After its plans received an emphatic “no” from the city’s Landmarks Preservation Commission earlier this month, St. Vincent’s hospital is coming back with a slightly revised plan to build in the historic West Village a new medical center coupled with a residential development by Rudin Management.

The Landmarks Commission sent back the plans, saying that it could not support the demolition of so many buildings within the historic district.

Now, St. Vincent’s has submitted an application pleading hardship, a claim that the hospital hopes will receive a more sympathetic response from the commissioners.  read more »

Here is David Paterson talking to Bill Rudin, the head of the Association for a Better New York, the business group hosting a breakfast in midtown where the governor will speak shortly.

The event comes hours after congestion pricing was killed, and in the middle of a long, drawn-out budget negotiation that isn't over yet.

The debate over a proposed new hospital complex for St. Vincent Catholic Medical Centers and the accompanying development of apartments and townhouses is heating up as the plan goes before the city’s Landmarks Preservation Commission for a hearing on Tuesday.  read more »

The first public hearing on the Rudin Management Company's plans for the site of St. Vincent Hospital in Greenwich Village will be this evening at 6:30 at P.S. 41 at 116 West 11th Street. Andrew Berman, executive director of the Greenwich Village Society for Historic Preservation, emailed us the announcement on Monday night.

He called Rudin's plan "almost unprecedented in its scope, especially in the Greenwich Village Historic District."

Rudin last year bought eight buildings at 12th Street and Seventh Avenue that St. Vincent Catholic Medical Centers is vacating as part of a consolidation. Bill Rudin, president of Rudin Management, talked to The Observer's John Koblin in June about the plans, which would include an apartment complex on the east side of Seventh:  read more »

Spotted at 1 p.m. at the Grill Room in the Four Seasons today: Bill Rudin, Mort Zuckerman and Christine Quinn, all at separate tables.

Ms. Quinn, the City Council Speaker, stopped by Mr. Rudin’s table at the beginning of lunch; Mr. Rudin, scion of one of the city's oldest real estate families, stopped by Ms. Quinn’s table at the end. Mr. Zuckerman, the chairman of Boston Properties, stayed put as far as we could tell.  read more »

The Times had a story on Friday about the biggest bundlers for the major Presidential candidates. Bundlers assemble large amounts of campaign donations on behalf of candidates.

It turns out that Bill Rudin is one of Senator Hillary Clinton's biggest bundlers—he's a bona fide Hillraiser, in fact. And Don Trump Jr. bundles for former Mayor Rudy Giuliani.

Bill Rudin talks about developing in the Village, giving back to New York, and why even he doesn’t know how high the building-sales market can go.  read more »

"Well," she said. "That's alright. You kind of threw me off a little talking about my grandfather coming here in 1881." Bill Rudin, the event's MC--who kissed Mrs. Clinton on the cheek three times in two different instances without freaking her out as Andrew Cuomo reportedly had last week--had mentioned that his family and Mrs. Clinton's had immigrated around the same time.

And the answer of the day is: "I'm blessed. I am going to think about the future. I have no decision, I have made no plans. I haven't really even had a time to talk to people. I'm open to thoughts."