Pitch Night heralds latest LI LaunchPad
By GREGORY ZELLER // The newest member of the LaunchPad Long Island family will celebrate its grand opening with a showcase of regional innovation. LaunchPad Westbury, an 8,000-square-foot co-working space…
Economic Development
Suffolk IDA likes Royal Apparel’s look
By GREGORY ZELLER // When Morey Mayeri told Innovate LI he was “ready to do it immediately,” he wasn’t kidding. Speaking Aug. 17 about a possible intra-Hauppauge relocation for premium…
A food movement grows in Amagansett
By GREGORY ZELLER // There’s fresh thinking and then there’s the Amagansett Food Institute, which operates well ahead of the food-innovation curve on its mission to promote regional producers. Just…
Best Market, Albany cooking up LI ‘food hub’
Regional grocery chain Best Market will take over about one-third of the former Entenmann’s facility in Bay Shore, Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced Tuesday, the first step in the establishment of…
India’s pharma king earns Suffolk IDA nod
Suffolk County has burnished its reputation as a choice commercial destination for early-stage pharmaceuticals. The Suffolk County Industrial Development Agency on Thursday approved a corporate incentives package for Evaric Pharmaceutical,…
Marching forward in New Cassel
The Salvation Army has won approval for a 24,000-square-foot chapel and community center on the site of its Prospect Avenue operation in New Cassel. The center, which will include a…
Suffolk IDA deals responsible for 1K jobs
The Suffolk County Industrial Development Agency closed almost a dozen deals in the first half of 2016, creating or helping hold onto almost 1,000 jobs. in the first six months…
Suffolk IDA makes Comtech pitch
Rack that up as a fairly profitable day for Comtech Telecommunications Corp. First, the Melville-based high-tech manufacturer announced Thursday morning that it has received a $1.3 million funded order from…
Amagansett Farm Reaps ‘Early-Stage’ Award
Rookie farmers across New York State have received an economic boost from Albany through the New Farmers Grant Fund. A total of 25 “early-stage farmers” will share $743,000 in grants,…
Startups Shine At SBU Incubator Showcase
By GREGORY ZELLER // Stony Brook University’s impressive economic-development ecosystem took a home run trot Thursday during the university’s first-ever Business Incubator Showcase, held at the Center for Excellence in…
United it stands, with help from the Suffolk IDA
A 33-year-old biotech will purchase and renovate its longtime Hauppauge home, thanks to tax breaks approved Thursday by the Suffolk County Industrial Development Agency. Synthetic vaccine manufacturer United Biomedical Inc….
American Culture, now bottling its own future
By GREGORY ZELLER // From the Close Call file comes the story of American Culture, a Huntington Station hair-care manufacturer that nearly gave Long Island the brush-off. Cofounder Louis Guarneri…
ReCharge NY powers up 13 on LI
New York State bet heavy on Long Island in its latest round of ReCharge NY funding. Leveraging $16.2 million in capital investments, the New York Power Authority will send 1,296…
The Debrief: Getting LIFT up where it belongs
Plenty of ups and downs lately for the Long Island Forum for Technology. First came news that a major federal contract has been held up by a competitor’s challenge, then…
Coalition seeks to get LIRR project back on track
By GREGORY ZELLER // A broad-based coalition supporting the Long Island Rail Road third track proposal hit the rails Tuesday. Gov. Andrew Cuomo personally pushed the throttle on Right Track…