Month: June 2013

Feature Story, LICH

New administrator for LICH

According to hospital employees Thursday evening, Judge William Thompson, Sr. has been appointed to oversee hospital operations at Long Island College Hospital (LICH). Judge Baynes appointed Thompson to ensure compliance with his court order to restore services and re staff the hospital as they were on February 20, 2013. By Monday, ambulatory services should be restored and LICH will once […]

LICH, Uncategorized

LICH RALLY TUESDAY!

Our governor who is trying any way possible to get LICH closed is hosting a $50,000 a plate fundraiser tomorrow night at the Plaza. There will be a LICH rally outside, and everybody reading this is invited. Here are the particulars: Dear Friends and Neighbors, You are invited to a Black Tie Rally to Save LICH this Tuesday! Governor Cuomo […]

NYCHA, Red Hook Houses, Uncategorized

Miccio Center to remain open

Good news re Miccio Center! The city budget was completed last night and we just got this from local Councilmember Sara Gonzalez: “Ten days ago, as we were readying our final budget, NYCHA dropped the bombshell announcement that due to sequestration, they faced a $203 million shortfall in their budget. Their stated position at that time was that they would […]

Letters to the Editor

Feedback

We received a larger than normal amount of feedback from our May edition. We published much of it in the paper. Here is what we published: Thinks we’re peachy keen! Hi – I just wanted to say thank you so much for the great articles –in this issue in particular…which deal with some very tough and contentious neighborhood issues. For […]

Editorials, Uncategorized

Red Hook Trolley

A story making the rounds right now is the revival of Bob Diamond’s trolley car idea for Red Hook. This time he says he is partnering with John Quadrozzi, Jr., and Ray Howell (a longtime friend of his) of the Gowanus CDC. We have come to feel over the years that Red Hook does not suffer from a major transportation […]