Hochul crows about $109M for Nassau University Medical Center — but critics gripe it belonged to hospital already

Hochul crows about $109M for Nassau University Medical Center — but critics gripe it belonged to hospital already

Gov. Kathy Hochul is crowing about injecting $109 million into Nassau University Medical Center — cutting the public hospital’s deficit in half — but critics argue she’s just providing funding it was owed anyway.

Nassau University Medical Center to get $109.6 million in state aid

Nassau University Medical Center is set to get nearly $110 million in state aid to help reduce the hospital’s deficit. The $109.6 million in state funding is more than double what NUMC received to offset costs in 2025, according to hospital documents. The funding includes $82.1 million from the state Department of Health’s Vital Access Provider Assurance Program, which gives funding to financially struggling hospitals, and $27.5 million through …