SUNY, DOH honchos face contempt hearing for alleged LICH malfeasance
Cobble Hill Association: ‘We hope someone at SUNY goes to jail for their actions.’
State Supreme Court Justice Johnny Lee Baynes is going to have a very full courtroom on November 18.
That is when 20 highly-placed defendants, including the entire board of trustees from the State University of New York (SUNY) and administrators from SUNY Downstate and the state Department of Health have been ordered to appear before Justice Baynes to answer for their actions regarding Long Island College Hospital (LICH).
The defendants will have to explain to the judge why they have allegedly ignored seven court orders prohibiting them from reducing the level of medical services provided at LICH, endangering Brooklynites from Red Hook to Williamsburg and causing chaos at emergency rooms across the borough.