New York City-based NYU Langone is no longer moving forward with plans to build a $3 billion quaternary care campus at Nassau Community College, a spokesperson for the health system confirmed to Becker’s.
The decision comes after nearly two years of negotiations and planning for the academic medical center, which was projected to bring thousands of jobs and expand care access to care on Long Island.
NYU Langone initially sought to build an integrated academic medical center at Nassau Community College to include a teaching hospital, medical education program, and research facilities. However, despite efforts to resolve various technical and logistical challenges, both the health system and Nassau County determined that proceeding with the project at the proposed site was not feasible.
“Since May 2023, we have been actively working with local officials and other key stakeholders to develop a new, state-of-the-art, integrated academic medical center on Long Island,” NYU Langone said in a statement. “Unfortunately, despite our best efforts to work through a number of technical issues, we are unable to proceed with this specific location.”
Nassau County and NYU Langone confirmed the mutual decision to halt negotiations, citing “external factors” that presented insurmountable challenges, according to Newsday.
“Our commitment to expanding our presence on Long Island has not changed,” the health system said in a statement provided to Becker’s. “We are actively exploring multiple alternative sites for a new medical center to serve Long Island. We remain dedicated to the project as originally envisioned: one that would include a teaching hospital, medical education and a research facility.”
Earlier this month, NYU Langone Health acquired Patchogue, N.Y.-based Long Island Community Hospital. The newly acquired hospital, which is now known as NYU Langone Hospital-Suffolk, is the health system’s seventh inpatient facility.
