Patients, providers feel the pain as federal funds vanish
By TERRY LYNAM // Keeping track of the Trump Administration’s head-spinning budget cuts and layoffs has been tough, but one thing is clear: They could have a staggering impact on…
Gov. Kathy Hochul
Time to add nuclear back to Long Island’s energy mix
By MICHAEL H. SAHN // Nuclear power is back – and despite its bad history with nuclear power, Long Island needs to consider it as a progressive energy source. In…
No. 950: Seizing the day, hiring the DOGE’d, getting into the Zono – and Long Island goes to the movies!
Horse sense: Welcome to Wednesday, friends, as this latest busy workweek rounds the clubhouse turn and the shortest month of the year gallops toward the finish. Win, place or…
No. 949: On caregivers, Communists, crusaders and the congestion “king,” plus Stony Brook’s new queen
Rest for the weary: Welcome to Friday, dear readers, as you overcome another busy winter workweek and earn yourself a restful weekend. We know you’re tired (especially here on…
Goldsmith standard: SBU raises bar with new president
By GREGORY ZELLER // An accomplished academician and private-sector scientific star will become Stony Brook University’s next president. The State University of New York Board of Trustees voted unanimously Wednesday…
No. 945: Losing your shirt, enjoying your fettuccini, innovating eco-development … and have a Super holiday!
Holiday in: Down, set, hike, dear readers! It’s Friday out there, and not just any Friday but the kickoff of Super Bowl weekend – among the most universally celebrated…
Albany augments Suffolk’s sleek anti-crime center
By GREGORY ZELLER // Part man. Part machine. All cop. That tagline for the 1987 technothriller “Robocop” is also an apt description for the Suffolk Crime Analysis Center, where human…
No. 939: In which you’re FDA approved, bowled over and hot buttered – but we’re not judging (you can do that)
Third day’s the charm: It’s Friday out there, intrepid innovators, and you’ve reached the doorstep of another well-earned winter weekend – for about a quarter of you working in…
No. 938: Hats come off (on, actually), bagels are born (not in Brooklyn) and the LIRR arrives (right on time)
Middle ground: Welcome to Wednesday, dear readers, as we reach the midpoint of this latest winter workweek – and the median and the first month of 2025. We’re embracing…
Senator: NYC congestion pricing is ‘direct attack’ on LI
By GREGORY ZELLER // Plans to impose “congestion pricing” on New York City motorists have generated raucous applause – and fierce resistance. Battle lines are being drawn along 60th Street…
With $150M ante, Albany all-in on LI’s BioGenesis Park
By GREGORY ZELLER // A whopping nine-digit state investment will spark a groundbreaking Cell and Gene Therapy innovation hub on Long Island. Albany is anteing up $150 million – including…
Albany assists Island fire departments, first responders
By GREGORY ZELLER // Long Island’s volunteer firefighters are getting a major boost from Albany. Just days after honoring fallen firefighters at the 27th Annual New York State Fallen Firefighters…
Poll: Screen time a growing concern for LI kids, adults
By GREGORY ZELLER // School mobile-phone bans and tighter restrictions on social media content proved popular in the latest Mount Sinai South Nassau Truth in Medicine Poll The poll –…
No. 901: On code talkers, creamsicles and Wiffle balls, with unmasked anger and recycled innovation
Our long national nightmare is over: Welcome to Wednesday, dear readers, and not just any Wednesday but the first Wednesday with an Innovate Long Island newsletter waiting in your inbox…
No. 900: Innovation, dressed to the nines
900 number: Nine hundred? Good golly, that’s a big number. Welcome, intrepid innovators, to Issue No. 900 of the Innovate Long Island Newsletter – which is not actually Issue…