The mayor wanted work on the new legislation suspended after Columbia Memorial Hospital announced its new affiliation with Albany Medical Center, thinking that perhaps Albany Med's involvement might somehow change the game. The members of the Legal Committee rejected the notion that CMH's "strategic alliance" with Albany Med would have any impact on solving the immediate parking problems for residents of streets near the hospital and have been moving ahead.
Mason reports on the latest struggle within local government in today's Register-Star: "Mayor wants parking plan put on hold."
More than anything else, the "strategic alliance" between Columbia Memorial Hospital and Albany Med is about document sharing. That's not a minor thing, but it will not impact parking.
ReplyDeleteSo simple, eliminate the historical use of land beneath residential area and it becomes parking area...
ReplyDeleteCMH has outgrown "hospital hill". If CMH is looking to expand, there's land available on the North Bay bluff...