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…
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Chembio misses on drop in Latin American biz
By GREGORY ZELLER // An oversupplied Latin American market put a dent in Chembio Diagnostic’s 2015 earnings, but coming battles with the Zika virus may turn fortunes around. That was…
Catching you up on the Zika virus
By GREGORY ZELLER // With one confirmed Zika virus case already recorded and a dozen concerned calls coming every day from pregnant women, Northwell Health has opened its second Zika-focused…
A demand for Nomorobo-styled call blocking
By GREGORY ZELLER // U.S. Sen. Charles Schumer’s call for telecommunications carriers to make robocall-blocking technologies available free to landline and cellphone customers could be trajectory-changing news for Nomorobo, the…
Benefits help swing door firm’s decision to stay
Instead of relocating to Pennsylvania, a manufacturer with deep Long Island roots and a 110-strong payroll is staying put – and will even add 21 new jobs at its Port…
Nano-coating firm joins SBU’s Start-Up NY program
A nanotech startup preparing to pump $1 million into Long Island’s innovation economy is among several new companies joining the Start-Up NY program. Empire State Development has opened the books…
LI in line for $4.2M in terror-fighting funding
Long Island will receive more than $4.2 million in federal funds to support new counter-terrorism and emergency-preparedness initiatives. All told, nearly $60 million in federal money is being disbursed to…
A new effort to help startups with clinical testing
By GREGORY ZELLER // A New York City Economic Development Corp. initiative to connect digital-health startups with large healthcare organizations for field-testing is getting a boost from Northwell Health. Three professionals…
Hofstra names 6 residents in entrepreneurship
Six accomplished businesspeople with dozens of startups under their combined belts, and a wealth of experience nurturing other early-stage enterprises, will bring their wisdom to the Hofstra University Center for…
Russ Artzt: Still measuring life in ones and zeros
By GREGORY ZELLER // Old programmers never die. They just code away. For renowned digital developer Russ Artzt, that means there’s a life after CA. The cofounder of what started…
For Millennial Strategies, another day at the races
By GREGORY ZELLER They sure grow up fast. When last we checked in on political consulting startup Millennial Strategies, the firm was repping a few Democratic causes and gearing up for…
BNL, SUNY Old Westbury team on science push
Brookhaven National Lab and SUNY Old Westbury joined forces to host 160 students from Long Island and NYC high schools for a day of mentorship and science that included tours of the lab’s National Synchrotron…
New tech for victim-services efforts
Four Long Island programs are among several New York victim-assistance programs upgrading their technology through a new round of federal grants. More than 100 crime-victim service providers will share roughly…
The Lesson: Big markets mean big startup costs
By GREGORY ZELLER // From the Good Problem to Have Department comes ClipFix, the Commack tech startup looking to conquer the world one busted modular plug at a time. Since…
LI Index maps where the apartments are … and not
The Rauch Foundation’s Long Island Index project has released an interactive map detailing the state of the region’s multifamily housing sector, a key factor in the continuing loss of young…