NYU Langone Refuses to Abandon Takeover Plan for Kips Bay AMC Site

NYU Langone Health is refusing to step back from taking over the AMC cinema location in the Kips Bay neighborhood of Manhattan to expand its medical facilities, the New York Post reported. Manhattan Borough President Brad Hoylman-Sigal has vowed to block the expansion plan. [1]

The healthcare system argued to the New York Post that the cinema was already considering closing years before NYU Langone targeted the property. NYU Langone also stated that the cinema sits on a property along Second Avenue in Manhattan held by a consortium of owners. However, The City Reporter noted that AMC wants to remain in Kips Bay despite the healthcare system claims. [1][2]

The conflict has drawn involvement from local community leadership. WestSideSpirit.com reported that NYU Langone backed out of a Manhattan Community Board 6 meeting regarding the proposed takeover of the Kips Bay AMC site. [3]

NYU Langone Health is an academic health system in New York and Florida that operates more than 400 locations and employs over 55,000 people. The dispute centers on a neighborhood that is also home to Kips Bay Towers, a brutalist residential complex completed in 1965. [4][5]