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A Brooklyn judge has approved a plan to sell Cobble Hill’s Long Island College Hospital to Peebles. If it goes through, Peebles will create a mixed-use development on the site, including an emergency department and ambulatory care, but no full-service hospital, said The Brooklyn Eagle.

Hundreds of hospital employees will lose their jobs, and litigation on various aspects of the process is still pending.

LICH’s many supporters said they were disappointed in the outcome. The only shred of hope remaining for a full-service hospital at the location is that Peebles is required to hire a third party to conduct a needs assessment for a full-service hospital in the area. If the report says one is needed, Peebles would be required to create one. LICH supporters say the assessment should have been done initially and before closing the hospital.

On the other hand, unlike the first bid winner, Brooklyn Health Partners, Peebles is apparently competent and not planning any 50-story apartment buildings. What do you think of the outcome?

Brooklyn Judge Approves Plan to Sell LICH to Developer Peebles [Brooklyn Eagle]


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  1. The media didn’t vet? There is no real media like the NYT and they made a strong case for Quin and clearly implicate dthat Deblasio despite his rhetoric of the financial inequality and the tale of two cities-has no viable plans!
    C/P And yet, Mr. de Blasio’s most ambitious plans — like a powerful new state-city partnership to make forever-failing city hospitals financially viable, or to pay for universal prekindergarten and after-school programs through a new tax on the richest New Yorkers — need support in the State Capitol, and look like legislative long shots. Once a Mayor de Blasio saw his boldest ideas smashed on the rocks of Albany, then what?
    http://www.nytimes.com/2013/08/25/opinion/sunday/two-endorsements.html?pagewanted=all&_r=0

  2. De Blasio never purported to be an environmentalist. To the contrary, he very vocally opposed the Gowanus Canal’s designation as a superfund site and still does. He will rationalize supporting almost any ill conceived development as long as it includes affordable housing.
    It’s too bad the media didn’t do an adequate job of vetting de Blasio and chose to focus on the foibles of other candidates and de Blasio’s kid’s hair.

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