Landmarks Preservation Commission Approves Building Design for New St. Vincent's Hospital Manhattan
04/15/2009
Contact: Michael Fagan
(212) 604-7965
New York, NY, March 10, 2009 - The Landmarks Preservation Commission (LPC) today approved the design for a 21st century, modern St. Vincent's Hospital Manhattan by a vote of 8 to 3.
'The Landmarks Preservation Commission, under the leadership of Chairman Robert Tierney, deserve an enormous amount of credit for diligently working on this proposal and helping us craft a design that reduced the height of the building by more than 15 percent from our initial proposal while not compromising any of the programs that St. Vincent's will provide in the new hospital,' said Alfred E. Smith, IV, Chairman, Board of Directors, Saint Vincent Catholic Medical Centers. 'As the last remaining Catholic hospital in New York City, I am particularly pleased that with today's decision, it allows us to move forward on our vision to continue and further our mission of care for the next century.'
'We are thrilled that the Landmarks Preservation Commission today approved St. Vincent's designs for its new hospital, allowing us to take another step toward providing 21st century, state-of-the-art healthcare for all of Manhattan's West Side,' said Henry Amoroso, President and CEO, Saint Vincent Catholic Medical Centers. 'As New York City and state prepare for unprecedented financial difficulties, it is more important than ever that residents, employees and visitors have access to the kind of quality healthcare that St. Vincent's will be able to provide in a modern facility.'
With this critical support from the LPC, St. Vincent's is one step closer to giving those who live and visit the West Side of Manhattan the healthcare services they want, need and deserve, as well as providing physicians and employees an up-to-date, more efficient care environment.
St. Vincent's development partners, the Rudin Family also remain fully committed to the project. 'With St. Vincent's now having received the necessary approvals from the Landmarks Preservation Commission for the demolition and design of the new hospital, the Rudin family is excited to continue its work on the responsible development of the residential components of this plan with Chairman Tierney and the LPC,' said Bill Rudin. 'With New Yorkers facing extremely challenging times, the Rudin family is more committed than ever to our partnership with St. Vincent's; a partnership that will result in a dynamic new residential complex; thousands of jobs for the construction industry; and thousands of New York residents and visitors receiving the healthcare they need and deserve.' Once the new hospital is built, the Rudin Family will redevelop the old hospital campus for residential use.
There are still a number of steps in the public review process. The Landmarks Preservation Commission must still review and approve the application by the Rudin Family for the residential redevelopment. Following those approvals, applications will be filed at the Department of City Planning for the zoning modifications used to support the approved designs, which will eventually be voted on by the City Planning Commission and City Council. At the same time, St. Vincent's will seek approval from the New York State Department of Health for a Certificate of Need application for the new hospital.
Saint Vincent's
Saint Vincent Catholic Medical Centers (Saint Vincent's) is anchored by St. Vincent's Hospital Manhattan, an academic medical center located in Greenwich Village and the only emergency room on the Westside of Manhattan from Midtown to Tribeca, St. Vincent's Westchester, a behavioral health hospital in Westchester County, and continuing care services that include two skilled nursing facilities in Brooklyn, another on Staten Island, a hospice, and a home health agency serving the Metropolitan New York area. Its behavioral health services also provide supportive housing programs for people with mental illness throughout the Metropolitan area. Saint Vincent's is the designated provider for the New York and New Jersey region of the US Family Health Plan sponsored by the US Department of Defense.
Saint Vincent's serves as the academic medical center of New York Medical College in New York City. The healthcare organization is sponsored by the Roman Catholic Bishop of Brooklyn and the president of the Sisters of Charity of New York.
