Comptroller Lander Rejects Mayor Adams' Medicare Advantage Plan, Backed by Pending Lawsuit, in Bold Stand for Retirees' Healthcare

June 8, 2023

In "Comptroller Lander Rejects Mayor Adams' Medicare Advantage Plan, Backed by Pending Lawsuit, in Bold Stand for Retirees' Healthcare" (New York Daily News, June 9, 2023), The Daily News discusses New York  City Comptroller Brad Lander’s move to refuse to register Mayor Adams' controversial Medicare Advantage plan.

Citing rarely-invoked City Charter authority to reject a contract inked by New York City Mayor Adams, Lander noted his concerns about the legality of this procurement due to a pending lawsuit filed against Mayor Adams and others by Pollock Cohen and Walden Macht & Haran on behalf of the NYC Organization of Retirees.

Pollock Cohen’s Steve Cohen and Sara Haviva Mark represent the NYC Organization of Retirees in this matter.

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Comptroller Lander Rejects Mayor Adams' Medicare Advantage Plan, Backed by Pending Lawsuit, in Bold Stand for Retirees' Healthcare | New York Daily News