SUNY provides financial records, another hearing in Brooklyn Supreme Court for LICH
In the protracted battle to keep Long Island College Hospital (LICH) open, State University of New York Downstate Medical Center (SUNY Downstate) finds itself ordered to appear in yet another courtroom.
Brooklyn Supreme Court Justice Carolyn Demarest ordered SUNY to provide the court with a report regarding property transactions between LICH and SUNY. As previously reported in the Brooklyn Daily Eagle, in May 2011, LICH requested and was granted the opportunity to transfer some of its assets to SUNY.
The order was granted under the express declaration that “SUNY Downstate will continue [LICH’s] operation as a hospital.” SUNY Downstate has since made clear its intent to close LICH and end its existence as a functioning hospital, despite its 2011 declaration.
In June 2013, Demarest ordered SUNY to provide an accounting of the property transfer and related monies in an attempt to ensure that the parameters of the 2011 order were being adhered to. SUNY gave the report to the court by the due date of Aug. 5.