Brooklyn judge rules against nurses in NYU – LICH case
Throws out NYSNA suit; NYU to operate LICH ER
A Brooklyn judge dismissed a lawsuit by the New York State Nurses Association (NYSNA) on Monday, allowing NYU-Langone to take over the walk-in emergency department at Long Island College Hospital (LICH) without rehiring LICH nurses.
The walk-in center is all that’s left of LICH, which SUNY is selling to developer Fortis Property Group. Fortis plans luxury condos at the Cobble Hill site.
State Supreme Court Justice Johnny Lee Baynes ruled that NYU doesn’t have to give current LICH nurses priority in staffing the walk-in center, even though they committed to do so in the proposal that won Fortis Property Group the bid.
Justice Baynes wrote in his ruling that the commitment to rehire LICH nurses was not in the original Settlement Agreement made between NYSNA (and others) and SUNY, but only in Fortis’ proposal.