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County Comptroller Questions ECMC Bonuses

Mark Wozniak

BUFFALO, NY (2006-09-21) Erie County Comptroller Mark Polencarz (sic) Wednesday revealed that two executives at the Erie County Medical Center were awarded almost $128,000 in bonuses over the summer.

In a letter to the County Legislature, Polencarz (sic) expressed his concerns about the bonuses in light of the ongoing county financial crisis. But county officials may be powerless to do anything about it. Even though the county provides tax subsidies to the hospital, ECMC is run by a separate public benefit corporation.

Hospital board members say that president Michael Young and chief financial officer Sue McCarthy earned the bonuses, and that they are still being paid below the national average salaries for their jobs.

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