Suffolk judge rules for Cuomo’s nonprofit pay cap

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Laura Nahmias

ALBANY—A Suffolk County Supreme Court justice ruled Wednesday that a salary cap on nonprofit providers instituted by Governor Andrew Cuomo in 2012 is legal, dealing a blow to providers who said the cap was an overreach by the state’s health department and could impair providers’ ability to serve their patients.

The ruling comes a few months after a state court ruled the cap violated state law in a separate lawsuit filed against the regulation.

In a sixteen-page ruling issued July 30, Judge Emily Pines ruled the health department was clearly within its bounds when it instituted the cap, because it has the authority “to regulate the financial assistance provided by the State in connection with public health care activities.”

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