Brooklyn Hospital’s plan for LICH causes some consternation at Carroll Gardens Q and A
It wasn’t the complimentary roast beef sandwiches or coffee that gave some in the audience of 60 to 70 local residents a case of agita at St. Paul’s Episcopal Church is Carroll Gardens on Thursday night.
It was the proposal, delivered by Dr. Richard B. Becker, CEO of The Brooklyn Hospital Center, to close Long Island College Hospital (LICH) and replace it with 1000-units of residential development and ambulatory care services.
SUNY Downstate, LICH’s current operator, is short of cash and has been trying to close the Cobble Hill hospital complex for more than a year. A ferocious legal battle led to a reissued Request for Proposals and a new round of bidding, which wraps up Wednesday.