Mayoral control of schools wasn't the only proposal left unresolved when the state legislature ended its session in Albany. Lawmakers did not take up the approval of a badly needed renovation of a city hospital. NY1’s Erin Billups filed the following report.

NYC Health + Hospitals/Elmhurst has the busiest emergency department in Queens, serving 155,000 patients last year, among the highest in the city.

"Some people, I see they are sometimes even bleeding, and they didn't take people quick enough inside," said one patient.

Hospital executives say Elmhurst has lowered its wait times to an average of 75 minutes. But that is still higher than the national average for urban ERs of 62 minutes.

Most patients NY1 talked to endorsed the care at Elmhurst but said the Hospital could use a little TLC.

"It feels small," said one patient. "If it's a lot bigger, then it would be a little bit nicer."

"A lot of people be coming and bumping into, so people from Rikers Island, they just go to the hospital also, so it become a little bit crowded," said another.

The city-run hospital wants to renovate its ER, with one firm handling the design and construction of the $20 million project, a cost-saving measure requiring Albany's OK. Seven other city design-builds also need approval.

"Design build means that we save $1 million off our project that we can hopefully put back into making better services for our patients," said Israel Rocha, CEO of NYC Health + Hospitals. "Our patients get the services a year faster, and we get things done more efficiently."

The hospital wants 18,000 more square feet, nearly doubling the space it currently has, making more room for upgraded critical care and additional beds.

"So we talked about our wait times. We believe that adding a few more beds, adding some bays, some more modern features, we'll be able to make sure that we're even faster," Rocha said.

The project would expand and enhance the trauma and stroke units, add a second floor for emergency mental health care, and more space for triage and ambulances.

"We would like to have started yesterday," Rocha said. "The minute that we're able to go, we'd like to go."

The design-build proposal was approved by the Assembly, but the Senate adjourned last week without taking it up. The measure has support but appears to be held up, along with renewed mayoral control of schools, by lawmakers seeking approval for other measures.