Nassau IDA incentives snag NYC tech firm
A New York City-based tech firm will relocate to Port Washington, bringing 163 existing jobs and creating 255 more. Lured by an economic-development incentives package from the Nassau County Industrial…
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Northwell innovators think outside the box, and in
By GREGORY ZELLER // Bioelectronics and “smart” tech won the day in the Northwell Health 2017 Innovation Challenge. The challenge, which invited the New Hyde Park-based health system’s 63,000-plus employees…
NYU Winthrop’s blood-loss program a gain for civilians
By GREGORY ZELLER // Law enforcers, educators and other potential civilian responders to trauma situations are benefitting from an NYU Winthrop Hospital program built around a critical emergency skill. The…
Driver-friendly app keeps on trucking, all the Thruway
By GREGORY ZELLER // When you hit the road on Thanksgiving – and according to AAA, 51 million of you Innovate LI readers/U.S. residents will do that – your trip…
Defense Logistics Agency re-ups on DNA markers
A federal contract extension will keep Applied DNA Sciences knee-deep in microcircuits for another year at least. The Stony Brook biotech said Monday that the Defense Logistics Agency has awarded…
Suffolk IDA package gives relocating PT firm a leg up
By GREGORY ZELLER // A Whitestone-based physical therapy network has received a shot in the arm from the Suffolk County Industrial Development Agency. The IDA on Thursday offered preliminary approval…
Ronkonkoma Hub (finally) gets its Brookhaven IDA deal
By GREGORY ZELLER // The ambitious Ronkonkoma Hub development project has at long last secured an incentives package from the Town of Brookhaven Industrial Development Agency. The tax-abatement deal has…
Space vets all-go for Cradle of Aviation ‘Countdown’
By GREGORY ZELLER // A star-studded crew of cosmic heroes was on board Thursday, when the Cradle of Aviation Museum started the clock on its 18-month-plus “Countdown to Apollo at…
Northwell’s big week only starts with a vascular first
By GREGORY ZELLER // It’s only Tuesday, but Northwell Health has already had a very busy week, featuring two new accreditations – including a first-of-its-kind vascular/endovascular honor – and a…
NIH grant links LI researcher to top diabetes study
By GREGORY ZELLER // A multiyear federal grant will plug a top Long Island researcher into medical science’s foremost diabetes study. Alan Jacobson, chief research officer at Mineola-based NYU Winthrop…
Digital-writing pro lends a hand to the caregivers
By GREGORY ZELLER // A new alliance with a national caregiver-support network is among the biggest deals to date for digital-writing specialist FJD & Associates. The 2010 Westbury-based startup, which…
A co-working facility for mom and pop, literally
By GREGORY ZELLER // From Albany’s corridors of power to the local co-working facility’s unassuming cubicle, there’s plenty of support for the little guy. Entrepreneurs can leverage the overhead-cutting benefits…
At Stony Brook’s CEWIT, never too old to incubate
By GREGORY ZELLER // A Stony Brook University business-development program known primarily as a haven for startups has opened its doors to a 24-year-old tech innovator. Islandia-based “medical informatics” firm…
After curing what ailed it, ‘TopDoc’ startup soars
By GREGORY ZELLER // And you thought medical school took forever. It’s been 10 long years since husband-and-wife entrepreneurs Anthony Casimano and Siobhan O’Grady launched their online appointment-setting service for…
CPI Aero catches Lightning, again, with new F-35 deal
By GREGORY ZELLER // The world’s most advanced warplane will get a lift from a longtime Long Island defense contractor. Edgewood-based CPI Aerostructures Inc. has been awarded a $15.8 million…