Judge blocks Coney Island Hospital deal.(New York State Supreme Court Justice Herbert A. Posner)

Modern Healthcare, January, 1997 by Pallarito, Karen

New York State Supreme Court Justice Herbert A. Posner has ruled that the New York City Council should have been allowed to review and approve a deal that leased Coney Island Hospital to Primary Health Systems-New York (PHS-NY). The ruling is seen as a victory for community activists and the City Council, which had opposed the deal. PHS-NY is a private, for-profit hospital management company.

Vindicated in court, the New York City Council and community activists have delayed, if not derailed, the city's lease of Coney Island Hospital in Brooklyn to a private, for-profit hospital management company.

State Supreme Court Justice Herbert A. Posner in Queens ruled last week that the City Council should have been allowed to review and approve the embattled lease...

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