Mount Sinai’s plans to shut down Beth Israel Hospital have stalled again. A New York appellate judge on Friday issued a new temporary stay blocking the move, just days after a state Supreme Court judge dismissed a lawsuit challenging the Manhattan hospital's long-delayed closure. Mount Sinai announced shortly after Monday's dismissal that it would begin the process of shutting down Beth Israel immediately, with the goal of closing completely by March 26. But Friday's temporary ruling puts that closure date in doubt. Justice John Higgit put the stay in place pending a determination on the case by a panel of judges.
