Update: Word has come via #SaveLICH that SUNY is now removing all patients from LICH and intends to padlock the hospital over the weekend. Protesters have gathered at Hicks and Pacific; Bill de Blasio and Steve Levin are there. The SUNY Downstate website now includes a summary of the seven suitors’ proposals for Long Island […]
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New #SaveLICH Events Monday and Tuesday
A reader has forwarded us a message from Michelle Green of the New York State Nurses Association: This coming week the Downstate Community Council and the SUNY Board of Trustees will be acting on their “sustainability” plan– and we plan to make our presence and opposition known. On Monday, at noon, the Downstate Community Council […]
#SaveLICH Update: Millman Arrested; Cuomo’s Office and de Blasio Trade Barbs
State Assembly Member Joan Millman, whose district includes Brooklyn Heights and Cobble Hill, was arrested yesterday along with Cobble Hill resident and activist Dorothy Siegel and Peter Sikora, according to this Daily News story. The three were blocking pedestrian traffic on an approach to the Brooklyn Bridge and shouting “Governor Cuomo shame on you!” to protest SUNY’s attempt to close Long Island College Hospital. Millman joins Public Advocate Bill de Blasio and City Council Member Steve Levin in the rank of elected officials arrested during LICH related demonstrations.
Read more at Cobble Hill Blog.
Another #SaveLICH Rally Tomorrow Morning at SUNY Chancellor’s Office
There will be another rally in support of keeping LICH open for care tomorrow (Wednesday, July 10) at 10:00 a.m. in front of the office of SUNY Chancellor Zimpher, 33 West 42nd Street (between 5th and 6th Avenues). Those attending are urged to wear red. Buses will leave from the Hicks Street entrance to LICH […]
LICH Rally Monday (7/8) at Gov’s NYC Office
In the continuing efforts to keep Long Island College Hospital open, there will be a rally today (7/8/13) from 4-6 outside Governor Cuomo’s Manhattan office. According to the Brooklyn Heights Association, the rally has been organized by LICH doctors, nurses, and members of the Local 1199/United Healthcare Workers. The address is 633 Third Avenue, between […]
#SaveLICH: Millman Co-sponsors “Fail Safe” Bill to Keep “Downsized” LICH Open
According to Mary Frost’s Eagle story, bills have been introduced in the New York State Senate and Assembly that would assure the survival of a “downsized” Long Island College Hospital should SUNY Downstate Medical Center succeed in its plan to sell LICH. One of the sponsors of the Assembly bill, which is identical to the […]
#SaveLICH Update: Appellate Court Stays Thompson Appointment
The Appellate Division of the New York Supreme Court today stayed the appointment of William Thompson Sr. as a “mediator” or “special master” in the conflict between Long Island College Hospital staff and SUNY Downstate Medical Center, which seeks to close and sell the hospital. The stay results from an appeal by SUNY of Judge […]
#SaveLICH News: Judge Orders Accounting From SUNY; Mediator Appointed
According to the Brooklyn Daily Eagle: Brooklyn Supreme Court Judge Carolyn E. Demarest on Thursday ordered SUNY Downstate to present a full accounting of all LICH property, assets and funds transferred to Downstate, the income derived from the properties, details about the other LICH properties SUNY plans to dispose of and more, no later than […]
#SaveLICH: Judge Orders SUNY Lawyers Back Tomorrow
The Eagle’s Mary Frost reports that sources present at today’s meeting, closed to the press, between Judge Johnny Lee Baynes, who had earlier issued an order for SUNY to restore full staff levels at LICH, told her that Judge Baynes has ordered LICH and State Health Department lawyers back tomorrow (Tuesday, June 25) “regarding their […]
#SaveLICH Rally Theme: Where’s Cuomo?
Arriving at the rally in one of the small playgrounds adjoining LICH this morning, I found Congresswoman Nydia Velazquez speaking eloquently about the need to save the hospital, and its importance to the people in nearby neighborhoods. Public Advocate and mayoral aspirant Bill de Blasio listened to Rep. Velazquez’s speech. As this young lady and […]
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