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hrmjustin

(71,265 posts) Wed May 28, 2014, 10:12 AM May 2014

De Blasio still says health care will be ‘saved’

By Sally Goldenberg and Dan Goldberg

Mayor Bill de Blasio said Tuesday it that had not been premature to host a victorious press conference in February about the fate of Long Island College Hospital, which will now continue as a dramatically scaled-down medical facility.

'I'm convinced health care will be saved. I don't have any question about that," the mayor said in response to a question about whether he "regrets" holding the City Hall announcement on Feb. 21 when he praised a settlement agreement between SUNY, labor unions and community advocates.

That settlement led to renewed hopes a full-service operator might purchase LICH.

http://www.capitalnewyork.com/article/city-hall/2014/05/8546077/de-blasio-still-says-health-care-will-be-saved

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