Save Our Veterans Hospital for Our Veterans

We, the undersigned, oppose plans to take over property at the Franklin Delano Roosevelt Veterans Hospital in Montrose, NY, and to move much needed Veterans services to distant locations so that the scenic, riverside property can be used by profiteers to build luxury housing along the Hudson River.

We support our Veterans and their families and their need for physical care and support in the healing atmosphere provided by the serenity of this site. Many Veterans have resided at this facility and have known it as their only home for many years. After all our Veterans have given for their country, it is wrong to ask that they and their families be given the added burden of traveling long distances for care and that they be displaced by this unnecessary luxury private housing.

We support keeping the current facility and the property whole to meet the needs of current and future Veterans. We also support the refurbishment and improvement of this facility so our Veterans can receive inpatient and outpatient care, and elderly and homeless Veterans can receive long term care in the hospital and nursing home facilities on this campus.

These men and woman have given their all for our nation. They have traveled far to protect us at home and they should not have to travel even further for the care they have earned and deserve. Luxury real estate at this location will be of no benefit to our Veterans, but local health care and the support of all citizens in keeping this hospital facility whole and functioning will benefit those who need care now as well as the untold numbers who will need care in the future.

We ask that you join us in supporting our Veterans and not the profiteers.