{"id":440503,"date":"2022-05-02T03:08:39","date_gmt":"2022-05-02T00:08:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/cuny-spends-1m-on-hole-in-ground-in-stalled-construction-project\/"},"modified":"2022-05-02T03:08:39","modified_gmt":"2022-05-02T00:08:39","slug":"cuny-spends-1m-on-hole-in-ground-in-stalled-construction-project","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/cuny-spends-1m-on-hole-in-ground-in-stalled-construction-project\/","title":{"rendered":"#CUNY spends $1M on &#8216;hole in ground&#8217; in stalled construction project"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_85 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a358ae00ca16\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a358ae00ca16\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/cuny-spends-1m-on-hole-in-ground-in-stalled-construction-project\/#%E2%80%9CCUNY_spends_1M_on_%E2%80%98hole_in_ground_in_stalled_construction_project%E2%80%9D\" >&#8220;CUNY spends $1M on &#8216;hole in ground&#8217; in stalled construction project&#8221;<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h1><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"%E2%80%9CCUNY_spends_1M_on_%E2%80%98hole_in_ground_in_stalled_construction_project%E2%80%9D\"><\/span>&#8220;CUNY spends $1M on &#8216;hole in ground&#8217; in stalled construction project&#8221;<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n<div>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module alignleft\">\n<\/aside>\n<p>The City University of New York will spend $1 million this year to prevent a \u201chole in the ground\u201d from flooding at the site of a long-stalled construction project, The Post has learned.<\/p>\n<p>The boondoggle is a result of government dysfunction after CUNY dug a foundation for a new $300 million nursing school facility \u2014 that it never obtained the funding to actually build.<\/p>\n<p>A CUNY spokesman now says the cost of the postponed project has ballooned to a staggering $900 million.<\/p>\n<p>The school hoped to erect the building for its Hunter College nursing and <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/sciencee\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"5\" title=\"Science\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">science<\/a> program, next to Memorial Sloan Kettering\u2019s outpatient facility on the Upper East Side.<\/p>\n<p>But the funding got tied up because of a dispute with state officials under former Gov. Andrew Cuomo.<\/p>\n<p>The construction site, located on a swath of land at\u00a0East 73rd and 74th Streets between York Avenue and the FDR Drive, is boarded up with green fencing, and there is cement covering up\u00a0the \u201cbowl tub\u201d foundation.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s a hole in the ground that requires spending taxpayer dollars to prevent water damage. It\u2019s an embarrassment for Hunter, CUNY and state officials,\u201d a CUNY insider said.<\/p>\n<p>Sources said the project got off to a bad start when then-Mayor Michael Bloomberg and CUNY officials announced the joint Sloan-Kettering\/CUNY facility in 2012 \u2014 without inviting or including Cuomo. The then-governor\u2019s name was<a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www1.nyc.gov\/office-of-the-mayor\/news\/319-12\/mayor-bloomberg-plans-new-state-of-the-art-healthcare-facility-nursing-school-in\"> not listed <\/a>on the press release.<\/p>\n<p>Most of CUNY\u2019s funding comes from the state and particularly so for capital construction projects.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/cuny-3.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"CUNY construction site on 74th Street\" class=\"wp-image-22104524\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/cuny-3.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/cuny-3.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/cuny-3.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>This was supposed to be the location of the new Hunter College nursing and science program. <\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">J.C.Rice<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The Post first reported on\u00a0the stalled project three years ago. At the time, CUNY advocates and Cuomo officials blamed each other for the snafu.<\/p>\n<p>CUNY is now on the hook to protect the \u201cfoundation and bathtub, which must be dewatered and maintained until construction of a new building begins\u201d to comply with city building codes,\u00a0according to a request for proposals the university has sent to bidders.<\/p>\n<p>The annual maintenance cost is $1 million, a CUNY spokesman confirmed.<\/p>\n<p>A CUNY rep said the plan remains in limbo, and that it must spend money to maintain the site.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cCUNY is reviewing and updating the current plan to determine <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>ropriate next steps,\u201d the spokesman said.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/cuny-2.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"CUNY construction site on 74th Street\" class=\"wp-image-22104523\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/cuny-2.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/cuny-2.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/cuny-2.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>The area needs to be repaired to prevent water damage. <\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">J.C.Rice<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Asked if funding has been secured in this year\u2019s state budget to erect the nursing school, the rep replied, \u201cNo.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The recently-approved state budget includes $500 million for all new CUNY capital construction, but the money has not yet been earmarked, sources said.<\/p>\n<p>Adding insult to injury,\u00a0 Memorial Sloan Kettering\u2019 new 26-story outpatient clinic, the <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mskcc.org\/locations\/directory\/david-koch-center-cancer-care-at-msk\">David H. Koch Center for Cancer<\/a>, opened in 2019 on the shared land parcel with CUNY.<\/p>\n<p>The city gave CUNY\/Hunter College and Memorial Sloan Kettering the property\u00a0in exchange for the title to property at Hunter College\u2019s Brookdale campus on East 25th Street and First Avenue.<\/p>\n<p>CUNY\/Hunter considered the existing nursing school building in Turtle Bay antiquated and had pushed for the chance to build a new site on the Upper East Side.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module alignleft\">\n    <\/aside>\n<p>Councilwoman\u00a0Gale Brewer, who was then the Manhattan borough president, pushed for the project along with Hunter College president Jennifer Raab \u2014 and blamed Cuomo\u2019s team for the debacle.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat we have is a hole in the ground\u00a0that sits there for years,\u201d\u00a0\u00a0Brewer fumed on Sunday.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHere is what I care about \u2014 we need nurses in this city. CUNY needs that space.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>A spokesman for state budget director Robert Mujica, who also is a trustee on CUNY\u2019s governing board, said in a statement: \u201cCUNY is developing a plan for this project and we look forward to reviewing it at the appropriate time.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Brewer said the cost of the project has likely escalated by hundreds of millions of dollars because of delays. <\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, Upper East Side neighbors said they\u2019re not pleased at\u00a0having an abandoned construction site nearby.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019ve honestly never noticed it but I don\u2019t like the fact that it\u2019s sitting there and not being used for anything productive,\u201d said DeiVonte Freeman-Jackson, 24.<\/p>\n<p>Lara Roth-Biester, 51, who lives nearby,\u00a0expressed concern about wasting taxpayer dollars.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSounds like New York City. It\u2019s corrupt from top to bottom,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt doesn\u2019t surprise me. 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