At least 10 hospital executives from Nassau University Medical Center, including its CEO, have put in their resignations in response to what they called a “hostile takeover” by Gov. Kathy

Hochul, according to sources in the hospital. CEO Meg Ryan confirmed to The Post that she and other leaders in the hospital have resigned effective in July, so that they can help oversee the

hospital board’s transition, she revealed. “[New York State] has made it very clear that they do not want me to be in the CEO role,” Ryan told The Post about her decision to step down. “It

was the hardest decision I had to make in my career.” EXPLORE MORE Besides Ryan, at least nine other top officials made the decision to resign, including the hospital’s chief medical,

leadership has been depleted. With seven board members out of 11 being hand-picked by the state, Ryan and other hospital leaders have said this completely shifts the power balance.  But

despite the transition being just days away, Ryan told The Post that the state has kept NUMC’s leadership in the dark and has not provided any information on who they’re appointing and how

the new model will work. “It’s kind of bizarre, this is supposed to be happening in 48 hours and we have no idea who is on the board,” Ryan explained. Hospital leaders said the state’s

silence during the transition is deafening, and they are now convinced once Gov. Hochul inserts her own board members, which is slated to happen Sunday, everything is going to change. Chief

Medical Officer Dr. Grace Ting and others said they resigned because they believe the new board would strip existing leadership of any real influence — and potentially push to convert the

facility into a dedicated mental health hospital, a claim the governor’s office has denied. “Hochul wanted control at all costs and now she will have it, but they’re going to lose a lot of

great people because of this and it’s a real shame,” a source familiar with the situation said. Although the state has repeatedly denied these claims, documents obtained by The Post revealed

a letter that NUMC received from the state’s Department of Health, signed by Gov. Hochul, in March 2024 that said the hospital’s current model was financially unsustainable and specifically

recommended it cut staff and be converted into a 120-bed behavioral health facility. That letter concluded that in order for NUMC to be financially stable, it would have to eliminate

general medical services and transform into a psychiatric facility. The letter also slammed the hospital’s leadership for rejecting the recommendation and failing to submit any alternative

turnaround plan — all while the hospital’s parent company, Nassau Health Care Corp., lost more than $500 million over five years. Ryan, however, argued those numbers are outdated and don’t

reflect the hospital’s current trajectory, and said since taking the helm in early 2024, NUMC has clawed its way back from a nearly $200 million deficit and is now on track to turn an $11

million profit this year. She said that the state is now using outdated numbers to justify a power grab, meanwhile, there is a federal probe into claims made by former Chairman Matthew

Bruderman the state was robbing the hospital of over $1 billion dollars in a span of two decades. Gov. Hochul’s office said an announcement on the hospital board will be made in the coming

days, but declined to comment further. “Due to years of gross mismanagement, NUMC is in financial peril. I don’t know what parallel universe she’s living in,” Hochul’s Long Island press

secretary, Gordon Tepper told The Post. “The state’s focus at NUMC remains on patient care and the hospital’s fiscal stability. That’s all that matters — everything else is just noise,”

Tepper said earlier this month.