Bill de Blasio, who was arrested last June while protesting the imminent closure of Long Island College Hospital, isn't letting the issue go. The mayoral front-runner stood today with union members and hospital workers to protest the layoff of 500 hospital workers, which he plans to fight in court. "If you take away the personnel, the hospital effectively dies," Mr. de Blasio, the city's public advocate, declared to reporters at a press conference in front of the hospital's playground. "We're going back to court. We are simply not gonna take it," he added later. Mr. de Blasio announced that community members are requesting a court order to "stop these layoffs dead in their tracks," which he argued was a matter of public safety. "Effectively what SUNY is trying to do is close LICH at all costs and somehow put a legal fig leaf on it. So it's just once again SUNY proposing and pursuing a closure plan, just not admitting it out loud," he said.
SUNY's actions are worthy of sanction and I hope they are punished for them. Whatever ultimately happens, SUNY would have already closed our hospital if not for deBlasio's efforts.
Bill de Blasio, who was arrested last June while protesting the imminent closure of Long Island College Hospital, isn't letting the issue go. The mayoral front-runner stood today with union members and hospital workers to protest the layoff of 500 hospital workers, which he plans to fight in court. "If you take away the personnel, the hospital effectively dies," Mr. de Blasio, the city's public advocate, declared to reporters at a press conference in front of the hospital's playground. "We're going back to court. We are simply not gonna take it," he added later. Mr. de Blasio announced that community members are requesting a court order to "stop these layoffs dead in their tracks," which he argued was a matter of public safety. "Effectively what SUNY is trying to do is close LICH at all costs and somehow put a legal fig leaf on it. So it's just once again SUNY proposing and pursuing a closure plan, just not admitting it out loud," he said.
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