After LICH closure vote, hundreds pack Brooklyn Borough Hall for hearing, vow to fight on
After SUNY voted to close Long Island College Hospital (LICH), an overflow crowd packed Brooklyn Borough Hall’s courtroom for a hearing on the borough’s health care crisis.
An overflow crowd packed Brooklyn Borough Hall’s courtroom Friday morning for a hearing on the borough’s health care crisis, sponsored by the New York State Assembly’s committee on health.
The hearing began just moments after Assemblywoman Joan Millman (D – District 52) confirmed to the doctors and nurses rallying outside that SUNY’s board of trustees had voted that morning to close down Long Island College Hospital (LICH).
In spite of the sleet and freezing rain, so many people poured into the courtroom that extra chairs were added, then an another room was opened and a live video feed was set up. A dozen Brooklyn Assembly representatives, chaired by Richard Gottfried (D- Manhattan District 75), chair of the Assembly’s Health Committee, questioned the witnesses, who were sworn in before testifying.