Elected officials ask Cuomo to lift the curtain on LICH takeover process
Want public release of RFP respondents, proposals to SUNY
Expressing concern with the secrecy surrounding SUNY Downstate’s process of finding a new operator for Long Island College Hospital (LICH), Brooklyn officials sent a letter to Governor Andrew Cuomo on Monday with a list of requests “to facilitate a more transparent, impartial, and inclusive Request for Proposals (RFP) process.”
Residents and elected officials have been complaining for months that SUNY, in the midst of a ferocious legal battle as it tries to close LICH, has refused to reveal to stakeholders or local representatives the names of those responding to its RFP.
Officials say they want the “public release of all information on the existing proposals and applicants of the RFP, as well as a full list of the RFP requirements and selection criteria.”