Statement by Lower Manhattan chosen civil servants to dismiss the lawsuit about the closure of Mount Sinai Beth Israel Hospital

Statement by Congressman Jerry Nadler, Congressman Dan Goldman, State Senator Kristen Gonzalez, Brian Kavanagh, Liz Krueger, and Brad Hoylman-Sigal, Assemblyry Harvey Epstein, Deborah Glick, Grace Lee, and Tony Simone, Councilmemers Carlina Rivera, Erik Bottcher, Keith Powers, and Christopher Marte, and Manhattan Borough President Mark Levine on the dismissal of the lawsuit about the closure of Mount Sinai Beth Israel Hospital

In the past 2 years we have fought with community supporters to access health care in Lower Manhattan. Yesterday, a judge of the Supreme Court in New York dismissed the recent lawsuit against the Ministry of Health of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the health system of Mount Sinai and cleared the temporary injunction (Tro) that Mount Sinai had prevented in order to close Beth Israel’s hospital.

During this entire process, our offices have campaigned for maintaining health services and ensuring a robust plan that guarantees further access to the supply of MSBI patients, the transfer and the transfer of transfer for psychiatric patients, millions of dollars for the financial support of the Bellevue hospital and a clear and comprehensive commitment process with the municipality. Although there is no substitute that runs out the closure of a general hospital with extensive service, Mount Sinai opened a new facility for urgent care+ around the clock after our existence.

Our offices will continue to work together to ensure that the Mount Sinai opens the urging care center on March 26 within 24 hours of the completion of Beth Israel and meets its additional obligations to reduce the effects of the closure on patients. We are still obliged to exercise all supervisory authorities in order to hold the mountain Sinai accountable and to secure access to health services for Lower Manhattan.

We thank the coalition to save Mount Sinai Beth Israel for her tireless advocacy in the name of all of these hospitals. Due to their hard work, they were able to give light on the inequality of care and enlargement of the gaps in health access in our city and our state. Hospital closures can have a very disadvantage on the health and well -being of communities in need of protection, and we need extensive guidelines to ensure that the healthcare system is accessed for everyone.

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