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Council rezones former St. Clare’s hospital parcels to R-3, clears environmental review to enable redevelopment
Summary
Following a planning commission recommendation, the council adopted a negative SEQR declaration and rezoned parcels in the former St. Clare’s hospital campus to R-3 multi-family residential to enable rehabilitation and adaptive reuse proposals; developers indicated interest in large-scale residential conversion with amenities.
The council voted to rezone the former St. Clare’s hospital campus and related parcels to R-3 (multi-family residential) and adopted a negative State Environmental Quality Review (SEQR) declaration, clearing a key regulatory step for redevelopment.
Planning staff and council members described the R-3 zoning as the least intensive feasible district to enable multi-family reuse and to preserve the historic hospital…
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