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The Suburban Hospital Alliance of New York State, LLC, is a consortium of 51 not-for-profit and public hospitals advocating for better health care policy for all those living and working in the nine counties north and east of New York City – Nassau and Suffolk counties on Long Island and Westchester, Rockland, Orange, Sullivan, Putnam, Dutchess, and Ulster counties in the Hudson Valley.
The Suburban Hospital Alliance, also known as SHANYS, was informally founded in 2006 by the Northern Metropolitan Hospital Association (NorMet) and the Nassau-Suffolk Hospital Council (NSHC). In 2012, these two organizations officially formed the Suburban Hospital Alliance.
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The Nassau-Suffolk Hospital Council (NSHC) represents the 24 not-for-profit and public hospitals on Long Island. NSHC is part of the Suburban Hospital Alliance of New York State, LLC, and it works in conjunction with this larger association to advance its advocacy agenda.

The Northern Metropolitan Hospital Association (NorMet) represents 27 not-for-profit and public hospitals in the Hudson Valley. NorMet is part of the Suburban Hospital Alliance of New York State, LLC, and it works in conjunction with this larger association to advance its advocacy agenda.