De Blasio, Brooklyn community groups back in court, seek to intervene at LICH
'A seat at the table'
In the latest in a series of legal filings, Public Advocate Bill de Blasio and six Brooklyn civic groups filed a motion in court on Friday to give the local community a say in determining the next owner of Long Island College Hospital (LICH).
On August 20, state Supreme Court Justice Carlyn Demarest found that SUNY Downstate Medical Center had violated a contractual obligation to keep LICH open and nullified the original sale of LICH, located in Cobble Hill, to SUNY.
LICH’s previous owner, Continuum Health Partners, in the midst of a merger with Mt. Sinai Medical Center, says it can’t take LICH back. Several other groups have reportedly expressed interest in taking over LICH, however.