Auditors blamed competition for patients, losses from LICH since SUNY acquired it in 2011, and weaknesses in governance and management.

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"SUNY again demonstrated a disturbing lack of transparency, holding its vote on the future of LICH in Westchester today, " said State Sen.

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Next year it should benefit from potentially hot releases now in the pipeline: Guitar Hero Van Halen, DJ Hero and Wrath of the Lich King in China.

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"LICH is open for care and our fight to keep it open is just beginning, " said Jill Furillo, executive director of the New York State Nurses Association, in a statement.

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But LICH only has room for his head, not the marble slab behind it, which also has memorable value: Its 38-year-old designer married Dr. Skene's 60-year-old widow in 1903.

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The proposal doesn't guarantee that LICH will remain open, although SUNY officials and a nurses union representative said potential operators had stepped up to take over the struggling Cobble Hill institution.

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