Fahey v. Axelrod

OPINION OF THE COURT

Levine, J.

Petitioner is the owner and operator of Castle Rest Nursing Home, a residential health care facility in the City of Syracuse, Onondaga County, and is an authorized Medicaid provider. Petitioner initially acquired his interest in the facility in 1966 as a member of a partnership which purchased the former Syracuse General Hospital for $860,000 and converted it into a nursing home. In 1972, following a dispute between the partners, petitioner purchased the other partners’ interests in the facility for $2,263,163.

As the result of a dispute with the State Department…