Community leaders, residents, elected officials and union members gathered at the Kane Street Synagogue on Valentine’s Day to rally support for LICH, which is in danger of being shut down. According to one attendee, 357 people were in attendance. Read the Tale of the Tweets and more after the jump.
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Cuomo Advisor May Have Triggered LICH Closing Flap
An advisor to Governor Andrew Cuomo on health care matters may have been behind the freezing of funds needed to enable Long Island College Hospital to complete its merger with SUNY Downstate Medical Center. The freeze was later lifted after local politicians put pressure on the Cuomo administration to reverse the decision, which could have […]
Pols Make Deal to Save LICH
According to a report on NY1, after meeting with elected officials in Brooklyn last night, Cuomo administration offficials have agreed to release the grant money that will allow the merger of Long Island College Hospital with SUNY Downstate Medical Center, thereby assuring that LICH will remain open. Addendum: The politicians involved are identified in the […]
LICH Calls for Citizen Support
LICH has asked that concerned citizens contact political officeholders whose influence would be helpful in getting New York State to release the funds needed to bring its merger with SUNY Downstate to fruition. A list of these officeholders, with contact information, and a list of talking points supplied by LICH, follows the jump.
Cuomo Administration to LICH: Drop Dead
A decision by officials in Governor Cuomo’s administration to delay release of funds needed to finance the merger of Long Island College Hospital with SUNY Downstate Medical Center may have doomed the local health care facility, which could be forced to shut down next month. New York Times: A struggling Brooklyn hospital is making plans […]
State Approval of LICH/SUNY Merger May Come Tomorrow
The long pending merger of Long Island College Hospital into SUNY Downstate Medical Center may be closer to consummation, as the State is expected to announce approval of the deal tomorrow. Wall Street Journal: State officials are expected to announce Thursday that SUNY Downstate Medical Center will take over the financially ailing Long Island College […]
Nurses Protest LICH Contract Stance
Nurses at Long Island College Hospital today marched with placards to protest management’s attempt to modify their union contract. The Brooklyn Paper: Nurses at Long Island College Hospital took to the street in front of the Cobble Hill medical center on Wednesday, alleging that the financially flatlining institution is tinkering with their contracts as it […]
Continuum Signs Off on LICH/SUNY Downstate Merger
As we noted here last July, discussions have been underway concerning a transfer of management of Long Island College Hospital from Continuum Health Partners to SUNY Downstate Medical Center. This now appears closer to fruition. The Brooklyn Paper: Long Island College Hospital’s financial malaise is about to run its course, thanks to an agreement that […]
LICH to leave Continuum; affiliate with Downstate?
According to the Brooklyn Eagle, Continuum Health Partners, the Manhattan-based hospital consortium that now controls Long Island College Hospital, and which last year unsuccessfully sought to close LICH’s obstetrics and pediatrics practices, has entered into a “memorandum of understanding” with SUNY Downstate Medical Center, located in Brooklyn, under which control of LICH’s operations would be […]
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