Keeping up the fight to protect the Brooklyn VA Hospital

The Department of Veterans Affairs, Capital Asset Realignment and Enhancement (CARES) Commission is currently reviewing the possibility of consolidating the Manhattan and Brooklyn VA Hospitals, which could potentially result in the closure of the Brooklyn VA. 

Congressman Fossella has testified twice before the Local Advisory Panel urging the Commission to reject closure of the Brooklyn VA, citing the infeasibility of Staten Island and Brooklyn veterans traveling to Manhattan for care.  In addition, Congressman Fossella hosted Secretary James Nicholson, Department of Veterans Affairs, and Congressman Steve Buyer, Chairman of the House Committee on Veterans Affairs for tours of the Brooklyn VA Hospital to highlight its unique and irreplaceable role in the delivery of health care to New York City ’s veterans.  

Read Vito's latest letter* to Department of Veteran's Affairs Secretary James Nicholson

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