LICH gets a new lease on life
Long Island College Hospital is staying open – for now.
Today, New York Supreme Court judge Johnny Lee Baynes issued a ruling vacating SUNY’s vote to close the hospital, stating that the SUNY board violated the open meeting law.
Baynes prohibited the board from taking any further action to close the hospital until it follows the open meetings law and other statutory provisions. Even if SUNY comes into compliance with the open meeting law, LICH cannot close without approval by the state’s Department of Health.