{"id":6816,"date":"2025-03-14T12:50:31","date_gmt":"2025-03-14T16:50:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/communicator.pef.org\/?p=6816"},"modified":"2025-04-02T10:50:02","modified_gmt":"2025-04-02T14:50:02","slug":"deadline-extended-for-suny-downstate-advisory-board-recommendations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/communicator.pef.org\/issue\/volume-43-no-3\/deadline-extended-for-suny-downstate-advisory-board-recommendations\/","title":{"rendered":"Deadline extended for SUNY Downstate Advisory Board recommendations"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-6334 alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/communicator.pef.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/12\/Downstate.jpg\" alt=\"Downstate Logo\" width=\"400\" height=\"91\" srcset=\"https:\/\/communicator.pef.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/12\/Downstate.jpg 400w, https:\/\/communicator.pef.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/12\/Downstate-300x68.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>April 3, 2025 &#8212;<\/em> <span data-contrast=\"auto\">It has been one year since staff, doctors, nurses and students at SUNY Downstate joined with the Brooklyn community, PEF, UUP, and clergy leaders to strike back against a plan by the SUNY Chancellor to close the hospital and transfer its services across the street to Kings County Hospital. Thanks to the coalition\u2019s efforts, Governor Kathy Hochul announced last summer she would instead bring the community together with an advisory board, charged with reimagining Brooklyn\u2019s premiere public teaching hospital.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">In Dec. 2024, the board began its work expecting to deliver recommendations to the Governor by April 1, 2025, following three community hearings. At the first public hearing on Jan. 22, members of the community expressed frustration with the short timeline, especially following such a long wait for the board to be named. It was a sentiment expressed by State Senator Zellnor Myrie, who represents the Brooklyn district that includes Downstate.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u201cWe were promised a truly open public engagement process, an honest assessment of where we are, and real recommendations to improve services for patients in the community,\u201d said Sen. Myrie. \u201cWe expect SUNY to live up to those promises.\u201d<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">That message was heard by the Governor. The advisory board was told on March 6 that their deadline to submit a plan to Governor Hochul has been extended to June 1, 2025, though no additional hearings will be held. (The final hearing was March 13.)<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Kara Fesolovich, a spokeswoman for the governor, said that after discussions with board members and local officials, the governor\u2019s decision was made to ensure that board has enough time to bring a plan to the table that reflects the community\u2019s voice.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u201cAfter decades of disinvestment at SUNY Downstate, Governor Hochul has committed nearly $1 billion to bring high-quality health care to residents in a modernized facility while protecting health care jobs,\u201d said Fesolovich.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Though the push for an extended deadline is a win for advocates who believe in SUNY Downstate\u2019s future, the fight for the hospital is still not over, as the community pushes for an additional investment of $250 million to fully revitalize the hospital.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">PEF members can do their part to advocate for funding for SUNY Downstate and Upstate, in Syracuse, by <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/actionnetwork.org\/letters\/increase-funding-for-suny-downstate-upstate-hospitals?source=direct_link&amp;\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">sending a letter to your local legislators.<\/span><\/a><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>April 3, 2025 &#8212; 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