In the Matter of Hamptons Hospital & Medical Center, Inc., Respondent v. Norman S. Moore, as Chairman of the Public…

Summary

The New York Court of Appeals held that the Public Health Council possessed authority to reconsider its provisional determination of public need for a proposed hospital and that the doctrine of equitable estoppel does not apply to a state agency, thus denying the injunction sought by the petitioner; a dissent partially agreed with the reconsideration holding but objected to the conversion of the proceeding to an action under section 2801‑c.