Town Hall: Public cry for help from ‘mismanaged’ SUNY Downstate
LICH could play key saving role in 'Sustainability Plan'
Long Island College Hospital (LICH) could be a doomed tug attached to a sinking ship, or the engine that pulls it to a safe port. That’s the view of some community leaders who believe in LICH’s potential, if properly managed –- and they hope to get their vision across at a Town Hall meeting scheduled for May 20.
The State University of New York (SUNY) scheduled the meeting to solicit ideas from the public about ways to save financially troubled SUNY Downstate Medical Center in East Flatbush.
SUNY Downstate, which has been losing money since 2007, must deliver a “Sustainability Plan” to the State Department of Health and the Governor’s Division of the Budget by June 1, and begin implementing it on June 15.