Plan A also entailed the development of 450 housing units (for sale and rental), 400,000 sf of retail and a 400-room hotel/conference center that have would required the city to approve a zone change application.
Plan B called for the development of a medical research park and some staff housing on hospital grounds. This proposal did not require a zone change, but an amendment to its special use permit, and would not have included the donation of land.
George Gretsas, executive officer of the city, says that that he had not officially been served with the lawsuit. "The city will, of course, defend itself against the allegations." Dean Bender, a spokesman for New York Presbyterian, says, "The hospital did what any responsible land owner would do to protect its rights."
In its suit, the hospital requests that the city's alleged demand for the donation of public land as a precondition of plan approval be declared unconstitutional, that it overturn the denial of Plans A and B and order the council to refer both plans to city agencies for study. In addition, the hospital is asking the court to direct the city to pay for attorney's fees and unspecified damages.
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John Jordan
John Jordan is a veteran journalist with 36 years of print and digital media experience.
