A news release from Cuomo's office said the investigation revealed that staff "routinely failed to turn and position an immobile resident, often leaving the resident in the same position for an entire shift. Nursing staff failed to administer medications, as well as treat the resident's bed sores. The footage also revealed that the aides charged today failed to check the resident for incontinence or change undergarments for long periods of time.

"In addition, the resident's medical records show that the defendants falsified medical records to conceal their neglect. A physician assistant also created a phony record of an annual medical exam that never happened."

All together, six licensed practical nurses, seven certified nurse aides and a physician assistant were charged in complaints filed in Schaghticoke Town Court, where they were arraigned before town Justice Bruce Arnold.

The workers were booked at the Rensselaer County Jail Wednesday morning. The defendants were then transported by state Attorney General staff to town court.

The defendants sat in a row before Arnold each standing up one at a time for arraignment.

In a statement, Northwoods said it was suspending the nine nurses and aides who were still working at the center pending a resolution of the charges; the five other workers were no longer employed there.

Northwoods' statement noted that the investigation covered a period in which the facility was coming under a new management regime that's worked to makes improvements to the quality of care.

Northwoods said it had been informed of the pending arrests last week, and said that the resident who had suffered the alleged abuse moved to another facility.

Cuomo said family members of patients had approved the use of surveillance cameras.

This isn't the first report of trouble at Northwoods, located at 100 New Turnpike Road in the hamlet of Pleasantdale. The facility declared Chapter 11 backruptcy in 2007, and last summer federal officials barred it from receiving Medicaid or Medicare payments for new residents in the wake of complaints that workers routinely ignored the buzzer system used by patients in need of assistance. Northwoods spokesman Lisa Cupello said that sanction was lifted within a few weeks.