From NYC, a golden chance to build an ‘Island of Yes’
By MICHAEL H. SAHN // The New York City Council has approved historic amendments to the city’s Zoning Resolution – a game-changer for the Big Apple and a potential blueprint…
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New ideas needed as LI affordable-housing debate rages
By MICHAEL H. SAHN // Single-family homes are the neglected stepchild in the affordable-housing debate. The lack of affordable housing cannot be solved by focusing solely on multifamily housing. Instead, housing…
For 65 years, community and class have marked SCCC
By TOM MARINER // Nassau and Suffolk counties lost more than 110,000 residents between 2017 and 2022, thanks largely to the regional “brain drain.” Our leaders are looking for solutions…
As workforce development evolves, childcare shall lead
By ROSALIE DRAGO // At a recent Long Island Regional Development Council meeting, co-chairman and Long Island Association President Kevin Law earned rousing applause when he said, “Childcare is not…
LIA: Farmingdale State revs a strong economic engine
By GREGORY ZELLER // Higher education on Long Island may be dominated by Hofstra and Stony Brook Universities, but a relatively small SUNY school is proving to be the region’s…
‘Scary optimism’ as local business girds for 2017
By JOHN KOMINICKI // Long Island business leaders gave the local economy a resounding thumbs up on Thursday, predicting growing revenues, profits and pricing power at an annual economic forecast…
Survey: No brain drain at Farmingdale State
Brain drain? Not at Farmingdale State College. The State University of New York school is trumpeting a recent survey of alumni that shows 90 percent of bachelor’s degree recipients are…
The real downside of losing our young people is what they leave behind. Us.
By J.L. Kominicki // You’ve probably heard Long Island is having trouble hanging onto its young people, particularly those in the coveted 18 to 34 cohort, the age group most…
Serious brain drain: When CSHL considered leaving
Cold Spring Harbor Lab officials considered moving the facility off Long Island in 1948 due to transportation concerns and the fact that local life was not very “rich.” At the…