Woman's Christian Ass'n. of Jamestown v. Axelrod

Petitioner is a not-for-profit organization operating a general hospital in the City of Jamestown, Chautauqua County, servicing the southern tier counties of Allegany, Cattaraugus *785and Chautauqua. In 1985, petitioner applied to respondent State Department of Health (hereinafter the Department) pursuant to Public Health Law § 2802 for approval of its installation of a cardiac catheterization service and laboratory at the hospital. In accordance with Public Health Law § 2802 (2), the Department forwarded the application to the Health Systems Agency of Western New York (hereinafter HSA) and to…