held<\/a> on October 8 to support the hospital, which could be getting a $25 million appropriation from the state to stabilize care. But in a letter to the city dated October 13, Hudson Regional Health claims that even if the aid comes through, a long-term solution to the funding problem is needed.<\/p>\n\u201cOne such long term solution\u2026is to move forward with a redevelopment plan for the Heights that includes the creation of a brand-new, state-of-the-art hospital adjacent to the current facility to be paired with residential development through the city\u2019s adoption of a redevelopment plan,\u201d the letter states.<\/p>\n
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The sprawling plan attached to the letter calls for 10-story buildings and as many as 2,200 residential units. Image via Hudson Meridian Health\u2019s letter.<\/p>\n
Attached to the letter is a sprawling plan, which is preliminary and has not been officially submitted via an application to Jersey City, that could include as many as 2,200 residential units and 1,150 parking spaces. All the buildings would rise 10 stories under the proposal, which was drawn up by MHS Architects and does not include any hospital.<\/p>\n
\u201cIf a redevelopment plan is not available to secure a long-term solution for Heights University Hospital, we unfortunately must preserve our option to proceed forward with [this] alternative proposal for the land,\u201d the letter writes.<\/p>\n
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An aerial view of the plan. Image via Hudson Meridian Health\u2019s letter.<\/p>\n
Ward E City Councilman and Jersey City Mayoral candidate James Solomon blasted the proposal in a press conference held on October 22, saying he believes that Hudson Regional Health\u2019s actions are about profit, not healthcare.<\/p>\n
\u201cHudson Regional Health has taken control of this hospital not to serve our community, but to profit from building luxury towers and pushing out residents who depend on affordable, accessible healthcare,\u201d Solomon said in a statement. \u201cThis crisis was caused by developer greed, and I will fight to protect our hospital and prioritize the needs of Jersey City residents.\u201d<\/p>\n
Hudson Regional Health fired back at Solomon in their own statement to Jersey Digs, calling the councilman\u2019s accusations \u201cbaseless\u201d and \u201cclearly misleading and an attempt to grab campaign headlines.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cThe notion that HRH\u2019s $300 million investment into the system was a set-up flies in the face of reason and is beneath contempt,\u201d the company said. \u201cWe are working tirelessly with our partners in government to secure the necessary funding to properly provide healthcare in the Heights and the surrounding area.\u201d<\/p>\n
Hudson Regional Health went on to say that the concept attached to the letter to the city \u201cis a potential component of our long-term plan, and it is irresponsible to consider this a final submission.\u201d The company expects that a final plan will emerge as a result of the initial actions they are taking.<\/p>\n
\u201cTo our detractors, I would pointedly say, no one has done more to invest in, protect and advance the healthcare of the community than HRH and no one else has come forward with their own plan,\u201d the company added.<\/p>\n
NJ.com reported<\/a> earlier this week the Heights University Hospital received a $2 million cash infusion to help keep the lights on, but the near-term future of the facility remains in limbo.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Heights University Hospital is hoping to obtain a redevelopment plan to save its operations, but a preliminary proposal…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":14173,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[10607,10608,10609,10610,9,11,10,3244],"class_list":["post-14172","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-new-york","tag-176-palisade-avenue","tag-heights-university-hospital","tag-hudson-regional-health","tag-mhs-architects","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-headlines","tag-new-york-news","tag-the-heights"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14172","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14172"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14172\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/14173"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14172"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14172"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14172"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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Heights University Hospital is hoping to obtain a redevelopment plan to save its operations, but a preliminary proposal has started a war of words. Image courtesy of Hudson Regional Health.<\/p>\n