{"id":388811,"date":"2025-11-19T01:15:19","date_gmt":"2025-11-19T01:15:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/388811\/"},"modified":"2025-11-19T01:15:19","modified_gmt":"2025-11-19T01:15:19","slug":"trustees-of-maimonides-hospital-sue-to-block-nyc-takeover","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/388811\/","title":{"rendered":"Trustees of Maimonides hospital sue to block NYC takeover"},"content":{"rendered":"

Trustees of the financiallys truggling <\/a>Maimonides Hospital, located in heavily orthodox Jewish south Brooklyn, filed a lawsuit early this week to stop a government takeover of the 80-year-old medical facility.<\/p>\n

Maimonides\u2019 leadership plans to merge with the city\u2019s public hospital system \u2014 Health + Hospitals \u2014 converting the private, independent hospital into a city-run facility overseen by a board and president\/CEO appointed by the mayor.<\/p>\n

A part of the merger, Maimonides would receive a desperately needed $2.2 billion over five years through a state grant, according to a spokesperson for the cash-strapped hospital. <\/p>\n

Trustees for Maimonides Hospital filed a lawsuit to stop the government from taking over the medical facility. Paul Martinka<\/p>\n

But trustees of the medical center and nearby Borough Park residents, particularly Jewish locals, fear the level of care at a public Maimonides \u2014 named after 12th-century Rabbi Moshe Ben Maimon, an advocate for medical training \u2014 would drastically decline.<\/p>\n

Maimonides trustees Aaron Twerski, Peter Rebenwurzel, George Weinberger, Chaim Fisher, Yehoshua Leib Leib Fruchthandler, Marty Waisbrod and David Spira argued in the suit filed Sunday that the sale to Health+Hospitals would violate the board\u2019s fiduciary duty to act in the best interests of Maimonides.<\/p>\n

Their complaint also claimed H+H\u2019s Brooklyn-based hospitals are consistently ranked among the
lowest in New York State, raising profound concerns about the quality of care that could result
from converting Maimonides into a public hospital.<\/p>\n

In addition, the lawsuit also claimed other proposals were not seriously considered, including those from Touro College and Westchester Medical Center.<\/p>\n

A Brooklyn lawmaker who defended the hospital when its patient care <\/a>came under attack three years ago said he was furious and walked out of a meeting when Maimonides executives pushed the city takeover of the hospital.<\/p>\n

\u201cI was born at Maimonides,\u201d said Councilman Simcha Felder<\/a>. <\/p>\n

The financially struggling hospital plans to merge with Health + Hospitals. Instagram \/ wearetouro<\/p>\n

\u201cWhat they\u2019re doing is outrageous.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cThey are destroying a hospital that has existed for many years.\u201d<\/p>\n

For now, the city takeover of the private hospital is on hold after Brooklyn state Supreme Court Judge Aaron Maslow issued a temporary restraining order blocking any sale pending a hearing in January.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe are grateful that the Court has paused this rushed attempt to sell Maimonides and convert it into a public hospital,\u201d the plaintiffs said.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe look forward to a thoughtful, transparent, and well-supported process that truly considers what is best for Maimonides and the patients who rely on it.\u201d<\/p>\n

Maimonides is considered a safety net hospital, meaning it provides medical care regardless of patients\u2019 ability to pay. It\u2019s heavily reliant on Medicaid and state subsidies to serve a large indigent caseload to stay afloat.<\/p>\n

If the merger passes, Maimonides will receive $2.2 billion over five years through a state grant. Paul Martinka<\/p>\n

As a result, the hospital\u2019s financial situation is dire as it has been hemorrhaging hundreds of millions of dollars a year.<\/p>\n

Other similar, mid-sized, independent hospitals that haven\u2019t closed linked up with larger private hospital systems, such as Presbyterian or NYU Langone, to remain viable.<\/p>\n

The city\u2019s former Catholic hospitals, such as St. Vincent\u2019s in <\/a>Manhattan, shuttered years ago.<\/p>\n

Long Island College Hospital <\/a>in Brownstone Brooklyn closed a decade ago.<\/p>\n

Maimonides management on Tuesday defended its plan to join Health + Hospitals to put the medical facility on sounder financial footing.<\/p>\n

\u201cFor more than a decade, our board has directed us to explore partnerships with other health systems to expand our capacity to deliver high-quality care, meet the growing needs of our communities and strengthen our financial position, which is hampered by our status as a safety net hospital,\u201d said Maimonides spokesman Sam Miller.<\/p>\n

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\u201cOver the last several months, Maimonides has engaged in discussions with the leadership of New York City Health + Hospitals to join their system. If an agreement is reached, Maimonides would receive up to $2.2 billion over five years in a State grant announced last month and higher Medicaid reimbursements, which are increasingly important at a time when federal cuts threaten to reduce overall support for safety net hospitals.\u201d<\/p>\n

Maimonides remains optimistic that \u201ccontinued discussions with H+H and our stakeholders will result in an agreement that grows our current clinical collaboration and ensures expanded access to the award-winning, culturally responsive specialty care that our patients and communities deserve and have come to expect.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Trustees of the financiallys truggling Maimonides Hospital, located in heavily orthodox Jewish south Brooklyn, filed a lawsuit early…\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":388812,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5122],"tags":[5229,7920,1121,3584,336,5248,405,403,5226,5225,5228,5227,88202,67,586,132,5230,68,1154,2969],"class_list":{"0":"post-388811","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-new-york","8":"tag-america","9":"tag-borough-park","10":"tag-brooklyn","11":"tag-hospitals","12":"tag-lawsuits","13":"tag-metro","14":"tag-new-york","15":"tag-new-york-city","16":"tag-newyork","17":"tag-newyorkcity","18":"tag-ny","19":"tag-nyc","20":"tag-nyc-health-and-hospitals","21":"tag-united-states","22":"tag-united-states-of-america","23":"tag-unitedstates","24":"tag-unitedstatesofamerica","25":"tag-us","26":"tag-us-news","27":"tag-usa"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/115573720716562466","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/388811","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=388811"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/388811\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/388812"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=388811"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=388811"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=388811"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}