Northwell, pained parents demand gun-violence action
By GREGORY ZELLER // The U.S. Congress appears ready to advance national gun-safety laws for the first time in decades – small steps that can’t come fast enough for Northwell…
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LI biotech gears up to help shoot down forced labor
By GREGORY ZELLER // A new federal law governing Chinese imports bodes very well for a leading Long Island innovator. Stony Brook-based Applied DNA Sciences – a DNA-based supply-chain authenticator that’s…
Coffee king gives Molloy workforce training a $2M jolt
By GREGORY ZELLER // Long Island’s newest university and a Farmingdale-based coffeemaker with a heart of gold are teaming up to promote regional workforce development. A $2 million donation from…
Old friends back new Women’s Surgical Center
By GREGORY ZELLER // A next-generation surgical center uniquely suited to women’s physical and psychological needs is heading to Glen Cove. Community leaders joined top Northwell Health brass and Glen…
Cell high: Second-stage Edgewise aiming for an LI first
By GREGORY ZELLER // Which of these Clean Energy Business Incubator Program companies is not like the others? It sounds like a children’s game, but Plainview-based Edgewise Energy truly stands…
New York Tech finds its proper ‘Place’ in new ad push
By GREGORY ZELLER // The New York Institute of Technology is taking its message to the streets. And to subway stations, shop windows and other eye-catching spots around Greater New…
Report: ‘Unequal resources’ plague minority LI schools
By GREGORY ZELLER // A Syosset-based civil rights organization is blasting “unequal resources” in Long Island school districts with different racial makeups – predictably, shortchanging districts with predominantly non-White populations….
Umbrella org unites Island social-service superstars
By GREGORY ZELLER // A new umbrella has opened over 4,000 regional employees servicing developmentally and physically disabled Long Islanders. Pronounced “connection,” Kinexion – which officially launched Tuesday in Woodbury…
Proposed law requires vets to share pet-drug details
By GREGORY ZELLER // A long-simmering bill centered on New York veterinarians and the drugs they dispense to family pets is now awaiting Gov. Kathy Hochul’s signature. Sponsored by State…
Feinstein’s Diamond, SBU math whiz earn NAS nods
By GREGORY ZELLER // Add another honorable distinction to Betty Diamond’s all-world trophy case – this time, from a scientific academy that traces its roots all the way to Abraham…
Blue Point Brewing represents, again, in third Crushies
By GREGORY ZELLER // Twelve New York-based winners – including two Long Island companies sharing a double win – paced the field in the 2022 Craft Beer Marketing Awards. Known…
COVID-cracking UPenn duo snags top Feinstein honor
By GREGORY ZELLER // The technology behind the breakthrough COVID-19 vaccines has earned two University of Pennsylvania scientists highest marks from the Feinstein Institutes for Medical Research. Specifically, UPenn Perelman…
Experienced hands take the wheel at the LIREDC
By GREGORY ZELLER // The powerful Long Island Regional Economic Development Council has anointed its new leadership, selecting from within. With longtime co-chairs Stuart Rabinowitz and Kevin Law off on…
ACT one: For challenged children, Hope begins at home
By GREGORY ZELLER // The nation’s first Assertive Community Treatment program targeting mentally challenged children has risen on Long Island. That’s the claim of Amityville-based not-for-profit Hope For Youth, which…
Patient ‘organoids’ may predict chemotherapy effects
By GREGORY ZELLER // Unique cancer treatments, customized to specific patients, may be on the way. Among the things making cancer so vexing are the many physiological variables in play,…