Cuomo budgets $700 million for health care in central Brooklyn
New hospital under consideration?
Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s Executive Budget released on Wednesday includes $700 million in capital funding for health care in central and eastern Brooklyn.
In his 2015-2016 Executive Budget statement, Cuomo says, “The health care needs of central and east Brooklyn communities are greater than can be accommodated by existing resources.
“$700 million in capital funding is included to stabilize the health care delivery system in these communities, reduce unnecessary inpatient beds while improving the overall quality of inpatient and outpatient services and increase access to community-based primary and preventive health care services,” Cuomo said.
Bob Megna, the state’s outgoing budget director, told Capital NY, “I think it’s pretty clear that a new hospital is required.”