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Land Use committee approves Lenox Hill Hospital rezoning with limits on height and stronger hospital‑use requirements
Summary
The Council committee approved a package of zoning actions to allow Lenox Hill Hospital to modernize on its existing campus, with committee modifications that lower the proposed Lexington Avenue tower height, require most of the site to remain hospital use, and change ambulance circulation and entry locations.
The New York City Council Committee on Land Use approved modifications to the Lenox Hill Hospital redevelopment plan, a package of zoning map, text and special‑permit actions that sponsors said will facilitate rebuilding an aging campus while preserving hospital capacity.
Council members considered LU 339, LU 340 and LU 341 and voted to approve the actions with modifications. The committee’s recommendations will be forwarded to the full Land Use Committee and then the Council.
Subcommittee chair Kevin Riley introduced the item and described three land‑use actions proposed by the applicant: (1) rezoning most of the full block bounded by East 70th and East 71st Streets (between Lexington and Park Avenues) to higher commercial districts, (2) a zoning text amendment to create a special permit…
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