UES sue over planned medical tower

That neighborhood has already been Bedpan Alley for around 100 years. Is the suit based on supreme audacity, mere ignorance, or is it simply our society's growing rate of sociopathy in all quarters?

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No ambulances or garbage trucks in Yorkville!!! only buildings like georgica and townhouses!! we must keep everyone out and have the 2nd ave subway all for ourselves

I think it increases value, people want to live near work

I agree with alanhart.

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I have some degree of sympathy from the traffic flow perspective cited. York Avenue in the 60s up through 73rd is a complete mess. 72nd and York is almost perpetual gridlock during the day. The on and offramps to the FDR are also literal gridlock at times.

I'm not sure if any impact study has been completeed here but it would seem like the addition of another major facility could create some pretty unmanageable situations here. Gridlock and urgent care ambulances doesn't sound like an ideal combination.

For the sake of clarity, I don't live in the area so have no vested interest either way. I have always taken the view that NIMBYism is an appropriate and valid human emotion.

My desired solution would perhaps involve a solution involving traffic flow improvements. This would perhaps enrage the locals even more. Perhaps make York a southbound only avenue? Perhaps create a more extensive on-ramp, off-ramp solutions for 71/73rd street. The volume of traffic using the combined on/off-ramp lane between 73rd/71st along FDR is simply too much. The unloading of wagons on 71st street between York and FDR during rush hours causes traffic to backup along the FDR. The pedestrian crossing on 71st between York and FDR just yards from the off-ramp also causes traffic to backup along the FDR. Police happily delay 30, 40 or 50 cars to usher pedestrians across a street already served by an overhead pedestrian bridge linking the two medical facilities.