The Mohawk Valley Health System and Oneida County officials are working together to try and find an adequate reuse plan for the old St. Luke's Hospital Campus in New Hartford.
It looks like the controversy over Utica's Kennedy Parking Garage is over.
On Thursday, Utica Mayor Rob Palmieri announced that the city's Urban Renewal Agency has approved the sale of the garage to none other than, Mohawk Valley Health System (MVHS) for $1.5 million.
Picente was also not shy about delays in the project that have new MVHS Wynn Hospital set to open a full six months before it's adjacent parking garage.
Wynn Hospital at MVHS in downtown Utica is moving towards a fall 2023 completion and opening and the progress is substantial. On Friday, February 11, MVHS's Bob Schoefield guided the WIBX News team through a tour of the property and complex as we saw the progress constructions crews have made from the ground level, all the way to the hospital's top floor.
New York's Appellate Court in Rochester has dismissed an Eminent Domain lawsuit against Oneida County, thus opening the door to construction of a new parking garage at the Wynn Hospital in Downtown Utica.