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Possible LICH Redevelopment Includes Urgent Care Center and Condos

SUNY officials say developer's offer includes plan for urgent care center. SUNY board meets Tuesday.

The Long Island College Hospital saga continued Monday when SUNY officials announced a developer's plans to buy the property and develop condos, but also lease much of the block to one or more health care providers.

According to a report in the New York Times, SUNY officials said the developer has offered to buy the property but lease a large part of the block to these health care providers to run an urgent care center, fitness center and other non-hospital facilities.

These centers would not receive ambulance calls. The remaining buildings (around 20) would be turned into condos.

NYSNA (New York State Nurses Association) and other advocates continue their contention and insist LICH must stay open as a full-service facility. The move to sell the hospital to a real estate developer has been fought by advocates for almost a year, and court hearings involving SUNY's recent actions of diverging ambulances and shutting down patient admission are ongoing.

The SUNY board meets Tuesday in Manhattan to vote on a sale. Any sale will require approval from state Supreme Court Justice Carolyn Demarest.


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