Here’s an excerpt from Bococaland,where you can read the full story:

So long Continuum Partners. That’s what Long Island College Hospital had to say this week after it finalized a merger with major public university and medical center, SUNY Downstate Medical Center. You may remember a few years ago, when LICH was desperately trying to keep open its pediatric unit and starting to sell real estate to keep itself afloat (how about the building at 110 Amity St., which is still sitting empty after townhouses were nixed?). Supposedly, this new agreement has changed the entire landscape for our local institute, starting with the HEAL-NY grant of $40 million, which will be issued to support the merger, supplementing a $22 million HEAL-NY grant announced earlier.