Join Village Preservation, disabled advocacy groups, neighborhood organizations, and doctors, staff, patients, and alumni of the New York Eye and Ear Infirmary (NYEEI) this coming Tuesday, October 15 at 11 am for a rally and press conference calling for the city to landmark the hospital’s historic main building. We’ll gather in front of NYEEI at Second Avenue and 13th Street to demand the city finally honor and recognize disabled history with this landmark designation, and help us to ensure the hospital’s preservation and future.

All are welcome to attend — PLEASE SPREAD THE WORD!

NYEEI is the oldest specialized hospital in the Western Hemisphere and the second oldest hospital in NYC. For more than two centuries, it has offered groundbreaking services for people with visual and hearing impairments, and has offered unique opportunities to black doctors when few existed. With its acquisition by Mount Sinai Health Systems, its future has been in doubt. The City of New York is yet to landmark a site that honors and recognizes disabled history.