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New owner plans brownfield cleanup at Ardsley site BY ALEESIA FORNI aforni@westfariinc.com
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Gov. Andrew Cuomo, behind the wheel of a 1955 Corvette, makes the first crossing of the new Gov. Mario M. Cuomo Bridge with Sleepy Hollow resident Armando “Chick” Galella, who also crossed the Tappan Zee bridge the new span replaces at its opening in 1955. The Corvette is owned by Mount Kisco auto dealer Lou Roberti.
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areConnect, the health insurance subsidiary of Long Island-based Northwell Health and the first provider-owned commercial health plan in New York state, recently announced it will shut down and withdraw from the state insurance market in 2018. The company's offerings were popular in Westchester County, but CareConnect said a costly provision in the Affordable Care Act and policy uncertainty in Washington put it out of business. The company said it will wind down operations over the next year. In the
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In its announcement, Northwell meantime, CareConnect will still pay Health President and CEO Michael J. claims and provide service to members Dowling pointed to uncertainty in health as well as assist policyholders transfercare policy at the federal level for the ring to other health plans. company’s decision to leave the markets Launched in 2013 by Northwell, set up under the Affordable Care Act. formerly the North Shore-LIJ Health “It has become increasingly clear that System, CareConnect is the state’s first provider-owned commercial health » CARECONNECT, page 6 plan. Northwell Health is the state’s largest health care provider with a network of 22 hospitals that includes Northern Westchester Hospital in Mount Kisco and Phelps Hospital in Sleepy Hollow. CareConnect insures 125,000 people and For Community Banks with Assets of $500 Million+ employs 200.
brownfield cleanup site near the village of Ardsley, where a Texas development company last year withdrew plans to build an apartment complex after hearing strong opposition from residents and elected officials, has a new owner. Environmental Liability Transfer, a St. Louis-based environmental liability assumption firm, in May paid $1.85 million to acquire the 11-acre site from Akzo Nobel, the Dutch company that formerly operated a chemical plant on property straddling the Saw Mill River Parkway. Part of the former Akzo Nobel site, west of the parkway in Dobbs Ferry, has been redeveloped as the Chauncey Square shopping center and, more recently, the Rivertowns Square retail, entertainment and residential complex. The St. Louis buyer plans to complete the environmental restoration of the contaminated site and facilitate its redevelopment, said John Kowalik, Environmental Liability Transfer’s marketing and public relations director. The company acquires properties seen as environmental liabilities to their corporate owners, facilitates their cleanup and prepares them for resale. Its services are used in a variety of scenarios, including acquisitions, mergers and bankruptcies.
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