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Montefi ore CEO and president, Dr. Sayfer, announces retirement
BY PATRICK ROCCHIO
A highly respected hospital
executive, responsible
for the transformative
change in the way medical
care is delivered, announced
his plans to retire.
Montefi ore president
and CEO Dr. Steven Safyer,
who has led the hospital
system through a tremendous
expansion over the
past decade, announced his
planned departure from the
sprawling health care network.
While the board of trustees
selects his replacement
he stated he will continue in
his CEO role until a successor
is found.
In a letter to Montefi ore
colleagues, Safyer stated
that it has been an honor to
dedicate his life’s work to an
organization that has given
so much to so many.
“My entire professional
life has been at Montefi ore
and Einstein,” stated Safyer,
who has been with
Montefi ore for four decades.
“Much has changed over
the years, but there has
been one constant throughout…
I have worked with the
very best physicians, scientists,
nurses, social workers,
managers, and care,
support and facilities staff
at every level of this organization,”
said Safyer.
After receiving medical
school training at Albert
Einstein College of Medicine,
which was absorbed
by Montefi ore under his tenure,
Safyer progressively
worked his way up through
progressive leadership positions,
according to the letter,
to become president and
CEO in 2008. He replaced
Spencer ‘Spike’ Foreman.
“Since I became CEO,
healthcare has undergone
enormous changes,” said
Safyer. “We have met these
challenges by embracing
new opportunities and expanding
into four counties.”
This has tripled the size
of Montefi ore over the past
11 years, expanding not
only in the Bronx and but
also into Westchester,
Rockland and Orange counties.
“What he has done with
Montefi ore is absolutely
incredible,” said Kenneth
Raske, president of the
Greater New York Hospital
Association.
Raske said that Safyer
was able to balance clinical
excellence with health outreach.
Safyer led Montefi ore to
achieve nationally clinical
excellence in several medical
areas, including trans-
Clean Energy
truck-fueling
station comes
to Hunts Point
BY ALEX MITCHELL
One leading provider of natural
gas and transportation fuel
has started pumping in Hunts
Point.
Clean Energy Fuels Corporation
joined NYC Department of
Transportation Bronx Borough
Commissioner Nivardo Lopez
and others to cut the proverbial
ribbon on the company’s newest
clean energy fueling station in the
borough on Wednesday, July 10.
This is the fi rst station in New
York City that exclusively offers
renewable natural gas for medium
and heavy-duty vehicle fl eets, according
to Clean Energy Fuels.
Essentially, it’s the fi rst kind of
solely clean fuel stop for 18-wheelers
and other massive trucks in
the fi ve boroughs.
It’s going to be utilized by
Bronx truck fl eets that include
neighboring Baldor Specialty
Foods, Manhattan Beer Distributors
and U.S. Concrete, which
were all displayed at the facility’s
grand opening.
“A few blocks from here is
Hunts Point Market, the largest
food distribution center of its kind
in the world, resulting in approximately
15,000 truck trips per day,”
said Clean Energy’s vice president
of sales Chad Lindholm.
He continued to explain about
how this long-envisioned station
will serve fl eets operating
in Hunts Point with a lower-cost
alternative to diesel fuel that can
lead to substantial reductions in
truck-related pollution and greenhouse
gas emissions.
The clean fuel is derived from
capturing biogenic methane emitted
from decomposing organic
materials at dairies, landfi lls and
wastewater treatment plants, the
company said. More than that, it
enables at least 70 percent reduction
in carbon emissions when
displacing diesel or gasoline, ac-
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