‘We will not close!’ Hundreds pack forum on saving LICH
Brownstone Brooklyn packed the pews of the historic Kane Street Synagogue Thursday night to shout out the message: LICH (Long Island College Hospital) must be saved.
Hundreds of doctors, nurses, lawmakers and residents from Cobble Hill, Downtown Brooklyn and beyond gathered to work on a plan to keep the endangered 150-year old hospital open.
The SUNY Board of Trustees voted unanimously last week to close LICH, but a host of supporters – including the Carroll Gardens Neighborhood Association, the New York State Nurses Association and SEIU/Local 1199, Atlantic Avenue Business Improvement District, the Brooklyn Heights Association and elected officials — urged local citizens to call and write letters to Gov. Andrew Cuomo and the Health Department to intervene.