This article is the City & State NY cover story and the first in a three-part series examining how and why New York's nursing homes too often fail to keep their residents safe. Read the first part here.

For his investigative reporting for The New York Times that exposed contamination in drinking water tanks, Livingston Award judges honored Frank as a finalist in the local reporting category for this national award. The water tank investigation spurred changes to the NYC Health Code and prompted city lawmakers to propose more sweeping changes to the way the city cares for its drinking water tanks.

About The Livingston Award
The Livingston Awards for Young Journalists honor outstanding achievement by professionals under the age of 35 in local, national and international reporting. The largest all-media, general reporting prize in American journalism, the Livingston Awards judge print, broadcast and online entries against one another, a practice of increasing interest as technology blurs the traditional distinctions between the branches of journalism.