Execs Vote to Close Cobble Hill Hospital -- Again

Tonight at 7 pm a candlelight vigil will be held for Cobble Hill’s Long Island College Hospital, which SUNY officials yet again voted to close, citing financial difficulties. A previous decision to close the facility had been temporarily stayed by a judge, who found hospital execs had held an illegal closed-door meeting about the matter. The second, public meeting was held 30 miles upstate from the college in Purchase, N.Y. That did not dissuade about 100 champions of LICH from speaking at the meeting and protesting outside. The SUNY board has consistently denied that the valuable location of the hospital has been a factor in the desire to close the facility. Rumor has it SUNY wants to sell the building and land to developers to build condos. For the closure to take place, the state Department of Health also has to approve it.
2nd Vote for Closing Long Island College Hospital [NY Times]
SUNY Trustees Vote to Close Long Island College Hospital — Again [NY Post]
It’s Done: State Officials Vote to Close Long Island College Hospital  [NY Daily News]
SUNY Orders LICH Closure Again in Court-Ordered Public Meeting [DNAinfo]