BREAKING: State Health Department approves SUNY closure plan for LICH
The New York State Department of Health (DOH) has approved the State University of New York’s latest closure plan for Long Island College Hospital (LICH).
The plan includes selling LICH for hospital and/or real estate development, creating a Brooklyn hospital network, and streamlining SUNY Downstate’s teaching hospital at the University Hospital of Brooklyn.
A press conference and rally will be held by LICH supporters beginning at 3:45 p.m. at Hicks and Pacific Streets. The rally will likely continue for hours.