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Hospital Sues City Over Project Rejections

WHITE PLAINS-New York Presbyterian Hospital has filed an Article 78 petition in New York State Supreme Court requesting that it overturn the city's rejection last month of two proposed plans for its 232-acre campus.

By John Jordan | Updated on August 17, 2000

New York Presbyterian Hospital sued the city on August 16, naming Mayor Joseph Delfino and members of its Common Council as defendants. The litigation stems from the council’s rejection last month of two plans proposed by the hospital and its development arm, Royal Charter Properties-Westchester Inc.The hospital charges the city with trying to force it to donate 100 acres of its campus to the city to create a public park. One of the hospital’s proposals (Plan A) would have donated 60 acres of hospital grounds to the city for the park, which the council voted down by a 5-2 margin. The mayor voted for Plan A. The hospital’s alternate Plan B received a 7-0 no vote at the same meeting.

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.

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