EXHIBIT 31.1

                                  CERTIFICATION
            PURSUANT TO SECTION 302 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002

I,  Jerry  Braun,  who  served  as the Chief Executive Officer during the period
covered  by  this  Form  10-K  and  until  February  24,  2005,  certify  that:

1.   I  have  reviewed  this annual report on Form 10-K of New York Health Care,
     Inc.;

2.   Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement of
     a  material  fact  or  omit  to state a material fact necessary to make the
     statements  made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements
     were  made,  not  misleading  with  respect  to  the period covered by this
     report;

3.   Based  on  my  knowledge,  the  financial  statements,  and other financial
     information  included  in  this  report,  fairly  present  in  all material
     respects  the  financial condition, results of operations and cash flows of
     the  registrant  as  of,  and  for,  the  periods presented in this report;

4    The  registrant's  other  certifying  officer  and  I  are  responsible for
     establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined
     in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) for the registrant and have:

     (a)  designed  such  disclosure  controls  and  procedures,  or caused such
     disclosure controls and procedures to be designed under our supervision, to
     ensure  that material information relating to the registrant, including its
     consolidated  subsidiaries,  is  made  known  to  us by others within those
     entities,  particularly  during  the  period  in which this report is being
     prepared;

     (b) Evaluated the effectiveness of the registrant's disclosure controls and
     procedures  and  presented  in  this  report  our  conclusions  about  the
     effectiveness  of  the disclosure controls and procedures, as of the end of
     the  period  covered  by  this  report  based  on  such  evaluation;  and

     (c)  Disclosed  in  this  report  any  change  in the registrant's internal
     control  over  financial  reporting  that  occurred during the registrant's
     fourth fiscal quarter that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely
     to  materially  affect,  the  registrant's  internal control over financial
     reporting.

5.   The  registrant's  other  certifying officer and I have disclosed, based on
     our most recent evaluation of internal control over financial reporting, to
     the registrant's auditors and the audit committee of the registrant's board
     of  directors  (or  persons  performing  the  equivalent  functions):

     (a)  All  significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or
     operation of internal control over financial reporting which are reasonably
     likely  to  adversely  affect  the registrant's ability to record, process,
     summarize  and  report  financial  information;  and

     (b)  Any  fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other
     employees  who have a significant role in the registrant's internal control
     over  financial  reporting.

Dated:  April  14,  2005               By:  /s/  Jerry  Braun
                                          ----------------------
                                          Jerry  Braun
                                          Chief Executive Officer
                                          (Principal Executive Officer)
                                          during the period covered by this
                                          Form 10-K and until February 24, 2005.


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