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#SaveLICH: Suitors’ Plans Revealed

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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Pierson Advisor Chris Owens: Levin Trying To Keep Us Off Ballot

Steve Levin is trying to knock Brooklyn Heights resident/candidate for NYC Council D-33 Stephen Pierson off of September’s primary ballot. At least that’s what a statement released over the weekend from Pierson advisor Chris Owens alleges. While Levin spent last week protesting the planned closure of LICH, Owens says that the councilmember’s minions were filing […]

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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 […]

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#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.

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Levin, DiBlasio Arrested At #SaveLICH Rally

Our man in the NYC Council Steve Levin is among those arrested today at a #SaveLICH rally in midtown. DEVELOPING. Tweets and video after the jump.

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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 […]

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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 […]

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#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 […]

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#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 […]

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#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 […]

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