WPCNR EAST SIDE STORY. By John F. Bailey. June 27, 2005: Vito Cappello, Vice President of Hitachi North America, told WPCNR today, that his inquiries of New York Presbyterian Hospital on the status of their proton accelerator project, which comes up for a site plan renewal in approximately 90 days before the Common Council, have not been responded to. Cappello made his inquiries about one month ago, and has not had his calls returned he told WPCNR today. He also said that the University of Pennsylvania medical center should be making a decision on the vendor to build their proton accelerator facility in Philadelphia within two weeks. Cappello said he had no knowledge of whether New York Presbyterian Hospital was talking to other Proton Accelerator vendors.

New York Presbyterian Hospital has not responded to extensive questions on whether or not their proton accelerator/biomedical facility project is still a live project, or whether they are contemplating sale of their land in White Plains. If the Common Council is asked to renew the special permit for a fourth year (2005 being the third year the project has been approved while nothing has happened on the site), this would probably come up on the September agenda.