CCN 335561 · Richmond County, New York
Staten Island Care Center
200 Lafayette Avenue, Staten Island, NY 10301
Staten Island Care Center is a 300-bed for-profit nursing home in Staten Island, New York, first certified for Medicare or Medicaid in 1976. CMS rates it 5 out of 5 stars overall in its September 2026 data, and it averaged 291.8 residents a day, about 97% of its certified beds. It has an active FHA-insured Section 232 loan: $40.5 million originally, at 2.93%, with $37.3 million outstanding as of September 30, 2026 and maturity in March 2057.
Facility facts
- Certified beds
- 300
- Average residents per day
- 291.8 (97.3% of beds)
- Ownership type
- For profit - Limited Liability company
- Certification
- Medicare and Medicaid
- Legal business name
- Staten Island Care Center
- Certified since
- Nov 1, 1976
- Chain or affiliated group
- Excelsior Care Group (33 facilities, chain average 2.6 stars)
- Location
- Urban
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 | 5 of 5 | State spread: 111 at 1, 130 at 2, 113 at 3, 100 at 4, 136 at 5 | |
| Health inspections | 4 of 5 | ||
| Quality measures | 5 of 5 | ||
| Staffing | 2 of 5 | ||
| Total nurse hours per resident per day | 2.70 | 3.49 | 3.68 |
| RN hours per resident per day | 0.34 | 0.58 | 0.58 |
| Weekend nurse hours per resident per day | 2.57 | ||
| Nursing staff turnover | 23.3% | 38.4% | 44.9% |
| Occupancy (residents / beds) | 97.3% | 94.1% | 85.7% |
| Fines reported by CMS | None | ||
| Health deficiencies, latest standard survey | 4 (Mar 21, 2024) | ||
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). Staten Island Care Center meets that part today: 5 stars overall, 4 on health inspections, no abuse icon. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Leifer, ConstanceIndividual | Direct Ownership Interest | 91% | 01/01/2015 |
| Leifer, JoelIndividual | Direct Ownership Interest | 9% | 01/01/2015 |
| Excelsior Care GroupOrganization | Operational / Managerial Control | n/a | 07/21/2019 |
| Bergman, AkivaIndividual | Operational / Managerial Control | n/a | 07/19/2011 |
| Garcia, Angela Rose MarieIndividual | Operational / Managerial Control | n/a | 12/28/2020 |
| Gordon, NissanIndividual | Operational / Managerial Control | n/a | 07/19/2021 |
| Steinberg, MosheIndividual | Operational / Managerial Control | n/a | 07/21/2019 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 24, 2022 | 223(a)(7) refinance of a 223(f) loanHUD project name: Staten Island Care Center, 300 beds. Lender at endorsement: First American Capital Group Corp | $40,494,800 | Active: 2.93%, $37,301,647 balanceMatures Mar 1, 2057. Servicer: First American Capital Group C | 01222433 |
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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