The COPN record, sorted
Every CON application the New York State Department of Health has logged since January 2016, one row per project number, with its review level, cost, dates, decision and what happened after approval. Where the Public Health and Health Planning Council heard the application, the row adds the Department's recommendation.
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Council approved over the Department
Certify cardiac catheterization, including PCI, and build a lab
The Department recommended disapproval on public need. The committee recommended approval, and the lab was finished in July 2018.
Each row is one CON application to the New York State Department of Health (NYSDOH): the applicant and facility, the project, the county, the total project cost, the review level, the received, acknowledgement and decision dates, Council actions, the project status after approval, construction dates, and the Department's recommendation where an exhibit or transcript was read. The busiest service lines are outpatient surgery, nursing home beds, acute care hospital and cardiac catheterization. The busiest counties are Kings, New York, Queens and Nassau.
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Advise a hospital, practice or developer client whether to file, oppose a competing request or contest a decision, and back the advice with precedent from the state's own decisions.
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See what it doesDecide where to add a scanner, a cath lab, operating rooms or beds, and judge the odds and the timeline before spending on an application.
See what it doesDiligence a provider, a deal or a site whose value depends on a certificate of need.
See what it doesThe five most recent decisions, with a few of the columns. Each project number links to the Council exhibit where one was read, otherwise to the Department's dataset record.
| Project number | Applicant | County | Decided | Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 262016 | Fifth Avenue Surgery Center, LLC | New York | Oct 26, 2026 | Approved |
| 251292 | Sisters of Charity Hospital of Buffalo New York Inc | Erie | Oct 23, 2026 | Approved |
| 252041 | Mercy Hospital of Buffalo Inc | Erie | Oct 23, 2026 | Approved |
| 262043 | Samaritan Hospital of Troy, NY Inc | Rensselaer | Oct 23, 2026 | Approved |
| 262124 | MVHS, Inc. | Madison | Oct 23, 2026 | Approved |
The 10-row sample has every column.
The file covers 6,080 applications: 5,878 received from January 2016 through October 29, 2026, plus 202 received earlier and decided from 2016 on, all from the Department's CON dataset on health.data.ny.gov. 1,088 are full review, 1,451 administrative review, 2,695 limited review and 846 home care agency applications. The file is large but thin. The Department's recommendation is on 809 rows, about 13 percent, read from Council committee exhibits for 2016 to early 2022 and from meeting transcripts for late 2021 to 2025. Administrative and limited review applications are decided by the Department with no public staff document, so those rows carry the dataset's fields only.
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