Appellate Division rules SUNY must keep LICH open, but not entirely
SUNY must maintain Friday’s service level
Appellate Division Judge Robert Miller late Monday ordered SUNY Downstate to maintain the level of service at Long Island College Hospital (LICH) that was provided at the hospital as of 4 p.m. on Friday.
Downstate had been trying to empty out the hospital over the weekend in order to close it entirely by July 29.
Public Advocate Bill de Blasio said the order upheld the Temporary Restraining Order (TRO) that had been issued on Friday to keep Long Island College Hospital (LICH) open. Friday’s TRO, which ordered SUNY to maintain staffing at LICH and allow ambulance delivery to the ER, had been issued by Supreme Court Justice Johnny Lee Baynes.