Coler Post Acute Care Facility Named As Top 5 Nursing Home In NY State But What Is It's Future On Roosevelt Island? Residents Worry Number Of Beds May Be Reduced And Possible Future Closure - NYC Health & Hospitals Corp Says It's Committed To Maintaining/Improving Services And No Current Plans To Close

The Roosevelt Island NYC Health & Hospital Corp (NYCHHC) Coler post acute care facility, 



was recently ranked 5th out of 63 NY State nursing homes by Newsweek study.

Congrats to @NYCHealthSystem Coler on #RooseveltIsland for being named one of the "Best Nursing Homes" in the state of New York by @Newsweek! More on the rankings: https://t.co/3Zv7U07mRH pic.twitter.com/l9FmH2MMEK

— NYC Health + Hospitals (@NYCHealthSystem) November 6, 2019

But, there is ongoing concern among some Coler patients and Roosevelt Island residents that the facility may one day soon be shut down for future real estate development as it's sister facility Goldwater Hospital was closed in 2013 to make way for the Cornell Tech campus.

In 2018, a resident asked current Roosevelt Island Residents Association (RIRA) President Lynn Strong-Shinozaki (at the time, a candidate for RIRA President):

I've heard that Coler Hospital might be for sale or might be closing at some point. Do we know what plan for that whole area is?

Ms Shinozaki replied:

The answer to that is no, but what I do know is that you are correct that the City list of properties that can be bought, Coler Hospital is on that list...

Last October 15, I asked NYC HHC:

There have been persistent rumors that NYC HHC is planning on closing The Coler Hospital Facility on Roosevelt Island.

I learned from a source recently, that Coler is planning to reduce the number of beds and patients being served from approximately 500 to 200.

Is that true?

Any comment from NYC HHC regarding future of Roosevelt Island Coler Hospital and any plan to reduce the current number of patients being cared for?

A spokesperson for NYC HHC replied regarding the status of Coler:

NYC Health + Hospitals is committed to maintaining and improving our post-acute care services, and there are no current plans to change services provided at the facility.

There are approximately 500 long-term care residents and short-stay patients receiving care at NYC Health + Hospitals/Coler. The majority of patients receiving care at NYC Health + Hospitals/Coler are there to receive long-term care.

NYC Health + Hospitals/Coler is a post-acute care facility—think, a nursing home—and NOT a hospital.