New York State lawmakers have approved legislation designed to overhaul the board that controls Nassau University Medical Center (NUMC) over the objections of the current leadership running the county’s lone public safety-net hospital.
The overhaul will reduce the Nassau County Health Care Corporation board of directors — the panel that oversees NUMC — from 14 members to 11 with Democrats in Albany appointing six that will make up the majority. Republican Nassau lawmakers who currently control the board have signaled their intent to sue to block the change from taking effect on June 1.
