Spiros Hatiras resigned from his position as the CEO of the Hoboken University Medical Center at a special meeting of the Hoboken Municipal Hospital Authority. The resignation comes while a potential transfer of ownership is underway, as the state Planning Board is prepared to hold a public hearing on July 21, which is required before the state can issue a Certificate of Need to the potential new owners, essentially finalizing the deal. The city of Hoboken hopes to transfer its hospital from being municipally run to being owned by a company called HUMC Holdco that shares common ownership with Bayonne Medical Center.