Matter of Catholic Med. Ctr. of Brooklyn & Queens, Inc. v. Dep't of Health of the State of New York

OPINION OF THE COURT

Memorandum.

The order of the Appellate Division should be affirmed. (Matter of St. Luke’s Hosp. Center v Ingraham, 43 NY2d 771.) We also observe that the rate-fixing order of the Commissioner of Health, being quasi-legislative in nature, could not have been annulled except upon a compelling showing that the calculations from which it derived were unreasonable (see Matter of Sigety v Ingraham, 29 NY2d 110, 114). In making a quasi-legislative determination, the commissioner, of course, is not confined to factual data alone but also may apply broader *969judgmental considerations…