That’s not really true. Hospitals extend into commercial office space all the time. NYU took over at least one or two office towers for ambulatory care several years ago. Some floors feel like being in a hospital if you didn’t know where you were. They do all sorts of procedures and stuff in them.

And there’s lots of medical labs in office buildings. You absolutely can put them there unless you’re working with something the government heavily restricts like anthrax research, but that’s not normal.

my first thought is "whelp, cant argue with that"

my second thought is "people will find a way to argue with that"

“Here’s a new state-of-the-art cancer research center that would invaluably improve the lives of thousands of cancer patients in New York”

“Not in my neighborhood!”

they have separate buildings in midtown for that... you want to move patients cross town to hospital and beyond to their care facilities? or better if they close?

Will it be named the Donald Trump Pavilion?

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Aw man. My favorite hospital room/bed will lose it's view.

At the very least, these types of stunts should include a court order preventing people from clout-chasing on social media using footage obtained during the commission of a criminal act.

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>the structure could rise up to 594 feet tall and yield nearly 1 million square feet of facilities for cancer care, surgery, and medical research.

Hospital and research labs require floor plans, infrastructure, and safety precautions that you can't economically tack onto existing commercial office buildings even if there was an appropriately sized existing building in the immediate area.

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No one cares about regular people leaving the city. They only care about the rich. Fine let the city be just the obscene wealth and the destitute poor. See how nice that works for you. No regular folks left to open regular businesses and do regular jobs that we take for granted. Tell me how fun that is. Peace ✌️ out

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Saw one from a movie site this morning - "Home Alone 2 Extra Faces Criminal Charges"

Ah ok, that makes sense. Like I said- obviously not a city planner!

There are no large existing commercial building next to the hospital. Is mostly residential buildings up there or mix use. Thus have to build new

I am obviously not an architect nor a city planner but I do wish there would be more conversations about all the commercial buildings that are struggling to find tenants being converted instead of more new plans for more new buildings.

The population of Manhattan went up. Seems like a pretty good indication that the rich are getting richer and the poor are getting poorer and can no longer afford to live here with the pitiful amount of housing stock left for middle class and lower income people.

More essential infrastructure improvements - I'm sure the nearby residents will complain and be against just like the new blood bank building few blocks away

This is my favorite headline in the longest time. Hats off to their subtle sarcasm.

Guess I’m going back to the delivery services then. OPEN MORE FUCKING LEGAL STORES NYC

It's getting expensive in Queens too ... God queens used to be affordable but now we're getting priced up. Even in bumfuck college point prices are rising, and mind you that place is middle of nowhere ... folks don't even know it exists!

If they’re gonna overcharge they need to sell decent bud. All the dispensary stuff I’ve tried has been quite bad, tbh

This is a bad take. Legal dispensaries are selling the same exact shit and at a mark up. It all comes from the same farms up north.

I actually got a 1/2 from housing works and when I peeled away one of the stickers it was labeled over 3 months expired.

All this noise is fear mongering to try and drive sales through taxed avenues. Shutting down and fining minority businesses for selling street weed while simultaneously virtue signaling about trying to mitigate the damages drug legislation has had on POC is the ultimate irony.

They couldn’t care less, they want that sales tax.