Cortland Regional Medical Center, Inc. v. Novello

OPINION OF THE COURT

Phillip R. Rumsey, J.

Cortland Regional Medical Center (CRMC) commenced an action seeking declaratory judgment that the Department of Health (DOH) wrongfully determined that a nursing home operated by CRMC was not eligible to share in a fund created to assist financially disadvantaged nursing homes and, further, that the statute creating the fund violates the Equal Protection Clauses of the United States and New York Constitutions. CRMC now moves for summary judgment. Defendants cross-move for summary judgment dismissing the complaint or, in the alternative, for an order…