A Brooklyn judge prevented the closure of Long Island College Hospital, because officials from the State University of New York plotted in private to close the facility, according to court documents made public Thursday.
Brooklyn Supreme Court Justice Johnny Lee Baynes sided with LICH advocates, supporting their petition to keep SUNY, which owns the hosptial, from closing it until they hold a new vote that complies with the Open Meetings Law.
The petitioners, who include the New York State Nurses Association, 1199 SEIU United Healthcare Workers East, Concerned Physicians of LICH and Kathleen Campbell, an organizer for the nurses association, claimed SUNY violated the Open Meetings law, which allows the public to attend meetings so they can remain informed and decisions cannot be made in secret, according to the court documents.
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