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…
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No. 773: Bracing for trouble, cleaning the local water and remembering Ron, with Captain Kirk in command
History in the making, one way or the other: Welcome to what promises to be a big day in the annals of American justice and politics, and a monumental…
Healthcare CEOs bring leadership to national gun fight
By TERRY LYNAM // Given the inability (or unwillingness) of our elected leaders to further strengthen the nation’s gun-safety laws, healthcare leaders from across the country are stepping up to…
Island innovator gives acoustic ‘Spotter’ its best shot
By GREGORY ZELLER // A new-and-improved gunshot-detection technology is returning to Suffolk County, part of a nationwide surge that owes itself in part to Long Island innovation. Smithtown-based MIDI Product…
Northwell, pained parents demand gun-violence action
By GREGORY ZELLER // The U.S. Congress appears ready to advance national gun-safety laws for the first time in decades – small steps that can’t come fast enough for Northwell…
No. 689: A dimension of sight, sound and mind, with Salvador Dalí, Monty Python and genius LI scientists
Sol train: Welcome to Wednesday, dear readers, as we shine our way through another sunny springtime workweek. It’s May 11 out there, and as Long Island slowly warms, the…
Guns kill kids, and if lawmakers won’t act, doctors will
By TERRY LYNAM // For the first time in more than 60 years, gunshot wounds have overtaken motor vehicle accidents as the number-one killer of American children. While certainly a…
Critics dunk on Hochul’s expensive State of the State
By GREGORY ZELLER // From the Department of High Ambitions comes Gov. Kathy Hochul and her 2022 State of the State, a multibillion-dollar action plan including 228 “bold initiatives” and…
No. 612: The metric system, new COVID clues and a unique gun-violence plan, all coated in milk chocolate
Right where you left us: Here we are, dear readers, back in your inbox and back on the beat midway through this blessedly cooler week of socioeconomic innovation. Let’s…
Albany brings youth employment to a gun fight
By GREGORY ZELLER // Albany is loading up some unique ammunition in its battle against gun violence: jobs for at-risk youth. Following a Nassau County “gun violence community meeting” on…
Under-the-gun legislators lock-and-load silver bullet
By JEFFREY REYNOLDS // At least 233 people were killed, and another 618 injured, by gun violence in more than 500 nationwide shootings, all while we celebrated America’s independence during…