As the largest municipal healthcare delivery system in the United States, NYC Health + Hospitals operates an extensive integrated network of hospitals, community-based health centers, long-term care facilities, correctional health services, home care, and the MetroPlus health plan. The system serves...
+ Hospitals facilities have key healthcare information available in the top 13 languages spoken across NYC. Erfan Karim described how a proactive approach guarantees accessibility to vital information—from medical consents to discharge instructions—for all patients, irrespective of their primary language....
The defendant has the burden of proving legal justification or “privilege” as an affirmative defense; “privilege” is not present as it would be if some crime has been committed.See,WallaceAlbany, 283 AD2d 872, 725 NYS2d 728 (3d Dept. 2001);Matter of William H., 264 AD2d 676, 695...