{"id":6525,"date":"2025-02-01T14:04:22","date_gmt":"2025-02-01T19:04:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/communicator.pef.org\/?p=6525"},"modified":"2025-02-14T08:23:08","modified_gmt":"2025-02-14T13:23:08","slug":"community-rallies-for-positive-change-and-investment-at-first-suny-downstate-advisory-board-public-hearing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/communicator.pef.org\/issue\/volume-43-no-1\/community-rallies-for-positive-change-and-investment-at-first-suny-downstate-advisory-board-public-hearing\/","title":{"rendered":"Community rallies for positive change and investment at first SUNY Downstate advisory board public hearing"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_6529\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6529\" style=\"width: 1200px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-6529 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/communicator.pef.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/01\/SUNY-Web-Header.jpg\" alt=\"Over the past year, unions, community members and staff at SUNY Downstate have worked to deliver on a promise to keep Downstate open for the people of Brooklyn and New York. In January 2024, the SUNY Chancellor announced plans to \u201ctransform\u201d the hospital by moving many of its services to Kings County hospital just across the street.\u00a0\u00a0 Thanks to the efforts of unions like PEF and UUP, as well as a strong showing from NYC-area clergy and the community, the state backed off that plan last year and the Governor established an advisory board to review findings and come up with a plan to imagine the future of Downstate.\u00a0\" width=\"1200\" height=\"350\" srcset=\"https:\/\/communicator.pef.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/01\/SUNY-Web-Header.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/communicator.pef.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/01\/SUNY-Web-Header-300x88.jpg 300w, https:\/\/communicator.pef.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/01\/SUNY-Web-Header-1024x299.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/communicator.pef.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/01\/SUNY-Web-Header-768x224.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-6529\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">PEF members show their solidarity during the hearing on Jan. 22 inside the Alumni Auditorium at SUNY Downstate.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><em>January 29, 2025 &#8212;<\/em> <span data-contrast=\"auto\">Over the past year, unions, community members and staff at SUNY Downstate have worked to deliver on a promise to keep Downstate open for the people of Brooklyn and New York. In January 2024, the SUNY Chancellor announced plans to \u201ctransform\u201d the hospital by moving many of its services to Kings County hospital just across the street.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Thanks to the efforts of unions like PEF and UUP, as well as a strong showing from NYC-area clergy and the community, the state backed off that plan last year and the Governor established an advisory board to review findings and come up with a plan to imagine the future of Downstate.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">The first public hearing was held on January 22, 2025, at the Brooklyn hospital. Hundreds of PEF and UUP members, along with members of the community, doctors and patients attended the hearing to deliver remarks and recommendations on how to keep the hospital from closure.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Before the hearing started, a video message from Governor Kathy Hochul welcomed the newly formed advisory board.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u201cAfter decades of disinvestment, we\u2019re finally moving toward building a modernized SUNY Downstate facility that will deliver high quality healthcare to the central Brooklyn community,\u201d said Governor Hochul. \u201cThat is why today I am proud to announce that in my budget, we\u2019re allocating an additional $450 million on top of the $300 million that was awarded last year.\u201d<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Debbie Louis is the Assistant Secretary for Downstate Intergovernmental Affairs. Louis said that this work is personal, as someone who wishes to see SUNY Downstate stay open and as someone who has been working with the advisory board since its members were chosen.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u201cLet me be clear,\u201d said Louis. \u201cWe\u2019re changing the narrative. This hospital is not closing down. We are reimagining this hospital. We are going to make sure we come together and come up with creative and innovative ways to utilize the dollars that our leaders in this great state have allocated to this hospital.\u201d<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Following that news, the community was invited to speak. Many expressed frustration with how the State acted last year, rushing out a plan to transfer services without seeking any community input.\u00a0 Others made the case that the hospital\u2019s future should be determined by its history of quality care for underserved communities and the innovative research it has always conducted.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">The main thing community members urged was a commitment to making sure that any funding, especially the promised $750 million, is accounted for and used where it is most needed.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Cynthia Walker, a registered nurse at Downstate for almost 20 years as well as the assistant council leader for PEF Division 198, told the advisory board that simple everyday things like showers are near impossible for patients as the water is constantly cold and the building is in dire need of renovations.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u201cThere are things here that could be fixed, the building needs renovating,\u201d said Walker. \u201cThe patient\u2019s rooms and all this infrastructure here that has been neglected, it needs to stop.\u201d<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Walker also said there are not nearly enough nurses at SUNY Downstate, forcing the ones who do work there to work more than ever, leading to burnout.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u201cWe are always above the staffing ratio,\u201d said Walker. \u201cWe do not have enough staff on the units, people call out, and we should have back up for when people call out. When I do not have enough staff to do the work, the patients suffer.\u201d<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Don Morgenstern, a PEF Retiree and former researcher at SUNY Downstate, agreed with Walker.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u201cDuring my time, my job classification was research scientist. There were a hundred research scientists in that category here at Downstate,\u201d said Morgenstern. \u201cWhen I left, 10 years ago, there were six. The nurses here during my time totaled 550. Now, there are barely 400.\u201d<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Morgenstern argued that while the hundreds of millions of dollars now allocated to Downstate are welcome, it appears to be a small fix for a big issue.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u201cWhat this place needs, more than anything else, is for the Dormitory Authority of the State of New York to announce that they are sending out a $1 billion request for proposals to build up a brand-new hospital,\u201d Morgenstern said. \u201cWhen you get a modern hospital with modern facilities, that would be the end of any problems with Downstate.\u201d<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Bishop Orlando Findlayter, who serves as a pastor at New Hope Christian Fellowship in Brooklyn, told the advisory board that they have a responsibility not only to make sure that the report includes the voices of the community and staff, but also to demand more money.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u201cWe thank the Governor for $750 million, but that is not enough,\u201d said Bishop Findlayter. \u201cThe budget of the State of New York that the Governor just put out is $257 billion. You need to tell them that we need more money. And do not worry, because you will not be alone. We\u2019re going to Albany on <a href=\"https:\/\/communicator.pef.org\/issue\/volume-43-no-1\/coalition-of-unions-clergy-and-legislators-seek-transparency-and-investment-for-suny-downstate\/\">February 4<\/a>, to fight for more money.\u201d<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Findlayter said that other hospitals, like SUNY Upstate, do not face the same critical neglect as SUNY Downstate, and that he and the community are tired of the fight\u2014though they will press on.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u201cWe will not allow the State of New York or SUNY or anyone else to continue to disrespect us and give us crumbs,\u201d said Findlayter. \u201cThe Governor and the legislators need to go and find $1 billion to invest in Downstate.\u201d<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">The Downstate Adisory Board has scheduled another hearing on Feb. 27, with exact location and time to be announced. <\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_6531\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6531\" style=\"width: 1200px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-6531 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/communicator.pef.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/01\/SUNY-Footer.jpg\" alt=\"Community rallies for positive change and investment at first SUNY Downstate advisory board public hearing\" width=\"1200\" height=\"516\" srcset=\"https:\/\/communicator.pef.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/01\/SUNY-Footer.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/communicator.pef.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/01\/SUNY-Footer-300x129.jpg 300w, https:\/\/communicator.pef.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/01\/SUNY-Footer-1024x440.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/communicator.pef.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/01\/SUNY-Footer-768x330.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-6531\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Pictured clockwise, left to right: SUNY Downstate RN Cynthia Walker; former Downstate research scientist Don Morgenstern; PEF Downstate Field Director Deb Egel, PEF Division 244 (OPWDD Brooklyn) Council Leader Carrie Saunders, and Morgenstern; and State Senator Zellnor Myrie, who represents the District that includes SUNY Downstate.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>January 29, 2025 &#8212; Over the past year, unions, community members and staff at SUNY Downstate have worked to deliver on a promise to keep Downstate open for the people&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":13,"featured_media":6535,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"division":[],"allowed_regions":[],"allowed_divisions":[],"class_list":["post-6525","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized","issue-volume-43-no-1"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v27.6 (Yoast SEO v27.9) - 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