By Chris Welch, December 14, 2023

“One of the last hospitals still serving Lower Manhattan, Mount Sinai Beth Israel, is on track for closure next July.

On Thursday, politicians and community advocates gathered to save it.

“It is unacceptable and we are here to demand more,” said the neighborhood’s city council member Carlina Rivera, who organized the rally.

When Beth Israel closes, New York Presbyterian Lower Manhattan will be the only facility serving the borough south of 23rd Street, an area of 400,000 residents.”

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