Sale of LICH real estate may fund new SUNY hospital in central Brooklyn
Financially troubled SUNY Downstate wants to build a brand-new hospital in East Flatbush to replace it’s crumbling University Hospital, Crain’s New York Pulse has reported.
The new hospital’s construction would be funded by the proceeds of selling 150-year-old Long Island College Hospital (LICH) in Cobble Hill.
The hospital could be run as a for-profit. On January 25, Gov. Cuomo proposed a budget which included a pilot program that would allow business corporations to own and operate two hospitals in New York State, one to be located in Kings County.
SUNY Downstate did not return calls and emails on Tuesday regarding the report.