After losing its bid for approval of its expansion plans, St. Vincent Catholic Medical Centers tries a different tack, as reported today in the New York Times:
On Tuesday --- after the commission rebuffed the hospital's $1.6 billion development proposal --- Henry J. Amoroso, president of St. Vincent Catholic Medical Centers, the entity that includes the hospital, said it would file an application seeking hardship status.He sought "the demolition of the O'Toole Building," he said, referring to the distinctive white monument on Seventh Avenue between 12th and 13th Streets that the hospital owns.
When it grants hardship status, the commission accepts nonprofit landlords' arguments that maintenance of buildings they own interferes with their ability --- physical or financial --- to carry out their charitable purpose.
Read the full article here.