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Economic Development June 1, 2020

Pharma upgrade, Hempstead two-step, LI marches on

By GREGORY ZELLER // In the best possible sign for the Long Island innovation economy, the business of business continues, with regional industrial-development agencies stepping up to keep the Island keeping on. The latest examples: A Suffolk County Industrial Development Agency incentives package for Hauppauge-based InvaGen Pharmaceuticals, which is scaling up on Old Willets Path, and a switcharoo of sorts facilitated by the Town of Hempstead Industrial Development Agency, which is helping a Long Beach…

News October 15, 2018

FEMA funnels $20M into Long Beach storm-prep efforts

By GREGORY ZELLER // More than $20 million in federal funds will help protect the City of Long Beach against the next 100-year storm. Long Beach is receiving roughly $20.06 million from the Federal Emergency Management Agency – including $1.6 million previously awarded for engineering and design work and roughly $18.48 million now reserved for final engineering and construction – for a “critical infrastructure flood-protection system.” The effort is designed to prevent flooding and otherwise…