The NY Post reports in a story by Josh Saul and Rich Calder that LICH’s SUNY overlords have refused to open the facility’s books for two hospital groups interested in taking it over. Hackensack University Medical Center and North Shore-LIJ are said to be interested the report claims. SUNY’s plan to shut down LICH was […]
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Cobble Hill Association Releases #SaveLICH Video
Update: Judge Johnny Lee Baynes has issued a new restraining order prohibiting SUNY and the State Health Department from closing LICH until further action by the court. Thanks to reader “Remsen Street Dweller” for the tip. In an email to the press this morning Roy Sloane, president of the Cobble Hill Association, released the organization’s […]
Squadron on SUNY Vote: ‘Closing LICH Makes No Sense’
NYS Senator Daniel Squadron issued this statement this afternoon regarding the SUNY Board of Trustees vote to close Long Island College Hospital: “SUNY again demonstrated a disturbing lack of transparency, holding its vote on the future of LICH in Westchester today. But we still made our voices heard — for our community and for Brooklyn. […]
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 […]
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). […]
Long Island College Hospital Closure: What If…
Despite New York judge Betsy Barros’ temporary restraining order to keep LICH open for the time being, local developers are buzzing about the potential “real estate gold mine” that would result if the State University of New York indeed shutters Long Island College Hospital. The Brooklyn Paper offers a story today that notes, “The swath […]
Court Puts Brakes On LICH Closure
According to this NY1 story, a court has issued a temporary restraining order that blocks SUNY Downstate from implementing its just issued plan to close Long Island College Hospital. The judge who issued the order has scheduled a further hearing for March 7. Petitioners in this case are unions representing nurses and hospital workers; however, […]
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