Overview of The New Jewish Home, Manhattan Located at 120 W 106th St in Manhattan, The New Jewish Home is a 514-bed nonprofit facility operated by Jewish Home Lifecare, Manhattan. The high-rise community offers independent and skilled nursing care, with specialized programming in orthopedic rehabilitation, cardiac rehabilitation, and post-acute care.
Staff provides 3 hours 32 minutes of nursing care per resident per day. Nursing hours are 3 hours 32 minutes per resident per day, with weekend RN coverage 14% above state average, though weekday LPN hours run 26% below state norms.
The facility accepts Medicare, Medicaid, and private pay, serving 406 residents with an average length of stay of 167 days. Occupancy sits at 79%, below New York’s state average.
The New Jewish Home, Manhattan’s walk score of 93 means daily errands require no car.
The regulatory record reveals serious and recurring deficiencies. Since 2019, 14 inspections yielded 32 citations which is 146% more than the state average; that, alongside 517 complaints, which is 554% above typical.
A March 2024 complaint investigation substantiated abuse and neglect: staff left one resident on the floor unclothed for 35 minutes and physically restrained another resident, leaving them naked in the dining room for over two hours, with multiple staff named in findings. November 2024 inspections documented deficiencies in abuse reporting, resident rights compliance, and physical restraint use; corrections were completed by January 2025.
The facility incurred two federal penalties totaling $135,000.
Complaint investigations reached 22; recurring themes involve resident safety, abuse and neglect reporting, infection control failures, medication management errors, and environmental hazards.
Financial strain is evident: the facility reported an operating deficit of $15.2 million in the most recent fiscal year.
Twenty-one lawsuits are on record, with eight currently active; the most recent was filed in 2025.
This large Manhattan community serves residents seeking skilled nursing care and rehabilitation in an accessible urban setting, with staffing and operational capacity supporting longer-term stays.
