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MATTER OF KAUFMAN v. AXELROD

135 Misc.2d 293 (1987)

In the Matter of Richard Kaufman, as President of the Goldwater Memorial Hospital Community Board, et al., Petitioners, v. David Axelrod, as Commissioner of the New York State Department of Health, et al., Respondents.

Supreme Court, New York County.

April 22, 1987

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Dienst & Cohen (Alan Serrins of counsel), for petitioners. Frederick A. O. Schwarz, Jr., Corporation Counsel (Bruce Turkle of counsel), for respondents. John Kirklin, Helaine M. Barnett, Arthur I. Fried, Matthew Diller and Shawn P. Leary for William Blackman, intervenor-respondent.

DAVID B. SAXE, J.

Providers of long-term health care facilities are obliged to treat patients with dignity and consideration. Admission as a resident or patient in a long-term health care facility does not signal a termination of an individual's rights, constitutional or otherwise.1

William Blackman, a 51-year-old black male...

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