Economic Development

Economic Development March 5, 2019

Minority-owned businesses benefit as Hofstra ‘Ascends’

By GREGORY ZELLER // A new university/government/industry outreach program focused on minority entrepreneurs received an executive-grade kickoff Tuesday at Hofstra University. Funded by a $350,000 grant from JPMorgan Chase, the Ascend Long Island program – what Hofstra called “the first suburban outpost” of Chase’s larger Ascend 2020 effort – launched with a half-day symposium and an impressive 24 regional businesses already in the fold. Ascend 2020 is a joint effort of JPMorgan Chase’s Small Business…

Nassau IDA backs new rentals on Sandy-ravaged site

By GREGORY ZELLER // An Oceanside site ravaged by Superstorm Sandy will soon be remade into a new rental-apartment complex, with the help of the Nassau County Industrial Development Agency. The Nassau IDA has approved a tax-reducing economic-incentives package that will help The Feil Organization, a New York City-based development-management firm, rebuild the dilapidated site into a 230-unit, transit-oriented rental complex. The development agency first approved the tax-abatement deal in September and issued its final…

Economic Development October 2, 2018

Past success, future hopes fuel LIREDC’s 2018 report

By GREGORY ZELLER // The Long Island Regional Economic Development Council has met its Oct. 1 deadline and submitted its annual progress report/wish list to the Empire State Development Corp., Albany’s main economic-development engine. The 2018 progress report, titled “Long Island: Completing the Puzzle,” both highlights the efforts of the Long Island REDC since Gov. Andrew Cuomo launched his competitive statewide economic-development program in 2011 and lists the projects the regional council hopes to support…

Economic Development September 25, 2018

Brookhaven IDA backs Triple Five’s Dowling plan

By GREGORY ZELLER // A New Jersey-based developer with high-flying plans for a new Long Island aviation hub has earned an assist from the Town of Brookhaven Industrial Development Agency. The IDA on Tuesday announced its final approval of an economic-incentives package that will help Triple Five Aviation Industries LLC, a subsidiary of East Rutherford-based Triple Five Worldwide Group, redevelop the former Dowling College campus in Shirley into what the development agency called an “aviation…

Economic Development September 25, 2018

Long Island pet-chow firm will stay, thanks to IDA

By GREGORY ZELLER // Long Island’s largest pet-food company seems likely to remain a Long Island company, thanks to man’s best friend – at least, a good friend of regional enterprise. The Suffolk County Industrial Development Agency has issued preliminarily approval of an economic-development package that would help Deer Park-based Health Extension Pet Care – doing business as Holistic Health Extension – purchase, renovate and equip a new headquarters building. According to the IDA, the…

Economic Development September 20, 2018

Hempstead advances three key development projects

By GREGORY ZELLER // It’s been a busy week in the Town of Hempstead, where local economic-development officials have hit the gas on a multitude of projects. The Hempstead Industrial Development Agency on Tuesday approved the sale of Park Lake Residences, an affordable-housing complex located in the Village of Hempstead, and the reassignment of existing economic benefits to the complex’s new owner. The IDA also granted preliminary approval to an economic-benefits package that will allow…

Economic Development September 12, 2018

Brookhaven IDA considers Amneal expansion plan

By GREGORY ZELLER // A rapidly growing drug-maker may be able to keep up with skyrocketing “business dynamics” on Long Island, with a little help from the Brookhaven Industrial Development Agency. The IDA on Wednesday announced that it has accepted an application for a tax-relief package from Amneal Pharmaceuticals LLC, designed to help the New Jersey-based generic-pharma manufacturer expand its Island operations. Amneal Pharmaceuticals, which weighs in as the fifth-largest U.S. generics manufacturer, already operates…

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