NEW YORK, NY (Sept 9, 2002) — Stanley Brezenoff,
President and CEO of New York City's Maimonides Medical Center and former First
Deputy Mayor, will discuss: 'Current Issues in New York Health Care” at New York
Law School on Friday, September 13, 2002 at 8:15 a.m. The event is being
presented by the Center for New York City Law in the Stiefel Reading Room at 47
Worth Street (between Church and West Broadway).
During the event, the Center will also present its
annual "Civic Fame" certificates to: Roberto Valez, Chief Judge, Office of
Administrative Trials and Hearings (OATH); Rose Rubin, Former Chief Judge, OATH;
Charles McFaul, Deputy Chief Judge, OATH; John Spooner, Administrative Law
Judge, OATH; and Margaret Reuter, Assistant Dean for Career Planning, New York
Law School.
'We are recognizing their participation in
developing the Center's Web site to provide free access to searchable agency
decisions,” says Jonathan Rosenbloom, Center for City Law Managing
Editor/Director of Research. The site, www.citylaw.org, now contains decisions from
OATH, the Office of Collective Bargaining, the Conflicts of Interest Board, and
the Loft Board.
A civic leader with a broad range and depth of
experience in public service, Brezenoff served as Deputy Mayor for Operations
and then as First Deputy Mayor of the City of New York under Mayor Ed Koch
directing the day-to-day operations of city agencies, including Police, Fire,
Sanitation, Parks, Transportation, Corrections, Juvenile Justice, Probation,
Human Resources, Health, and Aging. His career in New York City public service
began in 1978 when he was appointed Commissioner for the Department of
Employment and later as Administrator of the Human Resources Administration.
From 1981 to 1984, Brezenoff was President of the New York City Health and
Hospitals Corporation (HHC), which governs the world's largest non-federal
health care system.
Before assuming his position at Maimonides, a
705-bed Brooklyn-based teaching hospital, in 1995, Brezenoff served for five
years as Executive Director of the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey.
There will be an open mike Q&A following his speech.
The open forum is part of the Center for New York
City Law's Breakfast Series, an ongoing series of discussions with key
decision-makers to focus on public affairs and legal issues involving New York
City, its governmental processes, and its policies. The event is open to the
public at no charge, but reservations are appreciated. For more information and
registration, contact the Center for New York City Law at (212) 431-2115, fax
(212) 941-4735, e-mail nycitylaw@nyls.edu, or online www.citylaw.org.
CONTACT:
Ross Sandler, Director, Center for New
York City Law, (212) 431-2869
Alta Levat, Office of Public Affairs, (212)
431-2325, alevat@nyls.edu
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ABOUT CENTER FOR NEW YORK CITY LAW
Founded in
1993, the Center for New York City Law publishes City Law, a bi-monthly journal
reporting New York City legal and administrative decisions. The Center's
Director, Professor Ross Sandler, is former Commissioner of the New York City
Department of Transportation and Special Advisor to the Mayor. Founded in 1891,
New York Law School is one of the oldest independent law schools in the United
States. Located near the centers of law, government and finance in Manhattan's
TriBeCa district, New York Law School enrolls 1,400 students in its day and
evening divisions. On the Web at old.nyls.edu.
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