Critical Island roads set for DOT facelift
More than 12 miles of state-owned Long Island roads will be resurfaced through a multimillion-dollar, multiyear paving effort, Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced Tuesday. Slated to begin this week, the $11.6…
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Island villages earn state clean-water funds
Two Suffolk County clean-wastewater efforts were among a flotilla of water infrastructure-improvement projects heralded this week by Gov. Andrew Cuomo. On Friday, the governor’s office announced that projects proposed by…
Gov introduces $16M ‘Clean Communities’ fund
A new state initiative will pour millions into local governments looking to reduce energy consumption and promote community-based clean-energy projects. Gov. Andrew Cuomo on Wednesday announced the launch of Clean…
Best Market, Albany cooking up LI ‘food hub’
Regional grocery chain Best Market will take over about one-third of the former Entenmann’s facility in Bay Shore, Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced Tuesday, the first step in the establishment of…
Albany offers to help with e-waste recycling costs
From the Partially Funded Mandates File comes a $3 million state fund that will help New York municipalities cope with an unexpected garbage detail. Gov. Andrew Cuomo has announced a…
Albany continues whirlwind LI romance
By GREGORY ZELLER // A state administration that once seemed unable to find Long Island on a map continues to pay special attention to Nassau and Suffolk counties. One day…
Praise for Westbury’s $10M downtown award
By GREGORY ZELLER // Downtown Westbury will get a $10 million lift through Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s Downtown Revitalization Initiative. Cuomo, who’s been touring New York’s 10 economic zones this week…
LI schools tech-up in ‘Smart’ $43M package
Funding for programs in five Long Island school districts is included in a $43 million “Smart Schools” investment package announced this week by Gov. Andrew Cuomo. The package, which funds…
State microgrid program ups the ante
Another $8 million is up for grabs in Phase II of the NY Prize microgrid competition, officially kicked off Wednesday by Gov. Andrew Cuomo. Following 2015’s $8.3 million Phase I,…
State seeks development plans for Republic
Empire State Development is seeking proposals to develop more than 40 acres of land at East Farmingdale’s Republic Airport. Albany’s main economic-development engine has issued an RFP to revitalize 41.5…
Mobile ticketing, nicer stations, connectivity
Mobile ticketing may soon make travel on the Long Island Rail Road a little easier. Included in Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s proposed $8 billion MTA makeover – the eighth proposal in…
Add a little amber to the orange and blue
The Blue Point Brewing Co. is going to the World Series. A pint (or six) of the Patchogue craft brewery’s flagship Toasted Lager is on the line – along with…
Start-Up NY gets passing (barely) grade from Siena
Start-Up NY won narrow support from voters in a Siena College poll released Tuesday, with 52 percent of respondents saying they favor the program, which gives tax breaks to companies…
State’s $160M renewables program sidesteps LI
BY GREGORY ZELLER New York State’s new $160 million clean-energy initiative is an environmental and economic-development boon of the highest order. But not for Long Island. In fact, the funding…