Last year in the 2025 Enacted Budget, Governor Hochul and the state legislature created the Downstate Community Advisory Board to establish a reasonable, scalable, and fiscally responsible plan for the financial health, viability and sustainability of SUNY Downstate. The recommendations may not exceed more than the available $750 million capital investment. Click the “Downstate Community Advisory Board” page for more information.
Community input is a critical piece of the Downstate Community Advisory Board process. The advisory board will hold no less than three public hearings to solicit input and recommendations from any interested party, including from healthcare experts, county health departments, community-based organizations, state and regional healthcare industry associations, labor unions, experts in hospital operations, and other interested parties.
The next Public Hearing will be held on Thursday, March 13, 2025, from 6:00pm – 8:30pm at SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University 395 Lenox Road, Brooklyn, NY 11203.3.
To register to speak or submit written feedback, visit:
https://form.jotform.com/ADENACG/downstatepublichearing
Public Hearings will be recorded and posted to this website.
The first Public Hearing was held Wednesday, January 22, 2025, from 6:00pm – 8:00pm at SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University.
Listen to Downstate Public Hearing 1
The second Public Hearing was held Thursday, February 27, 2025, from 6:00pm – 9:00pm at Medgar Evers College, Bedford Avenue Campus, 1650 Bedford Avenue – Founders Auditorium, Brooklyn, NY 11225.
Listen to Downstate Public Hearing 2