Hochul tags unvaccinated as NY mask mandates return
By GREGORY ZELLER // It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas 2020: With the omicron variant spreading and national COVID cases rising fast, Albany has reinstated public mask-wearing protocols….
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No. 646: Adding some color with red apples, ‘GoldenEye’ and White House hotlines – and rising with Ascend LI
Holiday card: Here we go, dear readers – it’s Dec. 1 out there, midpoint of this workweek but the start of the very last leg of testy, tumultuous 2021….
Elmont Station opens (sorta) as the puck drops at UBS
By GREGORY ZELLER // It’s been a long time since the New York Islanders played a home game – and a lot longer since the Long Island Rail Road opened…
No. 642: On codes, quarks, crypto coins and cupcakes – and why Northwell Health is handing over its data
Run for it! Welcome to Wednesday, ladies and gentlemen and innovators of all ages – it’s the midpoint of another busy workweek, at least for the 80 percent of…
No. 640: Ace fighter pilots! Giant monsters! Astro dogs! And if you’re hungry, tacos in spaaaaace!
Keep your cool: Welcome to Wednesday, intrepid innovators, and the midpoint of another bustling (and blustery!) week of socioeconomic progress. It’s Nov. 3 out there, and with temperatures dropping…
Better late than never, SBU officially installs McInnis
By GREGORY ZELLER // Twenty months since she was announced by the SUNY Board of Trustees – and more than 16 since she actually assumed the office – Maurie McInnis…
No. 637: On young inventors, Doc Brown and other nuts – and that’s the TRUTH, Ruth
Success story: And just like that … Friday! You’ve done it again, intrepid innovator, with another workweek in the books and another weekend on the horizon. Very impressive, as…
Major water investment includes $4M for Massapequa
By GREGORY ZELLER // Albany is making a $44 million investment in clean-water systems around the state – and the biggest single chunk of it is flowing into Nassau County….
No. 634: On Beatlemania, bras and an iron baroness, with a head start on your Halloween candy
Already in progress: Welcome to Wednesday, dear readers, as we rejoin our broadcast in the middle of another exciting week of socioeconomic innovation and at the midpoint of the…
Shell of a sustainable effort on the Nissequogue River
By GREGORY ZELLER // A range of sustainable green features and a mandate to protect the state’s marine habitats mark the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation’s new Suffolk…
No. 631: On dames, NASA and hydrogen-based fuels – with fresh-baked cookies
So fast, it’s spooky: Endings and beginnings, dear readers, as another workweek whips by and we race into the month of flamboyant foliage, Bavarian beer festivals and, of course,…
No. 629: A Supreme edition, punctuated by tiny houses, KFC and cherries jubilee
Almost there: You’ve done it again, dear reader! Another workweek conquered and another weekend queued up – the first weekend of autumn to boot. Well done! But before you…
Albany pumps $40M into biotech commercialization
By GREGORY ZELLER // Good news for Long Island’s impressive biotech-research corridor: New York State has opened a new Biodefense Commercialization Fund designed to speed promising life-science research to market….
No. 623: Ida pours, the fine wine flows, the Vikings land – and 11 days simply vanish
Rain out: Between near-miss Henri and super-soaker Ida, we’ve had quite enough rain, thank you – thankfully, the sun is shining today, dear readers, just in time for a…
No. 622: In which acne shines, regional rainmakers get on board and the new guv comes out swinging
See you in September: Here we go, dear readers – summer is (unofficially) over, meteorological fall has (officially) begun and we’re embracing those three syllables that send chills down…