{"id":513177,"date":"2022-11-21T02:27:31","date_gmt":"2022-11-20T23:27:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/ex-nyc-councilman-david-greenfield-accused-of-undermining-maimonides-hospital\/"},"modified":"2022-11-21T02:27:31","modified_gmt":"2022-11-20T23:27:31","slug":"ex-nyc-councilman-david-greenfield-accused-of-undermining-maimonides-hospital","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/ex-nyc-councilman-david-greenfield-accused-of-undermining-maimonides-hospital\/","title":{"rendered":"#Ex-NYC councilman David Greenfield accused of undermining Maimonides hospital"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_84 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a2d2569a0bb1\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a2d2569a0bb1\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/ex-nyc-councilman-david-greenfield-accused-of-undermining-maimonides-hospital\/#%E2%80%9CEx-NYC_councilman_David_Greenfield_accused_of_undermining_Maimonides_hospital%E2%80%9D\" >&#8220;Ex-NYC councilman David Greenfield accused of undermining Maimonides hospital&#8221;<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h1><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"%E2%80%9CEx-NYC_councilman_David_Greenfield_accused_of_undermining_Maimonides_hospital%E2%80%9D\"><\/span>&#8220;Ex-NYC councilman David Greenfield accused of undermining Maimonides hospital&#8221;<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n<div>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module alignleft\">\n        <\/aside>\n<p>Allies of Maimonides hospital are accusing former Brooklyn Councilman David Greenfield \u2014 \u2014 who runs a city anti-poverty group \u2014\u00a0of being a ringleader in a bitter campaign to undermine the embattled medical facility. <\/p>\n<p>The pro-Maimonides forces sent a Nov. 17 letter to Greenfield, executive director of the Metropolitan Council on Jewish Poverty,  identifying him as one of the leaders of the group Save Maimonides. <\/p>\n<p>The group has been harshly critical of Maimonides\u2019 leadership, and has fielded complaints about declining patient care at the private hospital in Borough Park. <\/p>\n<p>The letter also was sent to Mendy Reiner, co-founder of Save Maimonides, and Eliezer Scheiner, a prominent nursing home operator. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe write today because this misleading, mean-spirited and divisive\u00a0campaign is hurting our communities,\u201d the letter stated. <\/p>\n<p>The letter claims the group\u2019s campaign against Maimonides \u201creads like a laundry list of tactics one would use to destroy a political opponent, not improve a hospital.\u201d  <\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/11\/maimonides_hospital_3.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"Maimonides hospital\" class=\"wp-image-24727598\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/11\/maimonides_hospital_3.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/11\/maimonides_hospital_3.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/11\/maimonides_hospital_3.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Allies of Maimonides hospital have been critical on the medical center\u2019s leadership. <\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Paul Martinka<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cThese actions have really harmful consequences. The campaign insists that its hostility is aimed only at the Maimonides leadership, yet we hear from doctors, nurses, and other frontline staff how hurtful the attacks have been,\u201d stated the letter signed by 30 religious, civic and business leaders. <\/p>\n<p>Those signing the letter include Monsignor David Cassato of the Brooklyn Diocese; Rabbi Leib Kelman, dean of Bnos Leah Prospect Park Yeshiva;\u00a0 Habib Joudeh of the Arab American Association; Dr. Mohammad Elba, imam of the Islamic Society of Bay Ridge; Rabbi Eli Greenblatt; and Javid Khan, chairman\u00a0 of the Pakistani-American Merchants Association. <\/p>\n<p>Hospital backers said the criticism is discouraging residents from seeking care at Maimonides, which they claim\u00a0is \u201cwithout a doubt the place statistically most likely to save their lives.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe campaign says it wants to improve access to care, yet the vitriol it unleashes on a daily basis can only deter medical professionals from choosing to work here in our community,\u201d the letter added. <\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/11\/maimonides_hospital_2.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"Maimonides\" class=\"wp-image-24727597\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/11\/maimonides_hospital_2.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/11\/maimonides_hospital_2.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/11\/maimonides_hospital_2.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>A letter claims the group\u2019s campaign against Maimonides \u201creads like a laundry list of tactics one would use to destroy a political opponent, not improve a hospital.\u201d<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Paul Martinka<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>It also blasted the drumbeat of criticism as a \u201cgrossly distorted assessment meant to disparage and undermine\u201d Maimonides. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cPlease bring this misguided effort to an end once and for all before it does lasting harm to the hospital and to our community,\u201d the letter stated. <\/p>\n<p>But Greenfield defended his criticism of Maimonides\u2019 leadership amid the ongoing power struggle. <\/p>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module alignright\">\n    <\/aside>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019ve literally raised millions of dollars for Maimonides and the fact that their incompetent management is paying people who live nowhere near the hospital to criticize me for privately saying that the hospital needs better management tells you why Maimonides is the worst ranked hospital in New York,\u201d Greenfield told The Post on Sunday. <\/p>\n<p>Greenfield noted some of the groups associated with the letter have gotten financial support from Maimonides. Most have not.<\/p>\n<p>Scheiner also defended his role in calling for changes at Maimonides. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cMr. Scheiner shares the concerns of the overwhelming majority of the community about the failing state of Maimonides and believes that there must be a leadership change in order for the hospital to survive,\u201d his spokesman said. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cBut as we have said repeatedly \u2014 he is not funding the Save Maimonides effort and these George Soros-like conspiracy theories are frankly offensive.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>In July, Crain\u2019s New York <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.crainsnewyork.com\/health-care\/nursing-home-exec-linked-save-maimonides-offered-millions-control-hospitals-board\">identified Scheiner <\/a>as involved in the Save Maimonides group and the power struggle at the hospital.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSave Maimonides is a true grassroots effort, has over 20,000 signatures demanding new management and thousands of complaints about horrible service and if they think paying off organizations and pitting communities against each other is going to stop us from demanding accountability from the worst rated hospital in New York they are as out of touch as they seem,\u201d  Reiner responded.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/11\/maimonides_hospital_1.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"Maimonides\" class=\"wp-image-24727595\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/11\/maimonides_hospital_1.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/11\/maimonides_hospital_1.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/11\/maimonides_hospital_1.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Greenfield defended his criticism of Maimonides\u2019 leadership amid the ongoing power struggle. <\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Paul Martinka<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The Post has previously reported on problems at the hospital \u2014 including its posting of a loss of $145 million last year. <\/p>\n<p>The hospital\u2019s top boss, CEO Kenneth Gibbs, saw his compensation nearly double in just one year, from $1.8 million to $3.2 million in 2020 amid the coronavirus pandemic \u2014 even as the financial report obtained by The Post showed the hospital posted an overall $16 million loss for the year.<\/p>\n<p>Complaints about care at the institution escalated in July, when five state lawmakers signed onto a letter calling for hearings into the hospital\u2019s operations, citing long wait times for care and overwhelmed staff.<\/p>\n<p>The battle took another twist in August when one of those lawmakers, state Sen. Simcha Felder (D-Brooklyn), labeled the Save Maimonides group\u2019s\u00a0campaign to overhaul the hospital\u2019s management as \u201cnot kosher.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s absolutely a smear campaign,\u201d Felder said, whose district includes Maimonides. <\/p>\n<p>Maimonides, Brooklyn\u2019s largest private hospital, is one of the few remaining facilities not affiliated with larger hospital network. Among questions that have surfaced is whether Maimonides \u2014 considered a \u201csafety net hospital\u201d that serves a high percentage of Medicaid patients \u2014 can survive as a stand-alone or needs to merge with a larger health care network.\n                        <\/p><\/div>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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