Amid historic generosity, a $350M opportunity for LI
By GREGORY ZELLER // From the See You in November File comes Albany’s $350 million “investment fund framework” for Long Island – more than a campaign promise, beyond ambitious, downright…
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NYS floats $250M in credits for small-biz COVID costs
By GREGORY ZELLER // New York State is now accepting applications for a $250 million tax-credit program designed to offset small-business expenses created by the pandemic. The “initial intake” of…
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…
In memoriam: Koppelman, Long Island land-use legend
By RICHARD MURDOCCO // Lee E. Koppelman, the urban planner whose policies and plans shaped Long Island throughout the second half of the 20th Century, died on March 21. He…
Old friend takes the reins as Accelerate LI retools
By GREGORY ZELLER // From the Can’t Keep a Good Commercialization Organization Down file comes Accelerate Long Island, which is charging forward with new leadership and a new business-building mission….
No. 670: We drop the ax on obesity, bad grammar and awful acronyms, with nifty networking and pound cake
To the ax: Welcome to Friday, dear readers, as another busy workweek nears its climax and another lazy weekend prepares to chillax. It’s March 4 out there, and before…
No. 665: On Pepcid power, provosts and a literal peach of a patent, with a quick stop in King Tut’s tomb
Creative writing: Welcome to Wednesday, dear readers, as we recover completely from the Super Bowl, Valentine’s Day and surprise snowstorms and charge headfirst toward our fantastic socioeconomic destiny. It’s…
No 21: Kevin Law – Local Boy Makes Good
The Long Island innovation economy has many leaders, but few as driven – or accomplished – as Kevin Law. Known best as the longtime president and CEO of the…
No. 516: On margarine, Boeing and The Rosetta Stone – and playing the odds at Jones Beach
Hot days, cold stretch: Welcome to Wednesday, dear readers, as COVID-19 rages across the land – though not in New York, where we’ve earned a reprieve – and we…
No. 297: On laboratory funding, adaptive reuses, ‘living’ foods and the Attack of the NASA Space Bees
It’s April 11 out there: And it’s hump day, dear readers, the midpoint of another busy week for the Long Island innovation economy. Put a little spring in your step…
With new HQ looming, Amazon adds 2K in NYC
By GREGORY ZELLER // Long Island may (kinda) still be in the running for Amazon.com Inc.’s ballyhooed second headquarters, but new administrative digs for the e-commerce titan – and thousands…
Albany rings bell for Restore NY, round five
Hempstead will host an informational meeting for Long Island municipalities craving a slice of Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s latest competitive-funding pie. With $80 million up for grabs in Round 5 of…
Developers jockey for position after Belmont RFP
By GREGORY ZELLER // Like a bugle call summoning the field to the starting gate, New York State is beckoning developers to Belmont Park. Trumpeting “an exciting and much-anticipated development…
State to fund $75M med research center at SBU
Stony Brook University has been awarded a $75 million state grant to build a center to develop and commercialize medical devices and treatments. The 70,000-square-foot building, to be called I-DIME,…
Dealertrack celebrates new $100 million HQ
Software maker Dealertrack has unofficially opened its new $100 million corporate headquarters. The developer of software solutions for the automotive retail market won’t actually move in employees until early July,…