City Council bill urges survival for Brooklyn’s LICH
Speaker Quinn throws her support behind Cobble Hill hospital
The full New York City Council voted Thursday afternoon in favor of a resolution to save Brooklyn’s Long Island College Hospital (LICH) from shuttering.
The non-binding resolution, introduced by City Councilmembers Brad Lander and Stephen Levin, calls on the State University of New York and the State Department of Health to work with stakeholders to find a new owner for the 150-year old Cobble Hill institution.
LICH supporters have been holding marches and signing petitions since the SUNY voted twice to close LICH, an affiliate of financially-troubled SUNY Downstate in East Flatbush.