Toddlers and Community March to Save LICH this Saturday

Friends and Neighbors - LICH needs your support this Saturday! The fight to save our hospital continues, and is at a critical juncture right now.

Against the odds, we won the first round, when SUNY withdrew its closure plan for LICH. But make no mistake: right now, LICH is again in very serious danger of closing. Despite their public claims that they want to find a solution to keep the hospital running, SUNY is in fact still trying to shut down LICH and sell it off for real estate development.

SUNY is pretending they are searching for a white knight buyer to operate the hospital, but the process is a sham - and in fact they are still trying to close LICH. Meanwhile, Governor Cuomo is absent on this vital issue, leaving everything up to SUNY and the Department of Health (DOH), who want the hospital closed.

Our neighborhoods need our community hospital. We need the vital care provided at LICH - and there are also thousands of jobs at stake. Governor Cuomo oversees SUNY and the DOH. It's time for Governor Cuomo to stop neglecting this issue, thereby allowing SUNY to close LICH.

That's why we are once again rallying to save LICH. Join moms, dads, babies, kids, LICH workers, and concerned members of the community for another Toddler Speakout and Stroller March. This Saturday, June 22nd at 10am, we will gather at the LICH playground, then march to Borough Hall, to put Governor Cuomo on 
notice.

Please forward this widely and please also RSVP to Liz Holden at lizaholden@gmail.com so we have a sense of how many people are coming. We will again have some games and fun stuff for the kids. Bring signs too! Thank you.