Transit-oriented development is Island’s best way home
By SCOTT BURMAN // Long Island stands at a crossroads. Stubbornly clinging to a foregone era as a single-home bedroom community, we haven’t evolved to suitably address the needs of…
Gov. Kathy Hochul
No 1002: U.S. healthcare is making us sick! So we’re going quantum, talking like pirates and doing the Batusi
One flu over, cuckoo: It’s Friday, dear readers, and we are absolutely thrilled to be coming at you with this regularly scheduled week-in-review edition of your favorite innovation newsletter….
No. 1,000: The more things change…
Welcome, intrepid innovators, to Wednesday and a landmark edition of your favorite innovation newsletter, and to a momentous day in Innovate Long Island history. It’s mindboggling that more than…
Expect delays (but the Route 347 refit is speeding up)
By GREGORY ZELLER // From the Department of Good News and Bad News comes the latest leg of the State Route 347 Reconstruction Project – officially, the seventh stage of…
No. 994: On leathercraft, Lawrence of Arabia and lemon meringue – with limited cellphone service
Jumping ahead: Hop-skippity, intrepid innovators! You’ve vaulted to another Friday, with another well-earned weekend just one giant leap away – filled with back-to-school shopping and/or lazy relaxation, and we’ll…
Hochul blasts PSC over latest National Grid rate hikes
By GREGORY ZELLER // With utility rates rising across the state, Gov. Kathy Hochul is squaring off with her own Public Service Commission. Just months after hitting homeowners across Long…
No. 993: In which we store energy, write with spirals and call in the lefty – and beef is what’s for dinner
A dry heat: Welcome to Wednesday, dear readers, as Long Island – despite severe flooding in Wisconsin, epic hailstorms in Wyoming and the emergence of the year’s first Atlantic…
New York needs balance in AI – and RAISE ain’t it
By MARC ALESSI // The race to become the national leader in artificial intelligence is accelerating, with several states making significant investments in the infrastructure that powers AI. They are…
No. 988: Dictators defeated, septic supported, sundaes savored – and enjoying life with old ‘Friends’
Take a moment: Welcome to Friday, intrepid innovators, and to the end of July, almost – by this time next week, it will be August already! Yes, the sultry…
LIU kicks off cutting-edge home for next-gen scientists
By GREGORY ZELLER // Advanced research, scientific innovation and accelerated student success collide in Long Island University’s new College of Science building – coming soon to LIU’s Brookville campus. The…
SUNY adds Old Westbury to statewide ACE expansion
By GREGORY ZELLER // Another Long Island college will be included in the next student cohort as the State University of New York expands its successful student-retention and degree-completion model….
No. 974: Creativity soars, Adelphi scores and de Soto ‘discovers’ – plus, betting big on Belmont’s future
End game: Welcome to Friday, intrepid innovators, and not just any Friday but the fifth and last Friday of May 2025 – yes, four full days after Memorial Day,…
No. 972: Breaking ground, carving cars, hitting the gas on wind and pitying the fool who doesn’t like tea (or T)!
Rain, rain go away: Welcome to Wednesday, dear readers, as we bundle up for a surprisingly raw late-Spring stretch here on Long Island – who ordered this cold and…
Sufficiently gassed, Trump nixes Empire Wind shutdown
By GREGORY ZELLER // It’s safe to go back in the water. Marking a widely cheered – and sadly predictable – reversal, the Trump Administration has lifted a stop-work order…
CIBS warns Albany against prevailing wage expansion
By RALPH BENZAKEIN // As New York wrestles with an affordability crisis and slowing economic growth, state leaders should focus on policies that attract investment, spur development and create jobs….