We just received this notice from the New York State Nurses Association: Hundreds of our community’s most vulnerable residents rely on inpatient psychiatric care at Long Island College Hospital. In a few days, we fear the unit will be completely closed because of Downstate’s inaction in transfering and recruiting psychiatrists. Even though, well experienced, qualified […]
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Baby Brigade! Moms Plan Stroller Rally Saturday Against LICH Closing
Here’s a new twist. Brownstone Brooklyn moms whose kids were born at Long Island College Hospital are planning a stroller a march Saturday, April 13, to protest its planned closing.
Cobble Hill mama Liz Holden tells the New York Daily News, “We are bringing out the baby brigade to save our hospital. We want folks to call the governor’s office. Cuomo can stop this.”
Read more on the Cobble Hill Blog. (Photo: NY Daily News)
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Denis Hamill: IS 293 Student’s Life Saved at LICH Wednesday; Would Likely Have Died if LICH Not Available
Denis Hamill’s column in the Daily News tells of a dramatic lifesaving effort at the Long Island College Hospital ER, and of LICh’s lack of critical medical supplies. Read more on CHB.
LICH Rally & March: Sunday, April 7, 1 p.m. In Red Hook
Supporters of Cobble Hill’s Long Island College Hospital (LICH) will march from Red Hook today, Sunday, April 7 at 1 p.m. to bring attention to the potential closure of the 150-year-old hospital. More info at Facebook. It is sponsored by Keep Brooklyn Hospitals Open for Care. A rally preceding the march will take place in […]
State, Cuomo Call For SUNY/LICH Restructuring Before Considering Bailout
Following a vote last week by the SUNY Board to stand by closure of Long Island College Hospital—part of SUNY Downstate Medical Center’s network—state lawmakers & Gov. Cuomo said “no go” to potential bailout funds to save the ailing hospital… at least so far. The state’s new budget, which the Senate began adopting Sunday, contains […]
Squadron Says It’s Absurd That SUNY Trustees Have Moved Vote On LICH’s Fate Upstate
Earlier this week a judge ruled that the SUNY board’s decision to close Long Island College Hosptial violated New York State’s open meeting law and vacated its ruling to close the facility. Now, NY1 reports, the board will be holding an open meeting about the hospital not in Brooklyn but at SUNY Purchase in Westchester. […]
Judge Rules SUNY Board Acted Illegally on LICH Closing
The Times reports that New York Supreme Court Justice Johnny Baynes, who earlier extended a temporary restraining order against SUNY’s shutdown of Long Island College Hospital, has ruled that the SUNY board acted in violation of New York State’s open meetings law, and vacated the board’s decision to close LICH. According to the Times: The […]
Court Puts LICH Closing Back On Ice
The temporary restraining order that prevents SUNY from going ahead with its plan to close Long Island College Hospital was, according to Crain’s NY Business, extended “indefinitely” today by Judge Johnny Lee Baynes. The issue, which Judge Baynes promised to review “expiditiously,” is whether the SUNY Board’s vote to close LICH in a meeting closed […]
Brooklyn Heights Assn. Implores Gov. Cuomo To Reconsider LICH Closure
Brooklyn Heights Association President Jane McGroarty has sent a letter to NY Governor Cuomo and Dr. Nirav Shah, Commissioner, NYS Department of Health, urging them to take an in-depth look before allowing closure of SUNY Downstate’s Long Island College Hospital, “a hospital that is critical to the increasing population of downtown Brooklyn.” BHA notes, “In […]
Peter Flemming: Use LICH’s Extra Floors For Private Upscale Assisted Living
Brooklyn Heights attorney Peter Flemming has penned a guest letter for the Brooklyn Eagle with his take on the potential sale of SUNY Downstate’s Long Island College Hospital (LICH). Flemming writes, “It is inexcusable not to maintain this fabulous medical facility serving over 120,000 Brooklynites every year and hundreds of Brooklynites every day (and every night). […]
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