County will remain owner of Van Duyn
Source: Posted by James T. Mulder, Post Standard (NY), October 01, 2007 4:53PM
The state has backed away from a plan that would have forced a takeover of Onondaga County's Van Duyn Home & Hospital by Community General Hospital. Instead, the state has given its blessing to an alternate plan that will allow the neighboring Onondaga Hill institutions to remain separate, but set up a new nonprofit corporation to do joint planning for the nursing home and hospital.
...... A state panel known as the Berger Commission recommended late last year the private hospital take over the deficit-ridden Van Duyn, a 526-bed nursing home. The commission said a takeover could reduce duplication of services at the facilities, cut Van Duyn's operating costs and save money for county taxpayers.
Both the county and the Civil Service Employees Association union, which represents VanDuyn workers, sued the state to block the takeover.