Jewish Home Approval Requires Public Participation

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We, as residents and advocates of the Park West Village neighborhood on the Upper West Side of Manhattan, and

We, as advocates of quality nursing home care in New York State and throughout the United States, and

We, as advocates of public participation in community-based planning everywhere,

call upon you to rectify the failure of the New York State Department of Health and the New York State Hospital Review and Planning Council to respect the rule of law in granting their approval to Jewish Home and Hospital to construct a 20-story, 408-bed nursing home on West 100th Street in Manhattan.

WHEREAS:

The State Department of Health has granted approval to Jewish Home to construct a 20-story nursing home on West 100th Street without public notice, and without any opportunity for the residents of the surrounding neighborhood and their elected representatives to present any information to the Department concerning the proposed building or its sponsor, Jewish Home.

The State Department of Health has circumvented the requirements of the Public Health Law and the State Hospital Code for obtaining approval to construct a nursing home, by treating Jewish Homes application to construct a building on West 100th Street as a modification of a previously approved application to construct a much smaller building on West 106th Street.

The State Department of Health has ignored the fact that the application it approved for West 106th Street describes a 14-story, 305,000-square-foot building, while the application it approved for West 100th Street without public notice describes a 20-story, 378,000-square-foot building that represents a 43-percent increase in height and a 24-percent increase in floor area.

The State Department of Health has ignored the fact that the proposed West 100th Street location is currently the site of a narrow parking lot located on the block that already bears the most overwhelming traffic burden of any block on the Upper West Side or in Manhattan Valley, that it poses a threat to the health and safety of the residents of the proposed nursing home and to the residents of the surrounding neighborhood, and that it does not comply with the site requirements of the State Hospital Code.

The State Department of Healths review of Jewish Homes application to construct a nursing home on West 100th Street lacks any analysis of compliance either by the proposed building or by its sponsor, Jewish Home with all applicable codes, rules, and regulations as required by the Public Health Law.

The State Hospital Review and Planning Council granted its approval to construct a building on West 106th Street on August 7, 2008, 18 months before Jewish Home filed its application to construct a much larger building on West 100th Street on February 2, 2010. The Council has never placed Jewish Homes West 100th Street application on the calendar of its Project Review Committee for public comment, even though this new, 155-page application warrants an entirely new approval process.

NOW, THEREFORE:

We, the undersigned, call upon you the heads of the New York State Department of Health and the New York State Hospital Review and Planning Council to respect the right of Park West Village neighborhood residents to public participation in a decision that affects them directly and to respect the rule of law, by holding public hearings on Jewish Homes application to construct a 20-story nursing home on West 100th Street as the Public Health Law empowers you to do.

The approval process for the construction of any nursing home must include public participation by the residents of the surrounding neighborhood, their elected representatives, and advocates of quality nursing home care.

343 Signatures

  • Paul S. Bunten
    • My Personal Comment
    • It is the obligation of citizens to hold government accountable to the law.
    • Street Address
    • 372 Central Park West
    • City & State
    • New York, NY
    • Zip Code
    • 10025
  • Jean Green Dorsey
    • Zip Code
    • 10025
  • Nick Prigo
    • Zip Code
    • 10025
  • Michele Appel Prigo
    • Zip Code
    • 10025
  • Stephanie Sutow
    • Zip Code
    • 10025
  • Lois Hoffmann
    • Street Address
    • 788 Columbus Avenue Apt.10-A
    • City & State
    • New York, New York
    • Zip Code
    • 10025
  • Nina Frieman
    • Zip Code
    • 10025
  • Sue Susman
    • My Personal Comment
    • В
    • Street Address
    • В
    • City & State
    • В
    • Zip Code
    • 10025
  • Rev. Heidi Neumark
    • Street Address
    • 168 W.100th St.
    • City & State
    • New York, New York
    • Zip Code
    • 10025
  • Niki Matsoukas
    • Zip Code
    • 10025
  • orin kotula
    • Street Address
    • 46 west 95th street #3c
    • City & State
    • new york ny
    • Zip Code
    • 10025
  • alan applebaum
    • My Personal Comment
    • This project is unjustifiable
    • Street Address
    • 160 west 97 st.-apt. 12a
    • City & State
    • new york, ny
    • Zip Code
    • 10025
  • marilyn church
    • My Personal Comment
    • this project should not go forward
    • Street Address
    • 160 west 97 st.-apt. 12a
    • City & State
    • new york, ny
    • Zip Code
    • 10025
  • judy west
    • Street Address
    • 400 central park west
    • City & State
    • new york
    • Zip Code
    • 10025
  • Marcia Egger
    • Zip Code
    • 10025
  • IRVING POLSKY
    • My Personal Comment
    • An unconscionable rip-off.
    • Street Address
    • 65 West 96th Street, Apt 26B
    • City & State
    • New York, NY
    • Zip Code
    • 10025-6512
  • Sherry Gorelick
    • Street Address
    • 400 Central Park West
    • City & State
    • NY. NY
    • Zip Code
    • 10025
  • Dorothy Lander
    • Zip Code
    • 10025
  • Carol Anshien
    • My Personal Comment
    • We need public process and participation.
    • Zip Code
    • 10025
  • Hillel Hoffman
    • My Personal Comment
    • It is unconscionable that approval was given without any input from the public
    • Street Address
    • 788 Columbus Avenue
    • City & State
    • New York
    • Zip Code
    • 10025
  • Hedda Fields
    • Street Address
    • 400 Central Park West
    • City & State
    • New York, NY
    • Zip Code
    • 10025
  • Toni Kurasch
    • Street Address
    • 400 Central Park West
    • City & State
    • NY, NY
    • Zip Code
    • 10025
  • Dorri Jacobs
    • My Personal Comment
    • this project creates a health hazard for JHL residents, PWV residents and the community
    • Zip Code
    • 10025
  • Shauna Stoltz-Laurie
    • Zip Code
    • 10025
  • Thomas Lowenhaupt
    • My Personal Comment
    • The democratic conversation is essential.
    • City & State
    • Jackson Hts., NY
    • Zip Code
    • 11372
  • Nan A. Canter
    • Street Address
    • 372 Central Park West
    • City & State
    • New York
    • Zip Code
    • 10025
  • Ivan Bernbach
    • Street Address
    • 160 W. 97 St. 12 D
    • City & State
    • NY
    • Zip Code
    • 10025
  • Fran Handman
    • Street Address
    • 788 Columbus Ave. 8-K
    • City & State
    • New York, NY
    • Zip Code
    • 10025
  • Estelle Alpert
    • My Personal Comment
    • This has been reported to the HHS OIG with a request for a criminal investigation.
    • Zip Code
    • 10025
  • Adam Resnick
    • My Personal Comment
    • В
    • Street Address
    • В
    • City & State
    • В
    • Zip Code
    • 10025
  • Sally & Neil Goldman
    • Zip Code
    • 10025
  • gitelle kaplan
    • Zip Code
    • 10001
  • Jean R. Goldman
    • Zip Code
    • 10025-5858
  • abigail falk
    • Street Address
    • 46 west 95th street #2b
    • City & State
    • new york
    • Zip Code
    • 10025
  • Ruth Ann Stewart
    • My Personal Comment
    • A complete circumvention of the rule of law.
    • Zip Code
    • 10025
  • Harvey Lichtman
    • My Personal Comment
    • One more example of how the two main political parties are in the pockets of the real estate developers and bankers and why we need a workers party with a socialist program.
    • Street Address
    • 792 Columbus Ave., 6E
    • City & State
    • New York, NY
    • Zip Code
    • 10025
  • Winston Wright
    • Street Address
    • 372 Central Park West
    • City & State
    • NY
    • Zip Code
    • 10025
  • Eugenia Morrison
    • City & State
    • New York, NY
    • Zip Code
    • 10025
  • nora howard
    • My Personal Comment
    • В
    • Street Address
    • В
    • City & State
    • В
    • Zip Code
    • 10025
  • Keith Emmer
    • My Personal Comment
    • В
    • Street Address
    • 372 Central Park West #14K
    • City & State
    • New York, NY
    • Zip Code
    • 10025
  • Sheri Duxin
    • My Personal Comment
    • It is unacceptable that a project as far reaching as this one is going to become a back room deal. How corrupt ios this process?? Has anyone in the city government thought about the fact that this community has endured at least 2+ years of construction whcih negatively impacted our quality of life! I recovered from major surgery under these conditions and had to be treated for a reactive depression. If we had enough money as a tenants organization would you take the time to have a public hearing about this?
    • Street Address
    • В
    • City & State
    • В
    • Zip Code
    • 10025
  • Saralee Edwards
    • Zip Code
    • 10025
  • Stephanie Stern
    • Zip Code
    • 10025
  • Susan Dooha
    • My Personal Comment
    • he Department of Health should be focused on developing community-based care capacity--since many people who are aging and people with disabilities want to stay in their own homes--rather than be institutionalized.
    • Street Address
    • 841 Broadway, #301
    • City & State
    • NY, NY
    • Zip Code
    • 10003
  • Idalise Santiago
    • My Personal Comment
    • You cannot make backroom deals in our neighborhood
    • Street Address
    • 875 Columbus Avenue
    • City & State
    • New York
    • Zip Code
    • 10025
  • Brenda Newman
    • Street Address
    • 382 Central Park West, 3R
    • City & State
    • New York, NY
    • Zip Code
    • 10025
  • Brigid Buchanan
    • Street Address
    • 382 Central Park West Apartment 14S
    • City & State
    • New York, New York
    • Zip Code
    • 10025
  • gregg rubinstein
    • My Personal Comment
    • you have to look at what they are doing!
    • Street Address
    • 792 columbus Ave
    • City & State
    • NY NY
    • Zip Code
    • 10019
  • Mr. & Mrs. Gerald E. Scorse
    • Street Address
    • 392 Central Park West - 11C
    • City & State
    • New York, NY
    • Zip Code
    • 10025
  • Myra Weiss, D.S.W.
    • My Personal Comment
    • How can you consider a large project in a neighborhood, without involving neighbors!
    • Street Address
    • 372 Central Park West 3L
    • City & State
    • New York New York
    • Zip Code
    • 10025