N.Y. Names Ex-Medicaid Watchdog to Lead Charity Oversight
January 17, 2014 | Read Time: 1 minute
James Sheehan, a lawyer who earned a reputation for aggressive enforcement during four years as New York’s inspector general for Medicaid, will be named Friday to head the state’s Charities Bureau, reports The Wall Street Journal.
He joins the bureau, an arm of the New York attorney general’s office, as the state implements a far-reaching overhaul of charity laws designed to ease bureaucratic hurdles for nonprofit groups and tighten oversight on governance and executive compensation.
Mr. Sheehan served as the state’s first Medicaid watchdog from 2007 to 2011, heading an office that combed through billions of dollars in spending on the state and federal health programs. He will take up his new post on February 3, replacing Jason Lilien, who departed four months ago to lead the nonprofits practice at New York law firm Zuckerman Spaeder.
Read a Chronicle of Philanthropy article about state-level charity regulators to watch in 2014, including New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman.
