According to the Brooklyn Eagle, one of the hospitals would be located in Brooklyn, and one elsewhere in the state. They would be operated on a pilot program basis.
Nurses affiliated with LICH and Interfaith told the Eagle they are worried this could be a million-dollar giveaway to private interests.
Assemblywoman Joan Millman told the Eagle, "The concept is a troubling one."
The story of LICH is already one of broken promises and looted coffers. There's no word yet which Brooklyn hospital will go for-profit. But the law is written in such a way it narrows the field to those affiliated with an approved academic medical institution -- which includes LICH.
Past posts:
- Brooklyn's LICH On the Verge of Closing - Endowment Drained?
- Unexpected: Head of Brooklyn's LICH Stepping Down
- LICH Is Now UHBLICH
- Donald and Mildred: We're Sorry About Losing All Your Money, and the Hospital, Too
- Gov. Paterson Announced LICH /SUNY Deal in Brooklyn Today
- Insurance Trouble at Brooklyn's LICH
- Petition to Save LICH
- Sucking Long Island Collage Hospital Dry?
- Long Island College Hospital In Big Trouble
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Forget the hospital, which is lousy on even a good day.
ReplyDeleteBut save the LICH parks on Henry St, which were created in exchange for parkland given up so LICH could build a parking garage.
By way of history, and as general background information about LICH park, this article may be helpful:
http://www.nytimes.com/1993/08/08/realestate/postings-on-the-brooklyn-waterfront-a-park-a-hospital-and-a-controversy.html?scp=5&sq=long+island+college+hospital+park&st=nyt.
Contact NYC Parks Department to alert them as to LICH’s predicament and the need to save the parks. NYC Parks don't own the parks (LICH does) but there is a July 16, 1993 Maintenance and Operations Agreement that governs the park. The parks need to be saved even if LICH dies.