Hospital for sale: Panel members chosen to consider LICH bids
Community meeting with bidders Monday night
The process of selling Long Island College Hospital (LICH) moved ahead over the weekend as long-time LICH supporters chose representatives to sit on a panel which will review proposals to buy the historic Cobble Hill hospital.
Members chosen by LICH’s advocates — community groups, doctors and unions — will have less than half of the final vote (49 percent of the technical evaluation subcommittee, which controls 70 percent of the overall vote). The State University of New York (SUNY) retains the controlling percentage. Still, the groups will play an influential role in judging how well proposals meet the criteria of the new Request for Proposals (RFP) issued last week. The new RFP, unlike previous versions, emphasizes keeping LICH open as a hospital, rather than selling it for development.
Those appointing the technical evaluation subcommittee members include NYC Public Advocate Letitia James, six community groups; Concerned Physicians of LICH; New York State Nurses Association (NYSNA) and 1199 SEIU healthcare workers union.
These same groups will be giving a presentation to interested bidders on Monday evening in Manhattan.