Kathy Hochul taps new board of directors for financially beleaguered Nassau County hospital

Stuart Rabinowitz, the ex-Hofstra University president, is Gov. Kathy Hochul’s choice to helm a reconfigured board of directors for financially beleaguered Nassau University Medical Center, her office announced Saturday.

Rabinowitz is one of four appointees joining the newly revamped board.

Konstantinos “Dean” Mihaltses, a longtime hospital executive who worked at NYC Health + Hospitals in Queens; Lisa Warren, president of Placid LLC real estate development; and Amy Flores, a JP Morgan Chase vice president, were also tapped for the posts.

“NUMC is a vital lifeline for so many on Long Island, and today we are taking long-overdue steps to ensure it has the leadership and oversight it needs to thrive,” Hochul said in a statement.

“These new appointments, and the new authority granted to the state and NIFA, will help ensure accountability, responsible fiscal management and high-quality care for the communities NUMC serves. Stuart Rabinowitz is a respected and visionary leader, and I can’t think of a better person to help lead this next chapter for NUMC.”

The appointments take effect Sunday.

Hochul plans to replace the entire 11-member board of the Nassau Health Care Corp., or NuHealth, which oversees the hospital.

The other seven will be chosen by the governor, who will first meet with state legislative and county legislative Democrats to consider candidates.

The news comes a day after NUMC’s CEO and nine other hospital leaders resigned.

“NUMC is a critical safety-net institution that has suffered from years of dysfunction and mismanagement,” Rabinowitz said. “I’m grateful to Governor Hochul for the trust she’s placed in me, and I’m eager to get to work with my fellow board members to restore public confidence, implement long-overdue reforms and put this hospital back on a path to stability and excellence.”

Rabinowitz was Hofstra’s president for more than 20 years.