Interfaith supporters, de Blasio to ask bankruptcy judge for more time
Mayoral frontrunner Bill de Blasio, elected officials and supporters of Interfaith Medical Center gathered on the steps of Brooklyn Borough Hall on Friday to announce they would be back in Federal Bankruptcy Court on Monday to ask Chief Judge Carla E. Craig for more time to come up with a solution to save the beleaguered hospital.
“On Monday in Bankruptcy Court, we will call for a 30-day extension,” de Blasio said. “The health care system must be maintained” while Interfaith “links up to a long-term solution, a clean handoff.”
Interfaith, the only hospital serving Bedford-Stuyvesant and Crown Heights, was slated to begin shutting down in August but received a reprieve following legal actions by de Blasio. De Blasio, as Public Advocate, has played a major role in keeping another threatened Brooklyn hospital, Long Island College Hospital (LICH) in Cobble Hill, open as well.