Acute care for mental health in-patients at Downe Hospital and the Ulster Hospital could be transferred as part of an overhaul of services at the facilities.

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However, aluminum is compatible with current large-volume manufacturing facilities and body shops that would be expensive to overhaul.

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The transfer station has been a flash point in Manhattan politics since Mayor Michael Bloomberg proposed reopening a dormant site over a decade ago as part of an overhaul of the city's trash-removal system, which had relied largely on trucks and facilities concentrated in low-income neighborhoods in boroughs outside Manhattan.

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