Albany stakes $3M statewide apprenticeship effort
By GREGORY ZELLER // A chunky state investment will focus the State University of New York system on the specific needs of employers in cutting-edge fields, part of Albany’s plan…
Gov. Andrew Cuomo
With 20 MWs (and counting), ‘Solarize’ initiative shines
By GREGORY ZELLER // A New York State program created to fund statewide solar-power initiatives is pumping out dollars and helping to pump up the Empire State’s supply of renewable…
No. 306: On root beer, cleantech, impressive Adelphi grads and The Spur’s summer of love
Welcome to Wednesday: And a very happy May 16 to you, dear readers – together, we’ve reached the midpoint of another busy week in Long Island innovation. By the way,…
No. 305: BioMentors, advanced architects and 10 of the nation’s best STEM high schools, right here on LI
And down the stretch they come: You’ve reached the finish line of another busy workweek, dear readers, and if you’d picked Good Magic to finish second, you’d have made a…
No. 304: The Piano Man ages, the yacht club sets a new course and Feinstein’s codebreakers show some real nerve
Happy National Bike to School Day: And a glorious National School Nurse Day to you, dear readers, part of what we trust is a peaceful and joyous National School Nurse…
Citing offshore risks, Cuomo drills Trump again
By GREGORY ZELLER // Governor Andrew Cuomo is firing more broadside cannon shots at the Trump White House in a sea battle centered off Long Island’s shores. Cuomo is advancing…
No. 302: Inventor-palooza at SBU, drones in the Mohawk Valley and why Long Island’s Craft Beer Week will fill bellies with more than brew
You certainly May: Enough with the Marching like a lion and the April showers (and April snow, for the matter) – it’s May and time for the good stuff. The…
Cuomo doubles down by speeding up emissions effort
By GREGORY ZELLER // Governor Andrew Cuomo is hitting the gas on his ambitious environmental agenda. The governor on Friday announced a dramatic acceleration of his energy-efficiency plans for New…
NYSERDA, Israeli innovators ink clean-energy pact
By GREGORY ZELLER // A new collaboration between New York State’s advanced-energy gurus and Israel’s top innovation agency will look to speed clean-energy breakthroughs to global markets. Speaking Tuesday at…
Hempstead, Southampton earn downtown-demo dollars
By GREGORY ZELLER // Two Long Island downtown-redevelopment efforts will be bolstered by a cool million, each, in state funds. Round Five of the Restore New York Communities Initiative doles…
Forget something? NY’s life-sci panel (mostly) stiffs LI
By GREGORY ZELLER // Eyeing a “vibrant life-sciences ecosystem” across the state, Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced Thursday the launch of a new Life Science Advisory Board – but the high-profile…
For Uber and NYS Dems, the great suburban showdown
By GREGORY ZELLER // Well, that’s a potential ouch upon our Uber. Long Islanders waited quite a while for Albany to decide ridesharing was legal in Nassau and Suffolk counties….
In the land of milk and Cuomo, opportunity flows
By GREGORY ZELLER // Unemployment’s down, personal income’s up and private-sector jobs across New York State have never been more plentiful. These statistical truths and more color Empire State Development…
Busy Chu takes reins at Plainview’s Edgewise Energy
By GREGORY ZELLER // Plainview-based Edgewise Energy has done the C-suite shuffle, with Sammy Chu rising to chief executive officer. Co-founder Chu, formerly chief innovation officer, succeeds co-founder James Emlock,…
No. 285: A DNA anniversary, an IPS milestone and connecting Old Westbury to Cuba
Well, that was quick: Can it be? Two months of 2018 in the books already? Be it can, dear reader, as this Wednesday, Feb. 28, finishes off one-sixth of the…