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
A $250 million bid from Brooklyn Health Partners (BHP) to purchase and redevelop Long Island College Hospital (LICH) into a full-service hospital and medical district complete with commercial and housing space has received the highest score in a one-week review process by community stakehold …
A $250 million bid from Brooklyn Health Partners (BHP) to purchase and redevelop Long Island College Hospital (LICH) into a full-service hospital and medical district complete with commercial and housing space has received the highest score in a one-week review process by community stakehold …
A new phase in the process of selecting a new owner/operator for Long Island College Hospital (LICH) has begun. On Monday, March 3, potential bidders met with community stakeholders and
A new phase in the process of selecting a new owner/operator for Long Island College Hospital (LICH) has begun. On Monday, March 3, potential bidders met with community stakeholders and
A rumored deal between the state of New York and SUNY Downstate over the fate of Long Island College Hospital (LICH) in Cobble Hill/Brooklyn Heights has come to fruition, according to Governor Andrew Cuomo, SUNY Chairperson Carl McCall and Mayor Bill de Blasio, who made the announcement late in t …
It has official been over a year now since the real-life hospital legal drama over the fate of Brooklyn’s Long Island College Hospital (LICH) began and the roller coaster of
In his budget address on Tuesday, January 21, New York Governor Andrew Cuomo waded into the heated debate over Brooklyn’s struggling hospitals by pinning their financial woes on the federal
In his budget address on Tuesday, January 21, New York Governor Andrew Cuomo waded into the heated debate over Brooklyn’s struggling hospitals by pinning their financial woes on the federal
A crowd of over 1,000 people began lining up outside of City Hall’s gates hours before the formal and festive pomp of Inauguration 2014 began at noon. They came from
Brooklyn Hospital Center has jumped into the ongoing dispute over what will happen to the beleaguered Long Island College Hospital (LICH) with a new plan to turn the Cobble Hill
Brooklyn Hospital Center has jumped into the ongoing dispute over what will happen to the beleaguered Long Island College Hospital (LICH) with a new plan to turn the Cobble Hill
The below-freezing cold snap in the region led to several of the borough’s major hospitals experiencing plumbing issues this week. A water main break at Long Island College Hospital (LICH)
The below-freezing cold snap in the region led to several of the borough’s major hospitals experiencing plumbing issues this week. A water main break at Long Island College Hospital (LICH)
Nearly a month of relative quiet in the legal wranglings over what will happen to cash-strapped Long Island College Hospital (LICH) ended on Tuesday, December 17, with the announcement that
Brooklyn hospitals continue to be in a state of flux, with some see-sawing between closure and 11th hour court orders to remain open, and others planning expansions of their facilities
SUNY Downstate Medical Center has reportedly postponed planned layoffs of 500 employees of Long Island College Hospital (LICH), which were to have been effective as of Tuesday, October 29.
Pink slips went out to medical personnel of the long-struggling community hospital, located at 339 Hic …SUNY Downstate Medical Center reportedly postponed planned layoffs of 500 employees of Long Island College Hospital (LICH), which were to have been effective as of Tuesday, October 29. Pink slips
Pink slips went out to 500 employees of Long Island College Hospital (LICH), notifying them that their jobs would end as of Tuesday, October 29. While a spokesperson for LICH’s
Public Advocate and Democratic mayoral candidate Bill de Blasio joins community-based organizations as a local representative in the ongoing search for a new operator for Long Island College Hospital (LICH)
The future of health care in Brooklyn was in the spotlight on this months Victorias Stars, as host and co-publisher of this paper, Victoria Schneps, chats with Wendy Goldstein, president and CEO of Lutheran HealthCare, about her trailblazing career and issues now facing the boroughs med …
A coalition of neighborhood civic organizations have filed a “motion to intervene” in the ongoing legal saga over the future of Long Island College Hospital (LICH). Their goal, they wrote
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
In a major surprise ruling that seemingly came out of nowhere, Brooklyn Supreme Court Justice Carolyn Demarest today (Tuesday, August 20) ordered SUNY Downstate to hand over Long Island College
After a day of public testimony and another day of legal debates between the legal teams representing the State University of New York (SUNY) and Long Island College Hospital (LICH)
Two more elected officials were arrested at the latest protest in support of keeping Long Island College Hospital (LICH) open. This morning, Congressmember Nydia Velázquez and District Leader Jo Anne
As Brooklynites panic at the possibility of near-simultaneous closures of two major hospitals in the borough — Long Island College Hospital (LICH) in Cobble Hill and Interfaith Medical Center in
Interfaith Medical Center, located at 1545 Atlantic Avenue in Bedford-Stuyvesant, has requested permission to begin the process of shutting down the hospital on August 15, according to documents presented in
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
The missing 81-year-old patient who disappeared from Long Island College Hospital (LICH) on Friday, July 19, was found alive and physically well in Fort Pierce, Florida over the weekend. However,