Middletown Buys More Abandoned Psychiatric Hospital Buildings for Redevelopment

Middletown Mayor Joseph DeStefano speaks at a signing ceremony on the Middletown Community Campus in Middletown, N.Y., on July 8, 2024. Cara Ding/The Epoch Times

The City of Middletown on July 8 bought 13 more derelict buildings from New York state for a nominal amount to further redevelop the former state psychiatric center property.

Abandoned mainly because of the statewide downsizing of mental health institutions, the 200-plus-acre campus has slowly come back to life over the past 10 years with the arrival of Northern Academy, Fei Tian College, Northern Medical Center, and SY Aesthetics.