The fight to save Interfaith and LICH

The landscape in Brooklyn is changing fast. At Interfaith, public outcry has brought the hospital back from the brink, again. The instant response from the community, unions, and elected officials when then CEO Sullivan told the city to stop bringing ambulances to the hospital led to the CEO’s immediate ouster, a return of ambulances, and the state’s renewed commitment to interim funding.

NYSNA RNs delivered 18,000 signatures to the SUNY Board of Trustees in mid-January, thereby delaying a vote to close LICH. But since then, SUNY has solicited new bids from potential developers that threaten the hospital’s survival.

“These proposals did not come out of a process intended to meet the needs of the community,” NYSNA Executive Director Jill Furillo told the Wall Street Journal.

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