REMARKS
Lynn Schulman explains vote in favor of MSK Pavilion proposal
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Council Member Lynn Schulman expresses her support for the Memorial Sloan Kettering (MSK) Pavilion proposal, citing the importance of additional operating rooms in a city with high cancer rates. She addresses concerns about the building's size and mechanical space, and commends Council Member Menin for securing community benefits.
- Schulman, as chair of the health committee and a breast cancer survivor, emphasizes the need for MSK's expansion
- She clarifies misconceptions about usable space in large medical facilities
- Schulman expresses confidence in Council Member Menin's ability to hold MSK accountable during the construction process
Lynn Schulman
0:32:58
Thank you.
0:32:59
I just want to say that as chair of the health committee and as a breast cancer survivor, I think it's very important for MSK to be able to add operating rooms in a city where the cancer rates are pretty high, especially with cancers that are now very specific in terms of rare cancers, and they do a wonderful job with that.
0:33:24
I also want to say that based on the testimony when I was here the last time, the mechanicals, you know, people think that because it's a big building that they have all the space, they don't.
0:33:35
There's mechanical space there as somebody who worked in a City Hospital prior to becoming a council member, I can tell you that there are big entities that have space that they cannot use.
0:33:47
They're totally unusable, I should say.
0:33:49
So with that, I'm very proud to vote for this, and I also wanna say that I did hear the community and some of the issues that they brought up.
0:33:57
And I'm very confident that council member met in, first of all, she got a lot of givebacks, and that was great.
0:34:04
And she's got a lot of stuff for the community.
0:34:06
But she also is someone who will hold MSK responsible in terms of the process along the way of the construction and everything else.
0:34:14
And so with that, I vote I.
