SUNY board votes unanimously to close LICH; Williams says it’s nobody’s fault; local pol was ‘snookered’
The SUNY board of trustees voted unanimously Friday morning to close Long Island College Hospital.
The decision to pull the plug on LICH followed a contentious public hearing late Thursday in Midtown Manhattan at which SUNY was derided for not making a sincere effort to save the Cobble Hill medical center.
Downstate Medical Center president Dr. John Williams, who outlined his recommendation at yesterday’s hearing, told the board this morning that no one was to blame for the death of LICH. “This is unfortunately just one of the things we just have to do.”
The Midtown Manhattan meeting room where the trustees voted Friday was filled with LICH supporters who shouted “Shame! Shame!” when the vote was done.