By BRENDA FLANAGAN, NJ Spotlight News

“The public had to know. This had to be out in the media. And it worked,” said whistleblower Dave Ofshinsky, the former business manager at the state-run veterans home in Paramus.

Ofshinsky contacted news reporters about the chaos, lack of management, and death overwhelming the vets’ home in April 2020, when COVID-19 roared through the facility, killing up to seven residents a day. Ofshinsky said the home needs new management instead of being run by officials from the New Jersey Department of Military and Veterans Affairs.

Some state senators apparently agree and will meet on Monday to brainstorm a solution, said Sen. Patrick Diegnan. “No doubt about it, we need to do the post-mortem, but also more importantly we’ve got to fix this thing and we’ve got to fix it ASAP,” Diegnan said.

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