• Proskauer Rose has become the first law firm to join the National Minority Supplier Development Council‘s national corporate membership. The group advances business opportunities for certified Asian, Black, Hispanic, Native American business enterprises and connect them to corporate members.

• Novack Burnbaum Crystal partner Kathleen Carver Cheney has been appointed by Gov. Andrew Cuomo as a member of the state’s Public Health and Health Planning Council. The council is the final decision maker for certificate of need applications for the establishment and change of ownership of hospitals, diagnostic and treatment centers and nursing homes.