City green-lights controversial New York Methodist Hospital expansion 
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New York Methodist Hospital got the go-ahead to move forward with its ambitious plan to expand its footprint in Park Slope.
The city Board of Standards and Appeals voted unanimously on Tuesday to grant the Sixth St. hospital the zoning variances it sought to build an eight-story, U-shaped outpatient center in the brownstone neighborhood.
The hospital expansion, which has been a controversial issue among residents since the plan was unveiled last July, calls for the demolition of 16 hospital-owned buildings — including some 19th century brownstones — to make way for the 300,000-square-foot Center for Community Health.
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BY NATALIE MUSUMECI
June 17, 2014
http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/...icle-1.1833530