other cases where siblings are ordered. An identical twin of the descendant was ordered … the grandparents in a case were ordered … but siblings might be something new.' Another issue at play is McGuire's sizeable estate. 'When I consider the fact of his wealth, of his empire, I don't assume any of it to be mine,' Tripi said. News 4 reached out to the attorneys for all the children of Frank McGuire. They released a joint statement, saying in part: 'If Ms. Tripi had shown any interest in getting to know us, rather than filing a claim for 'go away' money in Surrogates Court, we are sure family members would have been more welcoming. In fact, Ms. Tripi only reached out to one of seven siblings more than a year after her legal effort began. While none of us are beneficiaries, we would like to see our father's wishes and bequests in his will fulfilled, rather than dragged out in this tawdry process.' In the court decision a year ago, Judge Mosey said a challenge to Frank McGuire's will would be a matter for another day. Kapoor said challenging the will would be an uphill battle. 'One of the main things I noticed was the will of Frank McGuire does not give what's called a 'class gift' where he named his children in the will,' Kapoor said. 'If his will said, 'I leave X to my wife, and X to so-and-so, and the remainder to my children,' than any child out there will be entitled to make a claim against the benefit. But when you name children, then you're limited to the children who are named … generally speaking, but there are some exceptions.' Kapoor said if Tripi wins the appeal and is able to prove she's a daughter of Frank McGuire, she'll have to try and invalidate his will if she wants a piece of the pie. That would be difficult. Instead, there could be non-probate assets she could go after, like a life insurance policy or retirement account. But Tripi exclaims, that is not what this is about. 'For those who assume I am pursing this because he is a millionaire,' Tripi said, 'they're likely missing the piece that I just genuinely want to know who my dad is — and conclusively.' Kelsey Anderson is an award-winning anchor who came back home to Buffalo in 2018. See more of her work here and follow her on Twitter. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
Yahoo
10-05-2025
- Health
- Yahoo
1199SEIU issues notice of strike at 15 nursing homes across Western New York
BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — 1199SEIU United Healthcare Workers East issued a 10-day notice on Friday afternoon of a week-long strike at 15 nursing facilities throughout Western New York if a new labor deal cannot be reached. Around 2,500 workers across the facilities authorized the vote, which follows months of their requests for better pay, staffing levels, pensions and more. The strike is scheduled to start at 6 a.m. on Tuesday, May 20. The McGuire Group said it received formal strike notices from two of its facilities on Friday after a day of bargaining with 1199SEIU. The facilities are listed by the union as Garden Gate Health Care Facility and Northgate Health Care Facility. 'You [the staff] are the heart of our facilities, and you deserve fair representation and a real say in your workplace, not to be used as pawns in a regional power play,' the McGuire Group said in a news release. 'We have activated contingency plans to ensure uninterrupted, high-quality care for our residents.' The submissions follow the McGuire Group's filing of charges against 1199SEIU, which it announced Wednesday night, accusing the union of intentionally misleading workers about company finances in a social media post. Last week, the union filed an unfair labor practice charge against Edward Farbenblum, the principal of the McGuire Group, alleging that he is negotiating in bad faith. Nurses, along with nurse assistants, housekeeping staff, dietary workers, clerical workers and other staff are planning to strike at the following locations: Buffalo Center for Rehabilitation and Nursing Comprehensive Rehab and Nursing Center at Williamsville Elderwood at Lockport Elderwood at Williamsville Ellicott Center Garden Gate Health Care Facility Gowanda Rehabilitation and Nursing Center (excluding pros/techs) Newfane Rehabilitation and Health Center Northgate Health Care Facility Ascension Living Our Lady of Peace Absolut Care of Gasport Safire Rehabilitation of Northtowns Schofield Residence The Grand Rehabilitation and Nursing at Delaware Park Williamsville Suburban Care Center Members of 1199SEIU and nursing home workers will provide an update on the planned strikes at 5 p.m. on Monday. Katie Skoog joined the News 4 team in April 2024. She is a graduate from the University at Buffalo. You can view more of her work here. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
