CCN 335422 · Montgomery County, New York
River Ridge Living Center
100 Sandy Drive, Amsterdam, NY 12010
River Ridge Living Center is a 120-bed for-profit nursing home in Amsterdam, New York, first certified for Medicare or Medicaid in 1974. CMS rates it 1 out of 5 stars overall in its September 2026 data, and it averaged 112.7 residents a day, about 94% of its certified beds. It has an active FHA-insured Section 232 loan: $9.8 million originally, at 2.95%, with $7.7 million outstanding as of September 30, 2026 and maturity in January 2050.
Facility facts
- Certified beds
- 120
- Average residents per day
- 112.7 (93.9% of beds)
- Ownership type
- For profit - Limited Liability company
- Certification
- Medicare and Medicaid
- Legal business name
- River Ridge Operating LLC
- Certified since
- Dec 1, 1974
- Chain or affiliated group
- None listed by CMS
- Location
- Rural
Ratings and staffing
Star ratings run from 1 to 5. Staffing is nurse hours per resident per day from CMS Payroll Based Journal data; turnover is the CMS annual nursing staff turnover rate. Occupancy is CMS's average daily census divided by certified beds.
| Measure | This facility | New York median | US median |
|---|---|---|---|
| Overall rating | 1 of 5 | State spread: 111 at 1, 130 at 2, 113 at 3, 100 at 4, 136 at 5 | |
| Health inspections | 1 of 5 | ||
| Quality measures | 3 of 5 | ||
| Staffing | 1 of 5 | ||
| Total nurse hours per resident per day | 3.12 | 3.49 | 3.68 |
| RN hours per resident per day | 0.37 | 0.58 | 0.58 |
| Weekend nurse hours per resident per day | 2.73 | ||
| Nursing staff turnover | 67.9% | 38.4% | 44.9% |
| Occupancy (residents / beds) | 93.9% | 94.1% | 85.7% |
| Fines reported by CMS | 1 totaling $3,387 | ||
| Health deficiencies, latest standard survey | 24 (Mar 18, 2025) | ||
HUD 223(f) Express Lane: the CMS part
HUD gives 223(f) applications queue priority when the facility has CMS overall and health inspection ratings of at least 2 stars and no abuse icon, among other tests (ORCF criteria of March 31, 2026). River Ridge Living Center does not meet it today: overall rating 1, health inspection rating 1. The loan-to-value, coverage and operator tests depend on the deal. All the criteria.
Who owns and operates it
These are the owners and operators the facility reported to CMS: anyone with a 5% or greater direct or indirect stake, and any organization with operational or managerial control.
| Name | Role | Share | Since |
|---|---|---|---|
| Braunstein, EdwardIndividual | Direct Ownership Interest | 25% | 02/13/2013 |
| Gellis, CherylIndividual | Direct Ownership Interest | 5% | 01/01/2014 |
| Braunstein, EdwardIndividual | Operational / Managerial Control | n/a | 01/01/2014 |
| McClarren, CynthiaIndividual | Operational / Managerial Control | n/a | 02/01/2024 |
| Waldman, JonathanIndividual | Operational / Managerial Control | n/a | 01/01/2014 |
Changes of ownership
No change of ownership for this facility appears in the CMS change-of-ownership file, which starts in January 2016.
HUD Section 232 loans
HUD's Office of Healthcare Programs lists these FHA-insured loans for a project we matched to this facility by name, city and bed count. Status, rate and balance come from HUD's insured-mortgage files as of September 30, 2026. Check the FHA number against the loan documents before relying on the match.
| Endorsed | Program | Original amount | Status | FHA number |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 3, 2014 | 223(f) refinance or purchaseHUD project name: River Ridge Living Center, 120 beds. Lender at endorsement: M and T Realty Capital Corporation | $9,790,200 | Active: 2.95%, $7,655,723 balanceMatures Jan 1, 2050. Servicer: M and T Realty Capital Corpora | 01422124 |
Sources and dates
Facility, rating, staffing and ownership data: CMS Provider Information and CMS Ownership, processing date September 2026. Private equity, REIT and mortgage-interest flags and changes of ownership: CMS Skilled Nursing Facility All Owners and Change of Ownership files (2026-10-01). FHA-insured loans: HUD Office of Healthcare Programs endorsement database, data run July 8, 2026. How we join them, and what the join can get wrong: methodology.
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