Senator Eyes City Hospital in Tax Debate

The coming war over the untaxed.The numbers are interesting:

New York-Presbyterian is the largest hospital in the city, treating one of out every five patients here. It is also the city's largest private-sector employer, with 13,800 on the payroll. The 2,400-bed institution is the result of a merger between Presbyterian Hospital and New York Hospital.

According to tax records filed by New York-Presbyterian for 2003, the hospital's president and CEO, Herbert Pardes, was paid more than $2.3 million in salary and over $1.1 million in benefits. Its executive vice president, Michael Berman, was paid over $1.7 million in salary and $1.4 million in benefits in 2003. The hospital had revenues of $2.2 billion.

It would be nice if we all got the no tax deal.New York Sun.