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Update: Bill de Blasio Tweets Photo of Own Arrest at LICH Protest

Mayoral candidate and Public Advocate Bill de Blasio tweeted a photo of his own arrest at a protest to save Long Island College Hospital in Brooklyn in June.

After a flurry of tweets from his campaign Twitter account,@deBlasioNYC posted the photo seen above, with de Blasio being led from the hospital's front steps, his hands in zip ties.

Showdown at LICH: NYPD Brought in to Stop Patient Transfer

In a bold move that blatantly ignores court orders, SUNY Downstate officials relocated patients, transferred employees and planned to shut down all services at Long Island College Hospital back in June.

The plan sparked rumors that the hospital was closing, and those rumors were confirmed by NYSNA. Public Advocate Bill de Blasio, however, secured a new temporary restraining order against SUNY and the Department of Health that would prevent them from closing the hospital. A crowd gathered at the hospital and de Blasio served the restraining order which stopped the patient transfer and rerouting of hospitals.

NYPD Arrest Thwarted Carroll Gardens Abductor

At approximately 10 p.m. on July 29, police arrested Willie Weathers, 42, and charged him with "kidnapping, assault and gun charges" in relation to the thwarted abduction at Court Street and 2nd Place.

The victim picked the thug out of a lineup, cops said.