Op-Ed: What losing two hospitals will mean for Brooklyn
BY BILL DE BLASIO
When you’re having a stroke or a heart attack, distance matters. A few minutes can make the difference between survival and preventable death. And a new report released by my office found that for a quarter million New Yorkers, these concerns can literally turn life-threatening if Brooklyn loses more hospitals.
Right now, Long Island College Hospital and Interfaith Medical Center are on the brink of closure, with potentially disastrous effects on neighborhoods like Cobble Hill and Bedford-Stuyvesant.