Real Estate
Residents sign petition against Lenox Hill plan
BY ALEJANDRA O’CONNELL
DOMENECH
Over a thousand Upper East
Siders have signed an online
petition calling for state and
city lawmakers to oppose Northwell
Health’s $2.5 million renovation plan
of Lenox Hill Hospital.
The petition comes a month after
Manhattan Community Board 8 passed
a resolution opposing the renovation
plan which calls for the creation of a
490-foot-tall residential tower next door
to a revamped 516-foot-tall Lenox Hill
hospital.
“The incredible momentum building
around this campaign should send
a clear message to our elected offi cials
that Northwell Health’s plan is simply
not viable,” wrote Andy Gaspar and
Stephanie Reckler, members of the
Committee to Protect Our Lenox Hill
Neighborhood, in a statement. The
community group has received a total
of 1,569 signatures since the petition’s
creation 11 days ago.
Opponents of the plan have repeatedly
RENDERING COURTESY OF NORTHWELL LENOX HILL HOSPITAL
said that they are not against upgrading
the hospital, which is in need of
an expanded emergency room and neonatal
unit. Instead, opponents are afraid
that Northwell wants to transform the
hospital to a medical tourism destination.
And, they worry about the impacts
of construction on traffi c, nearby businesses
and air quality.
The proposed plan calls for the expanded
emergency room, a new diagnostic
and treatment center, an ambulance
bay and a mother and baby center,
which would be completed in phases
over 10 years. The double rooms in
the hospital would be changed to spacious
single patient rooms where future
patients would be able to receive food
prepared by a Michelin-star chef, as
part of the hospital’s efforts to “promote
wellness.” As medicine advances, the
size of single-patient rooms is meant to
accommodate equipment for bed-side
procedures, according to a Lenox Hill
representative. Representatives also said
the space is meant to better accommodate
visiting friends and family.
Representatives from Lenox Hill Hospital
and Northwell Health have said
that they are open to working with the
community before the project formally
enters the land-use process. In order to
start work on the plan, Northwell would
have to obtain zoning variances. Current
zoning law prevents new development
from exceeding 170 on Lexington
Avenue and 210 on Park Avenue.
A week before the October community
board meeting, both Brewer and
Powers reached out to Northwell and requested
that it examine the scale, planning
and timeline of the project.
Both elected offi cials have stated that
they are open to listening to both sides
on the project and take community input
seriously.
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