Councilman Anibal Ramos Jr. was joined by Newark City Council colleagues Gayle Chaneyfield Jenkins and Luis Quintana as well as union officials at St. Michael’s Medical Center on Wednesday to denounce a report recommending the hospital be turned into an ambulatory care center.

“We’re going to put our boxing gloves on and we are going to make sure we fight to keep St. Michael’s Medical Center in the community,” Ramos told more than 200 employees who had gathered in the hospitals lobby for a rally.

Newark Councilman Anibal Ramos Jr. speaks at a rally to save St. Michael's Medical Center in Newark.