In a major development for Westchester County’s health care sector, Summit Health, the region’s premier integrated network of urgent, primary and specialty care, announced this week a partnership with BCW Member Westmed Medical Group, a multispecialty medical practice with locations in Westchester County, Fairfield County and New Jersey. With the addition of Westmed Medical Group and its New Jersey Urology (NJU) practice, Summit Health now includes more than 2,500 providers, 12,000 employees, and over 340 locations in New Jersey, New York, Connecticut, Pennsylvania, and Central Oregon. Westmed will initially continue to operate under their current brands as “A Summit Health […]

Congratulations to Zubeen Shroff who has been appointed Chair of the Board of Directors the Westchester County Health Care Corporation (WCHCC). The WCHCC operates the WMCHealth, a network consisting of 10 hospitals, skilled nursing facilities and provider practices in New York State’s Hudson Valley region. Shroff succeeds Mitchell Hochberg, now 1st Vice Chair, whose tenure as Chair reached term limits after three consecutive terms in the position. The appointments of Shroff and Hochberg as Chair and 1st Vice Chair, respectively, were effective January 1, 2022. “WMCHealth is a dynamic organization that is both a healthcare resource and economic engine for […]

The Business Council of Westchester has joined with more than 50 business leaders and legal experts statewide in opposition to the state’s proposed antitrust legislation. In a letter to Governor Hochul and New York State Legislators, the group outlined the potential damage New York City and New York State that would result from enacting antitrust legislation currently pending in the state Legislature (S.933A/A.1812A). “This legislation purports to curb the excesses of the largest companies, particularly ‘big tech,’ but would instead create a new level of risk, cost, and potential liability for all New York state businesses, large and small. It would diverge […]

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In an effort that will bring more domestic and international students to study finance, BCW Member Manhattanville College this week announced a partnership with the New York Institute of Finance to collaborate on offering undergraduate and graduate degree programs focused on financial analytics, business management, and educational management. The New York Institute of Finance (NYIF), founded by the New York Stock Exchange in 1922, has a 100-year history of facilitating training for finance professionals and providing continuing education in the industry and at corporations worldwide. More than 50,000 people in 125 countries are trained through NYIF annually. Many of the […]

Roads and bridges that are deteriorated, congested or lack some desirable safety features cost New York motorists a total of $28 billion statewide annually, according to the report release Wednesday by TRIP, a Washington, DC based national transportation research nonprofit. For the Mid-Hudson region, the annual cost per driver is $1,839 which is due to higher vehicle operating costs, traffic crashes and congestion-related delays. The report said that increased investment in transportation improvements at the local, state and federal levels could relieve traffic congestion, improve road, bridge and transit conditions, boost safety, and support long-term economic growth in New York. […]