Amy Breedlove will be stepping down as president of the Cobble Hill Association after four years of leading the neighborhood group through some of its most tumultuous moments. She has reached the end of two consecutive terms, hitting term limits. Breedlove has lived in Cobble Hill with her wife Sabine and 8-year-old son for 14 years, aside from a two-year
Martin Schneider, an ardent Brooklyn historian, warrior for urban quality of life and preservationist, died June 30 following complications from heart surgery. He was 91.
Norman Arbeeny, 89, was one of 12 siblings in a Syrian immigrant family who made Brooklyn home a century ago. When Norman was born at
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Fortis Property Group will be presenting a redesign for one of several parks on the former Long Island College Hospital (LICH) complex in Cobble Hill
After operating an emergency center out of an interim location at 83 Amity Street following the sale of Long Island College Hospital (LICH) to Fortis
NYU Langone has agreed to build a 125,000-square-foot freestanding emergency department (ED) – essentially an urgent care center – on the site formerly known as
Community activists from Bay Ridge, Bensonhurst and in-between gathered at the site of the old Victory Memorial Hospital on Friday, March 8, calling on the State Health Department to re-open the now-shuttered emergency room.
Bill Guarinello, chair of Community Board 11; Joanne Seminara, ch …
The troubled Long Island College Hospital may have a new lease on life. After outcry from members of the healthcare community, elected officials and residents, on February 20, Judge Betsy
The vote by the SUNY board to close Long Island College Hospital is both astounding and horrifying.
Unanimously, the members of the board who are supposed to be concerned about the health and welfare not only of the bottom line but of Brooklyn residents decided it was time to pull th …
The SUNY Board of Trustees voted to close Long Island College Hospital on the morning of Friday, February 8.
The vote was unanimous and came amidst continued cries of protest from Brooklyn residents, politicians and healthcare workers, who maintain that the hospital which merged with SU …
BY HEATHER J. CHIN AND DENISE ROMANO The SUNY Board of Trustees voted this morning to close Long Island College Hospital. The vote was unanimous and came amidst continued cries
Southwest Brooklyn is not getting an emergency room anytimesoon, according to the Berger Commission, which recently completeda report on restructuring health care in the borough.
Since Long Island College Hospital (LICH) was recently acquiredby SUNY Downstate Medical Center – which runs an …