Brooklyn judge approves plan to sell LICH to developer Peebles
ER to stay open, community needs survey planned
State Supreme Court Justice Johnny Lee Baynes on Thursday signed off on an agreement that would keep an emergency department and ambulatory care in operation at Brooklyn’s Long Island College Hospital (LICH).
If the deal is concluded with the State University of New York, developer Peebles Corp. would maintain a walk-in ER at the site, and resume ambulance service by July 15. Peebles plans a mixed use development of the LICH campus.
The deal offers much less healthcare than community advocates and officials have been fighting for.