North Shore-LIJ chosen for Massapequa Park center

Massapequa Park officials have chosen to partner with the North Shore-LIJ Health System in bringing an emergency care facility to the Massapequas, which Mayor James Altadonna Jr. said has been underserved since an Amityville hospital closed in 2005.

North Shore-LIJ would design and finance the construction of what Altadonna Thursday said is to be a stand-alone emergency center that can accept patients arriving via ambulance but is smaller than a traditional hospital.