A NY Hospital Tried To Close Its Birthing Center. This City United To Fight Back.

Democrats and Republicans in Troy, New York, joined together to challenge a national Catholic health system determined to close the last birthing center in the county.

By: Noam N. Levey

Outlets: KFF Health News

Published: September 9, 2026

Words: 1,299

Last Updated: 1 week, 2 days ago

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TROY, N.Y. — Like many residents of this aging industrial city on the Hudson River, Starletta Washington was stunned when she heard Troy’s last remaining hospital planned to close its birthing center.

“It was devastating,” said Washington, who heads the local YWCA. Washington was born at the hospital and had her children there. She couldn’t believe families would now have to get to a hospital half an hour away or face the prospect of an …

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