Brooklyn power players join LICH lawsuit
Six civic organizations join de Blasio against SUNY Downstate
Public Advocate Bill de Blasio announced on Friday that six influential Brooklyn civic organizations have signed on as co-plaintiffs in his lawsuit to keep the Long Island College Hospital open.
The Boerum Hill Association, Carroll Gardens Neighborhood Association, Cobble Hill Association, Brooklyn Heights Association, Wyckoff Gardens Association and Riverside Tenants’ Association have joined as full partners a legal action to avert the shutdown, de Blasio said.
Also joining the suit is a local resident whose husband recently suffered chest pains and had to travel to Methodist Hospital for treatment. Because Methodist’s ER has been packed since LICH was placed on ambulance diversion by SUNY Downstate, her husband waited over seven hours for treatment—a delay their doctor told them could be life-threatening the next time.