Battle over Brooklyn hospitals shifts focus onto Interfaith Medical Center as closure timetable nears
The fight over Brooklyn hospitals continues today, this time with Interfaith Medical Center.
On Wednesday, August 21, Public Advocate Bill de Blasio filed a 60-page motion in federal bankruptcy court to at least temporarily halt any impending closure of Interfaith, which had requested permission on July 31 to close the Bed-Stuy hospital by November 14, with department shut-downs to begin on August 15.
de Blasio’s motion claims that the state Department of Health improperly rushed approval of Interfaith’s closure plan by ignoring a required 90-day review process. If the motion is granted, the case would go to the state Supreme Court.