Bronx Nursing Home Owner Faces Prison for Failing to Cover Workers

Authorities in New York on Thursday arrested the chief executive officer of a Bronx nursing home who is accused of illegally failing to secure workers' compensation insurance for hundreds of employees.Attorney General Andrew M. Cuomo said the arrest is the first in New York state under a new workers’ compensation law that makes it a felony for employers to fail to provide workers' compensation coverage for employees.Helen Sieger, 55, president/CEO of the Kingsbridge Heights Care Center, was arrested for failing to have workers’ compensation coverage from May 31, 2007, to Ju...