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Changes are on the horizon at NUMC executive. Appointments to the board could be made as early as June. The corporation has long New York lawmakers have approved a $254 billion state faced scrutiny and accusations budget package for fiscal year of financial mismanagement, despite the hospital 2026, carrying sevsystem serving all eral provisions patients, including af fecting Nassau the uninsured and University Medical undocumented, Center, including a regardless of their state “takeover” of ability to pay for the hospital system. medical care. The newly But significant approved Nassau financial improveHealth Care Corpoments were reportration board struced in 2024, with the ture, passed on May hospital system 7 by the legislature, ending the fiscal shifts control away year with nearly $80 from Nassau Counmillion in its cash ty Executive Bruce reserves, up from Blakeman to Gov. $28 million in Kathy Hochul and December 2023. state Democrats. Additional finanThe restructured GoRDoN TEppER cial reports showed board — overseeing Long Island that revenue N U M C i n E a s t spokesman Meadow and the A. for Gov. Kathy Hochul increased by $6.2 million in NovemHolly Patterson ber 2024, while Extended Care Facility in Uniondale — will operating expenses were down include 11 members, with a by $1.7 million, compared with majority appointed by the gov- 2023. In late-April, the hospital’s ernor, who will also designate the chair. The county executive current medical board strongly will lose approval authority opposed the state’s plan before over the corporation’s chief Continued on page 23
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Stacks of smiles at Kiwanis breakfast bash The Kiwanis Club of East Meadow held its annual pancake breakfast fundraiser on May 4 at East Meadow High School, drawing hundreds from the community for a fun-filled morning of food and festivities. Proceeds support scholarships for local seniors and send underprivileged children to Kamp Kiwanis. Guests also enjoyed a surprise visit from characters from the show ‘Bluey.’ Above, Maya Provitera and Kate Barnett stopped by for a good cause and a good time. Right, Ross Schiller, a longtime Kiwanian, snapped a selfie with ‘Bluey.’ Story, more photos, Page 3.
hat we are seeing now is a long-overdue intervention to protect patients and save the institution from those who failed it.