The New York Times reports today, that SUNY will present a plan to sell Long Island College Hospital to a developer who would turn much of the property into condos. This is not a shock to anyone reading between the lines in the long SaveLICH drama. Last month, SUNY Board Chairman Carl McCall told attendees […]
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#SaveLICH Activities This Week
This dispatch just in from Mickey Green and the NYS Nurses Association:
BHA, Other Community Groups And De Blasio Now #SaveLICH ‘Intervenors’
The Brooklyn Eagle reports on the latest round in the SaveLICH saga. Kings County Supreme Court Justice Carolyn Demarest granted Public Advocate/ mayoral candidate Bill de Blasio a seat at the “intervenor” table in determining the next operator of Long Island College Hospital. He joins the Brooklyn Heights Association, the Cobble Hill Association, the Riverside […]
Concerned Physicians of LICH Ask For Donations To Continue Fight
As the fight to #SaveLICH continues, the Concerned Physicians of LICH are asking supporters for donations so that they may contnue their legal battle to save the hospital.
Judge Baynes To SUNY: Restore Services At LICH, Ditch The Goons
Supreme Court Justice Johnny Lee Baynes has ordered SUNY to restore servies at LICH to the levels they were at on July 19. Baynes also said he would name an ombudsman for the hospital and added that the armed and unarmed guards SUNY has employed to patrol the grounds must go.
Don’t #SaveLICH And The Trip To The Emergency Room Gets Dangerously Longer
NYC Public Advocate and Democratic candidate for mayor Bill DiBlasio tweeted out a map detailing the impact on door-to-ER travel time if Long Island College Hospital shuts down permanently. In the words of a #SaveLICH demonstrator recently, “don’t get sick in this part of Brooklyn.” Why #SaveLICH? Here's a look at the before & after […]
#SaveLICH Update: Judge Issues TRO Barring SUNY From Immediate LICH Shutdown
Bill de Blasio’s trip to court today was successful. Justice Johnny Lee Baynes, who issued the original temporary restraining order barring SUNY Downstate from going ahead with its plan to close Long Island College Hospital, today issued another TRO in response to de Blasio’s petition. The order commands SUNY to appear in court on July […]
#SaveLICH: Doctors Say SUNY Wants LICH Emptied Today; de Blasio Asks Court for New TRO
Update: We now have word that the state Department of Health has approved SUNY’s application to close LICH. See the official letter here.
LICH Moving Patients Out – “Don’t get sick in this part of Brooklyn”: #SaveLICH
The latest LICH news—that patients will start to be moved today, with the plan of moving them all by this weekend—was met with chants of “Shame on Cuomo!” “Shame on SUNY!” and “Save our hospital!” A nurse I spoke with (who asked not to be named) said, “There are four ambulances sitting here that can’t […]
BREAKING: SUNY Starts Shutting Down LICH Today #SaveLICH
Our Heather Quinlan is on scene now. DEVELOPING…
SUNY is creating a healthcare crisis in Brooklyn. Abide by the law, #SaveLICH! pic.twitter.com/IgcwtupwQl
— Stephen Levin (@StephenLevin33) July 18, 2013
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