Yesterday, the house staff physicians (interns and residents) of Long Island College Hospital voted to join the Committee of Interns and Residents, an arm of the Service Employees International Union (SEIU). Read more at Cobble Hill Blog.
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Marty: State DOH Denies Application to Close LICH Obstetrics, Pediatrics
According to a press release late today from the office of Borough President Marty Markowitz, the New York State Department of Health has denied the application of Continuum Health Partners to close the obstetrics and pediatrics practices at Long Island College Hospital.
BP Marty Hears from Community: “Save LICH!”
Packed into the ceremonial courtroom of Borough Hall was a standing room only audience that sent a unified message to the politicians and officials as to the importance of saving Long Island College Hospital. Both medical staff and neighborhood residents of Brooklyn Heights, Cobble Hill, Carroll Gardens, Clinton Hill, Fort Greene, etc. told personal stories […]
Marty to Host LICH Public Hearing
Borough President Marty Markowitz and Special Assistant to the Borough President Yvonne Graham have invited all interested people to attend a public hearing on the future of Long Island College Hospital next Monday evening, November 10, at the courtroom in Borough Hall, 209 Joralemon Street, from 6:30 to 8:30. As we have previously reported (see […]
BHA Urges Members to Help Save LICH
The Brooklyn Heights Association is urging its members to mobilize and urge government officials to stop Continuum Partners, managers of Long Island College Hospital, from cutting services at the facility. NYS SD25 candidates Daniel Squadron and John Chromczak discussed the issue at BHB’s The Great Debate on Tuesday night and our own TK Small and […]
Axe Falls for 100 at LICH; More Layoffs May Follow.
The Brooklyn Paper reports that 100 employees of Long Island College Hospital were notified today that they are being laid off. In addition, the Hospital is eliminating another fifty currently unfilled positions. Many more layoffs will follow if the New York State Department of Health approves the application of Continuum Health Partners, which manages LICH, […]
Marty: AG “All Over” Continuum on LICH
At this afternoon’s rally to protest Continuum Health Partners’ proposal to close obstetrics and pediatrics at Long Island College Hospital, Borough President Marty Markowitz (photo) castigated Continuum for its failure to open its books to himself and other public officials, or to work with those officials, community leaders, and LICH medical staff to try to […]
Rally to Save LICH Today at 1pm
Brooklyn Beep Marty Markowitz, Congresswoman Nydia Velaquez and the LICH Medical Staff will hold a rally today at 1pm to ask for immediate action in fixing the crisis at Long Island College Hospital. The rally will be held on Hicks Street between Atlantic and Pacific. The public is invited. BHA Executive Director Judy Stanton is […]
LICH Management “Stonewalling” Feds
According to the Brooklyn Paper, Continuum Health Partners, the owner and manager of Long Island College Hospital, has been “stonewalling” the federal Department of Housing and Urban Development, which has insured $143 million of the Hospital’s debt, by failing to provide a plan to restore the institution to financial health. The article also quotes Borough […]
BHB on TV
BHB’s answer to Chris Cuomo and Sam Champion – Claude Scales and T.K. Small – were featured last week on Brooklyn Independent Television’s A Walk Around the Blog. The dynamic duo discussed the very serious situation at LICH.
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