lenox hill
Community Meetings
Voice your opposition to Northwell's "New" 2025 Plans for Lenox Hill Hospital
MARCH
12th
2025
Wednesday
6:30-9:30 pm
In-person attendance is encouraged - let’s pack the house
Location:
MSK-Rockefeller Laboratories Auditorium
430 E. 67th St. (Room RRL B-20)
How to complete the Google Docs Sign Up Form:
-Please indicate whether you will be attending in person or via Zoom.
-Indicate if you would like to testify (speak) on this application at the public hearing. (Please note that there is a 1 minute time limit for testimony so please be prepared. Time limits may not allow everyone to speak.)
-If you select YES that you would like to testify, please indicate that you are representing “self” and provide your name in the field
-If you select YES that you would like to testify, there is a field to indicate your ”Position on the topic” - Please check OPPOSED
Written testimony is accepted and encouraged at www.cb8m.com
More details to follow on how to provide written testimony to CB8
ULURP Hearing
In-person attendance is encouraged - let’s pack the house
Location: MSK-Rockefeller Laboratories Auditorium
430 E. 67th St. (Room RRL B-20)
How to complete the Google Docs Sign Up Form:
- Please indicate whether you will be attending in person or via Zoom.
- Indicate if you would like to testify (speak) on this application at the public hearing. (Please note that there is a 1 minute time limit for testimony so please be prepared. Time limits may not allow everyone to speak.)
- If you select YES that you would like to testify, please indicate that you are representing “self” and provide your name in the field
- If you select YES that you would like to testify, there is a field to indicate your ”Position on the topic” - Please check OPPOSED
Written testimony is accepted and encouraged at www.cb8m.com
More details to follow on how to provide written testimony to CB8
lenox hill
Archived Community Meetings
jan
28th
6:30 PM - 9:30 PM
Northwell/Lenox Hill Hospital: Update on progress and current state of project planning
Northwell's presentation revealed nothing new from the plans presented almost two years ago, except that there are two models to choose from. In addition to the model of the 436 ft tower, they presented an alternative model that was 40ft shorter on Lexington Avenue with the square footage shifted to east 76th street. The massiveness of the building remains the same and the zoning variances for east 76th Street are even more egregious. Northwell announced that they intended to file the draft Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) in time for consideration and certification at the NY Department of Planning Commission's meeting on February 2nd. Excellent and probing questions and comments followed Northwell's presentation. They were either not answered because they were not posed in question format or the answers that were given were vague or not on topic.
You can watch the video of the meeting by clicking here
Meeting Minutes
2025
NOV
26th
6:30 PM
Northwell/Lenox Hill Hospital: Update on progress and current state of project planning
The turnout—over 350 community members attending via Zoom—was astounding, especially two days before Thanksgiving. This number demonstrated profound concern, seething frustration, and widespread opposition to Northwell’s proposal, which seeks to exceed current zoning limitations by 250% over an eleven-year construction period. As Dr. Baker did not have any new plans, our supporters were commenting on plans that were released in February 2023.
One speaker said that such lengthy construction represents “community malpractice” by Northwell as it will destroy a vibrant, healthy and successful Upper East Side community just to appease Northwell’s vanity and battle for market share. “Northwell should begin its plans by ‘doing no harm’ to our community,” said a speaker.
While CPOLHN recognizes and supports the need for modernizing the hospital’s facilities, Northwell’s presentation (or more correctly, the lack of a presentation) was nothing short of insulting and demeaning to our community. Dr. Daniel Baker, Lenox Hill Hospital’s president, was the sole Northwell representative present, a foot solder thrown into the hostile audience of our neighbors. Dr. Baker shared nothing with the group. Dr. Baker was following a script. He was frequently on his cell phone and made a point of looking at his watch while someone in the audience was speaking.
Residents repeatedly highlighted that the Upper East Side is already served by numerous world-class medical institutions and questioned the necessity of significantly enlarging Lenox Hill Hospital. Many emphasized their anger at Northwell’s refusal to prioritize underserved areas such as lower Manhattan and the other boroughs, where medical facilities are critically needed after several hospitals are shutting down due to financial pressures.
Dr. Baker’s repeated assurances that Northwell would return in late January 2025 to CB8 with more detailed plans were met with skepticism. Dr. Baker announced an email address, renewinglenox@northwell.edu, for residents to submit questions and make comments directly to him. He can also be reached at 212-434-4360.
2024
Dr. Dan Baker is to gave a “limited” overview of Northwell’s “new” plans – previous plans that were released almost two years ago. You can watch the video of the meeting by clicking here.
SEPT
20th
Handicap accessible
Town Hall Meeting at St Jean Baptiste School, Main Entrance.
173 east 75th Street
6:30-8PM
Meeting Minutes
If you share these concerns, be sure to attend our upcoming Town Hall, featuring former NY1 News political reporter, Zack Fink, as he moderates a fascinating panel of experts and members of our community, to address these topics and your questions, don’t miss it!
Committee to Protect Our Lenox Hill Neighborhood
savelenoxhill.org
sreckler@savelenoxhill.org
Sept. 22nd 2023
'Bedpan Alley': Lenox Hill Hospital Expansion Pooh-Poohed By Locals
Sept. 20th 2023
Watch the Lenox Hill Town Hall Meeting
2023
March
2nd
2:00 -5:00 PM
NYC Department of City Planning, "Scoping Meeting"
You can watch the video of the meeting by clicking here. You can also listen to specific speakers by following the spreadsheet attached here. The times of the video are in Column A and the speakers are listed in Column B.
2023
FEB
28th
6:30 PM
Community Board 8, Zoning and Development
Northwell had been invited to share its plans for Lenox Hill Hospital. You can watch the video of the meeting by clicking here.
