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Brooklynian » Topic: Without bribes, the state money stops? http://brooklynian.com/forum/brooklyn-and-beyond/without-bribes-the-state-money-stops en-US Sun, 19 May 2013 14:01:19 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.0.2 <![CDATA[Search]]> q http://brooklynian.com/forum/search.php Without bribes, the state money stops? http://brooklynian.com/forum/brooklyn-and-beyond/without-bribes-the-state-money-stops/page/2#post-763848 Tue, 29 Jan 2013 10:38:12 +0000 whynot_31 763848@http://brooklynian.com/forum/ LI College Hospital- You are next. <a href="http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/brooklyn/lich-losing-money-excessive-rate-top-state-official-article-1.1249842" rel="nofollow">http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/brooklyn/lich-losing-money-excessive-rate-top-state-official-article-1.1249842</a> Without bribes, the state money stops? http://brooklynian.com/forum/brooklyn-and-beyond/without-bribes-the-state-money-stops#post-762685 Wed, 02 Jan 2013 10:32:20 +0000 whynot_31 762685@http://brooklynian.com/forum/ <a href="http://www.wnyc.org/articles/wnyc-news/2012/dec/31/grim-outlook-brooklyn-hospitals-2013/" rel="nofollow">http://www.wnyc.org/articles/wnyc-news/2012/dec/31/grim-outlook-brooklyn-hospitals-2013/</a> Without bribes, the state money stops? http://brooklynian.com/forum/brooklyn-and-beyond/without-bribes-the-state-money-stops#post-761988 Mon, 03 Dec 2012 10:30:21 +0000 whynot_31 761988@http://brooklynian.com/forum/ <blockquote><cite>whynot_31 <a href="http://brooklynian.com/forum/brooklyn-and-beyond/without-bribes-the-state-money-stops#post-758198">said</a>:</cite> As you walk by Interfaith Hospital, please hope that HHC is somehow forced to take it over. ...it may be more at risk than Brookdale. <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2012/08/03/nyregion/interfaith-medical-center-in-brooklyn-says-it-may-need-state-bailout.html?_r=1" rel="nofollow">http://www.nytimes.com/2012/08/03/nyregion/interfaith-medical-center-in-brooklyn-says-it-may-need-state-bailout.html?_r=1</a> </blockquote> As predicted, Interfaith Hospital files Chapter 11: <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2012/12/03/nyregion/interfaith-medical-center-in-brooklyn-plans-to-declare-bankruptcy.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.nytimes.com/2012/12/03/nyregion/interfaith-medical-center-in-brooklyn-plans-to-declare-bankruptcy.html</a> Without bribes, the state money stops? http://brooklynian.com/forum/brooklyn-and-beyond/without-bribes-the-state-money-stops#post-761304 Wed, 07 Nov 2012 16:31:29 +0000 whynot_31 761304@http://brooklynian.com/forum/ Medisys's Brookdale hospital is forced to sell its staff housing: <a href="http://therealdeal.com/blog/2012/11/06/brookdale-hospital-sells-apartment-buildings-for-22m/" rel="nofollow">http://therealdeal.com/blog/2012/11/06/brookdale-hospital-sells-apartment-buildings-for-22m/</a> Without bribes, the state money stops? http://brooklynian.com/forum/brooklyn-and-beyond/without-bribes-the-state-money-stops#post-759810 Tue, 25 Sep 2012 09:13:24 +0000 whynot_31 759810@http://brooklynian.com/forum/ The prosecutors keep hitting pay dirt: <blockquote> Crooked Kruger lobbyist names names for feds: Court docs By David Seifman and Bruce Golding A longtime lobbyist who pleaded guilty to bribing crooked ex-pol Carl Kruger has been spilling his guts about “numerous other persons” under investigation by the feds, bombshell court papers revealed today. Richard Lipsky “provided substantial assistance” related to “ongoing law-enforcement investigations” in a bid for leniency, according to the Manhattan federal court filing. Prosecutor Glen McGorty didn’t identify any of the targets by name and redacted the details of Lipsky’s cooperation, but one political insider said the revelation would send tremors through City Hall and the Albany statehouse. “Anyone who’s ever had any dealings with him is going to be nervous,” the insider said. Lipsky was busted by the FBI last year as part of what prosecutors called an “extensive investigation” into public corruption. Days before his arrest, agents executing a search warrant found more than $100,000 stashed in a safe in his apartment, and another $4,000 in “crisp, large denominational bills” stuffed into a suit jacket. During the raid, he also spoke on the phone to an unidentified “political operative” to spread the word that the feds had closed in, according to court papers. He pleaded guilty in January to passing as much as $200,000 in bribes to Kruger, then a powerful Democratic Brooklyn state senator who also pleaded guilty to corruption charges and is serving seven years in the slammer. Lipsky apparently began cooperating sometime after his guilty plea, when he agreed to serve at least four-plus years behind bars. His defense lawyer didn’t return a request for comment last night, and a spokeswoman for the Manhattan U.S. Attorney’s Office declined to comment. Lipsky, whose clients included retailers and unions, portrayed himself as a fighter for the “little guy.” He ran his one-man business without an office, and was frequently seen roaming around the corridors of power with a cellphone headpiece stuck in his ear. He was linked to the so-called “Four Amigos” of the state Senate who revolted against the Democratic leadership and handed control to the Republicans in 2009. Three of them -- Kruger, Pedro Espada and Hiram Monserrate -- have since been convicted on various corruption charges. The fourth, state Sen. Ruben Diaz of The Bronx, got a $5,000 campaign contribution from Lipsky in 2009, records show. In 2010, Lipsky also gave $3,800 to embattled Brooklyn Democratic Assemblyman Vito Lopez, who’s the subject of an ethics probe over allegations he sexually harassed female staffers. Lipsky was initially scheduled to be sentenced in May, but that proceeding was repeatedly postponed and is now set for Friday.</blockquote> <a href="http://www.nypost.com/p/news/local/brooklyn/crooked_kruger_lobbyist_names_names_v3IyY65maM939uIaZyl79H" rel="nofollow">http://www.nypost.com/p/news/local/brooklyn/crooked_kruger_lobbyist_names_names_v3IyY65maM939uIaZyl79H</a> Without bribes, the state money stops? http://brooklynian.com/forum/brooklyn-and-beyond/without-bribes-the-state-money-stops#post-758198 Tue, 07 Aug 2012 14:11:34 +0000 whynot_31 758198@http://brooklynian.com/forum/ <blockquote><cite>whynot_31 <a href="http://brooklynian.com/forum/brooklyn-and-beyond/without-bribes-the-state-money-stops#post-737403">said</a>:</cite> An article in today's Times discusses how many Brooklyn hospitals are losing money and may soon face closure <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2011/07/29/nyregion/dont-close-brooklyn-hospitals-allies-tell-state.html?_r=1" rel="nofollow">http://www.nytimes.com/2011/07/29/nyregion/dont-close-brooklyn-hospitals-allies-tell-state.html?_r=1</a> This time, bribery ain't gonna save us. </blockquote> As you walk by Interfaith Hospital, please hope that HHC is somehow forced to take it over. ...it may be more at risk than Brookdale. <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2012/08/03/nyregion/interfaith-medical-center-in-brooklyn-says-it-may-need-state-bailout.html?_r=1" rel="nofollow">http://www.nytimes.com/2012/08/03/nyregion/interfaith-medical-center-in-brooklyn-says-it-may-need-state-bailout.html?_r=1</a> Without bribes, the state money stops? http://brooklynian.com/forum/brooklyn-and-beyond/without-bribes-the-state-money-stops#post-754275 Mon, 07 May 2012 21:19:30 +0000 whynot_31 754275@http://brooklynian.com/forum/ Executive of Hospital Gets 3 Years for Bribery By BENJAMIN WEISER Published: May 7, 2012 <blockquote><cite>NYT » </cite>The former hospital chief executive at the center of a bribery conspiracy that ensnared former State Senator Carl Kruger and others was sentenced on Monday to three years in prison. The former executive, David P. Rosen, 64, had been convicted of bribing Mr. Kruger and two other legislators in return for having them use their influence in Albany to benefit his health care organization, MediSys, a nonprofit sponsor of hospitals and nursing homes in Brooklyn and Queens. The conspiracy, which also involved a lobbyist, another hospital executive and a health care consultant, has been seen as casting light on the pervasiveness of corruption in Albany and on the often-cozy ties there between legislators and hospitals. At his own request, Mr. Rosen was tried before a judge rather than a jury. After a three-week trial last year, the judge, Jed S. Rakoff of Federal District Court, found him guilty, and in an opinion in September, called his case tragic in that it revealed “how a widely admired hospital administrator who diligently sought to better the health care of impoverished communities nonetheless chose to entangle himself in the bribing of state legislators.” Mr. Rosen’s lawyers had asked that he be given probation and sentenced to perform community service. But Judge Rakoff made it clear that the seriousness of the crimes required him to send Mr. Rosen to prison. “The glaring and rather tawdry truth,” Judge Rakoff said, “is that Mr. Rosen, over a period of many years, knowingly and intentionally bribed one state legislator after another. To achieve his ends, however laudable, he sought to help make this a government not of the people but of the debauched.” The judge added that “to the morally depraved legislators who approached him for bribes,” Mr. Rosen’s response had been — as he had once told an F.B.I. source in the case — “‘You gotta push a lot of buttons.’ “In other words, ‘Sure, bring it on,’ ” Judge Rakoff continued. “ ‘If this is what I have to do to achieve what I want, however laudable, I’ll make those payments and cover them up and lie about them.’ ” In court, a prosecutor, Glen G. McGorty, said Mr. Rosen had violated “his responsibility to his hospital and to his employees, and he corrupted the process.” The sentence was substantially less than the term recommended under the advisory sentencing guidelines, which the court’s probation office had calculated at roughly 15 to 19 years. It had recommended a 10-year term. The office of Preet Bharara, the United States attorney in Manhattan, without specifying a number of years, had asked the judge to impose “a substantial” term “commensurate with the significance and gravity” of Mr. Rosen’s criminal conduct. In court, Mr. Rosen’s lawyer, Elkan Abramowitz, argued that his client’s crime had not been the product of greed, and that Mr. Rosen had lost his job, his career, his reputation — “everything.” Mr. Abramowitz pushed for a sentence of community service where Mr. Rosen, as he put it, could use his talents to “really do some good” for the community. Mr. Rosen, reading a statement to the judge, asked him to take into account what he called his four decades of commitment to people who cannot “advocate for themselves.” Mr. Abramowitz told the judge that he would be filing an expeditious appeal on Mr. Rosen’s behalf; the lawyer said later that his client maintained his innocence. Prosecutors had charged that Mr. Rosen used sham consulting deals to funnel hundreds of thousands of dollars to two Democratic assemblymen — William F. Boyland Jr. from Brooklyn and Anthony S. Seminerio of Queens — and that he directed business to a hospice care company from which Mr. Kruger, a Brooklyn Democrat, received a cut. Mr. Kruger resigned and pleaded guilty to corruption charges in December, and was sentenced to seven years in prison. Assemblyman Boyland was acquitted in a jury trial in November, but was later arrested on new bribery charges, and faces trial in Brooklyn. Mr. Seminerio, who pleaded guilty to fraud in an earlier case, died in prison in January 2011.</blockquote> <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2012/05/08/nyregion/david-p-rosen-hospital-executive-sentenced-in-bribery-case.html?_r=1" rel="nofollow">http://www.nytimes.com/2012/05/08/nyregion/david-p-rosen-hospital-executive-sentenced-in-bribery-case.html?_r=1</a> Good luck David. With good behavior, you'll likely be back in the free world in two years. ...needless to say, you'll be unable to work in the healthcare field. However, I suspect that we will meet again. Without bribes, the state money stops? http://brooklynian.com/forum/brooklyn-and-beyond/without-bribes-the-state-money-stops#post-754239 Sun, 06 May 2012 17:16:30 +0000 whynot_31 754239@http://brooklynian.com/forum/ Although the sentencing has been repeatedly delayed, tomorrow looks like it will finally happen: <blockquote>Rosen, 64, of Harrison, New York, was convicted at a bench trial on September 12, 2011 for his involvement in schemes to bribe KRUGER, former New York State Assemblyman Anthony Seminerio, and Boyland. He is scheduled to be sentenced on May 7, 2012 at 3:30 p.m.</blockquote> <a href="http://www.sheepsheadbites.com/2012/04/carl-kruger-to-spend-seven-years-in-slammer/" rel="nofollow">http://www.sheepsheadbites.com/2012/04/carl-kruger-to-spend-seven-years-in-slammer/</a> Without bribes, the state money stops? http://brooklynian.com/forum/brooklyn-and-beyond/without-bribes-the-state-money-stops#post-752799 Mon, 26 Mar 2012 11:17:30 +0000 whynot_31 752799@http://brooklynian.com/forum/ Having successfully taken on Medisys, law enforcement and the media now set their sights on Wyckoff: <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2012/03/26/nyregion/at-ailing-brooklyn-hospital-insider-deals-and-lavish-perks.html?_r=2&ref=nyregion" rel="nofollow">http://www.nytimes.com/2012/03/26/nyregion/at-ailing-brooklyn-hospital-insider-deals-and-lavish-perks.html?_r=2&ref=nyregion</a> Sadly, we are only seeing the tip of the iceberg, and it is not clear we have a system to replace this with. HHC can't take over all these hospitals..... Without bribes, the state money stops? http://brooklynian.com/forum/brooklyn-and-beyond/without-bribes-the-state-money-stops#post-752246 Sat, 10 Mar 2012 12:22:45 +0000 whynot_31 752246@http://brooklynian.com/forum/ It seems sentencing did not take place last Friday, and I presume it has been delayed yet again. I will entain myself by posting who Mr Rosen WAS in the minds of many: <blockquote>David P. Rosen serves as President of Flushing Hospital Medical Center (Inc). Mr. Rosen serves as President and Chief Executive Officer of MediSys Health Network, Inc., parent company of Jamaica Hospital Medical Center, Flushing Hospital Medical Center, and The Brookdale University Hospital and Medical Center. Mr. Rosen has been Associate Director since 1973, and he has been President and Chief Executive Officer of Jamaica Hospital Medical Center (JHMC) since 1976. He has been at Jamaica Hospital Medical Center since 1966, when he was appointed Assistant Director. Mr. Rosen led JHMC's remarkable turnaround, bringing the Medical Center from the brink of bankruptcy to its current status as the healthcare market leader in southern Queens County. He is also president and chief executive officer of Flushing Hospital Medical Center. Mr. Rosen assumed the leadership of The Brookdale University Hospital and Medical Center in early July 2000. Mr. Rosen has been a leading contributor to the healthcare policy making in his various professional activities. Mr. Rosen was a founder and serves as Chairman of Neighborhood Health Providers (a Prepaid Health Services Plan), and Chairman of Royal Health Care, LLC, a management services organization providing services to managed care companies and physician groups. He serves as Chairman of the New York State Coalition of Financially Distressed Hospitals. He served as Chairman and continues to serve on the board of the Healthcare Association of New York State which represents over 400 hospitals, nursing homes, and networks across the state. He served as Chairman and serve on the Board of the Greater New York Hospital Association. He serves as Vice Chairman of HealthFirst PHSP, a board member of the New York City Primary Care Development Corporation, and a Board Member of the League of Voluntary Hospitals. He has served on the regional policy board of the American Hospital Association. Mr. Rosen has been a key spokesman on issues of uncompensated care, disproportionate share, and access to healthcare services. He served in the U.S. Air Force Reserve in the Medical Service Squadron and was honorably discharged with the rank of Captain. Mr. Rosen received his Bachelor of Science degree from Cornell University in industrial and Labor Relations in 1968, and a Master of Public Administration from Cornell University in 1970. </blockquote> Source: <a href="http://investing.businessweek.com/research/stocks/private/person.asp?personId=6359670&privcapId=4283303&previousCapId=4218944&previousTitle=Jamaica%20Hospital%20Medical%20Center" rel="nofollow">http://investing.businessweek.com/research/stocks/private/person.asp?personId=6359670&privcapId=4283303&previousCapId=4218944&previousTitle=Jamaica%20Hospital%20Medical%20Center</a> Without bribes, the state money stops? http://brooklynian.com/forum/brooklyn-and-beyond/without-bribes-the-state-money-stops#post-751776 Thu, 01 Mar 2012 11:57:41 +0000 whynot_31 751776@http://brooklynian.com/forum/ The beat of the drums grows ever louder. Today's Daily News: <blockquote>At least a dozen cases allege patients died due to malpractice or negligence at the cash-strapped Brownsville hospital — including a mugging victim with traumatic brain injuries and two patients whose severe pressure ulcers led to fatal infections. “The number of suits against Brookdale is alarming,” said state Assemblyman Nick Perry (D-East Flatbush), who called it “a very strong indication that something is definitely wrong with how the hospital is run.” State Assemblyman Karim Camara (D-East Flatbush) said the heavy load of lawsuits is “further evidence there needs to be a change at the highest levels of management.”</blockquote> <blockquote>Costs are a crucial issue at Brookdale, which had $42 million in operating losses in 2010, a report by the state panel said. Other woes include the conviction last year of former CEO David Rosen for conspiracy to bribe three Brooklyn and Queens lawmakers.</blockquote> <a href="http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/alarming-number-lawsuits-brownsville-brookdale-university-hospital-article-1.1030066" rel="nofollow">http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/alarming-number-lawsuits-brownsville-brookdale-university-hospital-article-1.1030066</a> Without bribes, the state money stops? http://brooklynian.com/forum/brooklyn-and-beyond/without-bribes-the-state-money-stops#post-751688 Tue, 28 Feb 2012 21:37:26 +0000 whynot_31 751688@http://brooklynian.com/forum/ We are now entering the final days before the sentencing of the "big 6" begins on March 2nd! In case you haven't been following along, this link from the Dept of Justice provides an succinct summary of the debacle, and the sentencing dates of everyone involved: <a href="http://www.justice.gov/usao/nys/pressreleases/January12/kalishsolomonpleapr.pdf" rel="nofollow">http://www.justice.gov/usao/nys/pressreleases/January12/kalishsolomonpleapr.pdf</a> Without bribes, the state money stops? http://brooklynian.com/forum/brooklyn-and-beyond/without-bribes-the-state-money-stops#post-751578 Mon, 27 Feb 2012 10:33:40 +0000 whynot_31 751578@http://brooklynian.com/forum/ <blockquote><cite>Crains » </cite>Mr. Caucig called it “odd” that DOH timed the inspection so close to the hospital’s reaching a deal with creditors. “We’re getting financing; we’re so close to exiting bankruptcy,” he said. The lab violations are serious, “but why weren’t they that serious six months ago? Someone found our Achilles’ heel and stopped us.” A DOH spokesman said the Peninsula inspection was routine.</blockquote> source: <a href="http://www.crainsnewyork.com/article/20120224/HEALTH_CARE/120229943#ixzz1nananIf8" rel="nofollow">http://www.crainsnewyork.com/article/20120224/HEALTH_CARE/120229943#ixzz1nananIf8</a> Um, could it be that the state wants to punish people who knew about the bribery (and participated in it), yet it had insufficient evidence to charge in court? Without bribes, the state money stops? http://brooklynian.com/forum/brooklyn-and-beyond/without-bribes-the-state-money-stops#post-751525 Sun, 26 Feb 2012 01:19:41 +0000 whynot_31 751525@http://brooklynian.com/forum/ As someone who likes to beat the newspapers to the game, I decided to do a little outreach to see how much shit was presently hitting at Medisys, and get some idea of the timing of the next steps: Reliable source: "I was told yesterday (Friday) that Jamaica hospital is reducing significant numbers of the staff (firing, layoffs and position eliminations), with the full knowledge that this may put it in the same position as Pennisula (i.e. the level of staffing might fall below the level required by NYS DOH, causing it to be closed if and when it gets caught). Brookdale will no longer be part of Medisys within 6 months" Not Fun Predictions: 1. During its closure, a hospital corporation will be forced to take over Peninsula; no hospital corporations actually "want" it. 2. Jamaica hospital will be allowed to violate NYS DOH staffing rules until the state can force a competent health corporation to take it over. Jamaica can't close because it is too needed, not even for 30 days. LIU may be paid to take it over. 3. None of the Ambulance Runs presently held by Medisys will be renewed by FDNY. 4. Flushing Hosptal will close outright in 2014. It will be converted into condos. Mr Rosen, your fate will be decided soon. Without bribes, the state money stops? http://brooklynian.com/forum/brooklyn-and-beyond/without-bribes-the-state-money-stops#post-751513 Sat, 25 Feb 2012 00:41:11 +0000 whynot_31 751513@http://brooklynian.com/forum/ And, today the NYS Dept of Health took the very unusual step of literally closing Peninsula Hospital in Queens (one of the 4 operated by Medisys) for a minimum of 30 days because it's lab was deficient. <a href="http://www.health.ny.gov/press/releases/2012/2012-02-23_pennisula_hospital.htm" rel="nofollow">http://www.health.ny.gov/press/releases/2012/2012-02-23_pennisula_hospital.htm</a> <a href="http://www.peninsulahospital.org/" rel="nofollow">http://www.peninsulahospital.org/</a> tries to spin it as best they can. They'll have to continue to pay their salaried staff during this period, so we may be seeing this struggling, "now unprotected", "now politically unpopular", "now less subsidized" hospital network receiving a fatal blow.... David Rosen, meanwhile, continues to await sentencing. Unless they delay it again, the judge will attempt to figure out what penalty is appropriate in early March. What happens next is anyone's guess... Spoiler alert: Superman ain't coming. Without bribes, the state money stops? http://brooklynian.com/forum/brooklyn-and-beyond/without-bribes-the-state-money-stops#post-751018 Thu, 16 Feb 2012 01:13:13 +0000 whynot_31 751018@http://brooklynian.com/forum/ <blockquote><cite>whynot_31 <a href="http://brooklynian.com/forum/brooklyn-and-beyond/without-bribes-the-state-money-stops/page/2#post-750079">said</a>:</cite> Mr. Rosen won't be sentenced until March 2nd, so I will return to the more general subject of "desperate hospitals doing desperate things" mayday, mayday, mayday We are going down. <a href="http://www.crainsnewyork.com/article/20120120/HEALTH_CARE/120129991" rel="nofollow">http://www.crainsnewyork.com/article/20120120/HEALTH_CARE/120129991</a> </blockquote> Today's Daily News ran an article on the effect of this "financial crisis" and bribery scandal on Brookdale Hospital: <a href="http://www.nydailynews.com/news/tp-tp-brownsville-brookdale-university-hospital-toilet-paper-short-supply-article-1.1022675?localLinksEnabled=false" rel="nofollow">http://www.nydailynews.com/news/tp-tp-brownsville-brookdale-university-hospital-toilet-paper-short-supply-article-1.1022675?localLinksEnabled=false</a> Without bribes, the state money stops? http://brooklynian.com/forum/brooklyn-and-beyond/without-bribes-the-state-money-stops#post-750790 Fri, 10 Feb 2012 10:54:43 +0000 whynot_31 750790@http://brooklynian.com/forum/ Now that Senator Kruger has been found guilty of accepting bribes, an election is being held to replace him. Who do voters have to choose from? Two candidates that seem to be calling each other Nazis. <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2012/02/10/nyregion/in-brooklyn-senate-race-between-fidler-and-storobin-takes-a-nasty-turn.html?_r=1" rel="nofollow">http://www.nytimes.com/2012/02/10/nyregion/in-brooklyn-senate-race-between-fidler-and-storobin-takes-a-nasty-turn.html?_r=1</a> It is sad when neither potential replacement appears to be better than the Senator who is convicted of fraud. Without bribes, the state money stops? http://brooklynian.com/forum/brooklyn-and-beyond/without-bribes-the-state-money-stops#post-750079 Mon, 23 Jan 2012 13:56:57 +0000 whynot_31 750079@http://brooklynian.com/forum/ Mr. Rosen won't be sentenced until March 6th, so I will return to the more general subject of "desperate hospitals doing desperate things" <blockquote><cite>whynot_31 <a href="http://brooklynian.com/forum/brooklyn-and-beyond/without-bribes-the-state-money-stops#post-737403">said</a>:</cite> An article in today's Times discusses how many Brooklyn hospitals are losing money and may soon face closure <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2011/07/29/nyregion/dont-close-brooklyn-hospitals-allies-tell-state.html?_r=1" rel="nofollow">http://www.nytimes.com/2011/07/29/nyregion/dont-close-brooklyn-hospitals-allies-tell-state.html?_r=1</a> This time, bribery ain't gonna save us. </blockquote> mayday, mayday, mayday We are going down. <a href="http://www.crainsnewyork.com/article/20120120/HEALTH_CARE/120129991" rel="nofollow">http://www.crainsnewyork.com/article/20120120/HEALTH_CARE/120129991</a> Without bribes, the state money stops? http://brooklynian.com/forum/brooklyn-and-beyond/without-bribes-the-state-money-stops#post-749323 Fri, 06 Jan 2012 20:45:14 +0000 whynot_31 749323@http://brooklynian.com/forum/ The team has done their part: It is loudly voicing their view that he did nothing out of the ordinary. <blockquote>For Convicted Former Hospital CEO, Support From New York’s Healthcare Establishment Some of New York’s most prominent healthcare officials are expressing their support for former MediSys CEO David Rosen, who was convicted in September on charges he bribed three state politicians. Rosen’s defense is using the letters to argue for a lenient sentence of community service, even as Manhattan U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara asks Manhattan Federal Judge Jed Rakoff for a 10-year prison sentence. “David Rosen,” Bharara’s office wrote the judge, “deliberately, systematically, and successfully corrupted the political process.” Rosen’s sentencing hearing was moved from today to March 2, the second time his defense team requested it be changed. Top health officials such as former state executive deputy health commissioner Dennis Whalen, Greater New York Hospital Association President Ken Raske, United Hospital Fund president Jim Tallon and former federal Medicaid director Bruce Vladeck all wrote letters on Rosen’s behalf, describing Rosen as a good man who cared deeply about the people at his hospitals. “Of the literally hundreds of hospital CEOs I have worked with over the last 27 years, I can say without reservation that none was ever more committed to delivering quality healthcare to New York’s most vulnerable residents and communities than David Rosen,” Raske wrote. The letters illustrate Rosen’s claim that he bribed state officials just to help his hospitals, which cared for some of the state’s poorest patients and became increasingly cash-strapped as state health policy shifted to favor wealthier hospitals. Another letter, from HealthFirst CEO Pat Wang, described Rosen as a “passionate voice” who was “outraged at the inequality in the healthcare system.” Rosen’s lawyers said he had no choice but to enter into corrupt relationships with the late former Assemblyman Anthony Seminerio, then Assemblyman William Boyland Jr. and former Sen. Carl Kruger, after each lawmaker had historically helped hospitals in the MediSys network. “This court is well aware of the dependence not-for-profit hospitals have on the state legislature and state agencies,” the defense wrote, a situation it said made Rosen “extremely susceptible” to the lawmakers’ bribe requests – especially after Boyland approached Rosen for a no-show job at Brookdale University Hospital. “The alternative,” the memo says, “was to reject Boyland, Jr.’s request and fire a newly elected assemblyman who represented large portions of Brookdale’s employees and patients,” risking the support of the Boyland political family that had long provided for the Brownsville, Brooklyn hospital. Bharara’s office and probation officials disagreed. Federal sentencing guidelines are in part based on the amount the bribes were worth, and the government said Rosen misused tens of millions of dollars – in part because Seminerio helped the state forgive $27 million in infrastructure loans to Rosen’s hospitals. Even if Rosen’s intentions were well-meant, the probation office said the long-term deleterious effects were less forgivable: “The long-term aspect of the bribery scheme, as well as the flippant manner in which elected public officials were corruptly utilized to effectuate business dealings (no matter how noble the business goal) is an egregious offense.”</blockquote> Source: <a href="http://cityandstateny.com/2012/01/for-convicted-former-hospital-ceo-support-from-new-yorks-healthcare-establishment/" rel="nofollow">http://cityandstateny.com/2012/01/for-convicted-former-hospital-ceo-support-from-new-yorks-healthcare-establishment/</a> Without bribes, the state money stops? http://brooklynian.com/forum/brooklyn-and-beyond/without-bribes-the-state-money-stops#post-749241 Thu, 05 Jan 2012 17:52:49 +0000 whynot_31 749241@http://brooklynian.com/forum/ Thus far, the prosecution was only able to prove that Mr Rosen bribed the assembly members. It remains to be scene whether the prosecution will pursue people at Medisys who may have known about the payments and been complicit. For example, one would think the CFO of Medisys might have such knowledge. Perhaps they agreed to not prosecute the other members of Medisys in exchange for Mr Rosen's testimony against the politicians. Perhaps they were unable to prove whether the money came from the corporation's coffers.... After all, it is more difficult to prosecute a corporation than an individual. I suspect Mr Rosen has decided to take one for the team. We shall soon see whether it results in him spending the rest of his life in prison or not.