Out-of-the-box-store thinking on North Broadway
By GREGORY ZELLER // Creative renovations, lengthy negotiations and a dash of clever innovation have resulted in new Long Island facilities for a national cornerstone of veterinary science – and…
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A summer of energetic schooling with SBU (and friends)
By GREGORY ZELLER // Power players from across regional industry and academia have joined forces this summer to give disadvantaged students – and Long Island socioeconomics – an energetic boost….
LIA leaders still set a high bar, almost a century later
By TOM MARINER // Since its 1926 inception, the Long Island Association has played a pivotal role in shaping Long Island’s economic, social and political landscapes – and leadership has…
Think globally: Italian, French partners electrify LI grid
By GREGORY ZELLER // From our Innovate Italy bureau comes an international energy infrastructure-development agreement with electrifying potential for Long Island. Terna USA – recently spun off of the Rome-based…
Balanced Hochul shoots for the moon in FY2023 plan
By GREGORY ZELLER // If you liked Gov. Kathy Hochul’s 2022 State of the State Address, you’ll likely love her roughly $200 billion Fiscal Year 2023 Executive Budget. But don’t…
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. 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…
Risk, opportunity in COVID/climate change combo
By MICHAEL H. SAHN // The climate-change crisis is accelerating. COVID is surging, particularly the Delta variant. Both present immediate challenges – and, quite interestingly, recent research shows there are…
Smoothing it out on the road to economic recovery
By GREGORY ZELLER // Albany is pouring more than $30 million into a multifaceted Long Island road-resurfacing effort. Specifically, the New York State Department of Transportation will be doing the…
Infrastructure bonding: Pay now, or pay more later
By MICHAEL SAHN// A recent front page article in The Wall Street Journal entitled “Localities Opt for Less Debt over New Infrastructure” reports that local governments are not borrowing to…
Infrastructure and other fashion necessities
Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s promise of millions of dollars in new infrastructure projects for Long Island is a lot like getting socks and underwear for your birthday. They’re useful, but a…
In infrastructure, cautious gratefulness
BY GREGORY ZELLER // Governor Andrew M. Cuomo announced the award of $22 million in federal grants to rebuild New York bridges, reinforce sea walls and strengthen anti-flooding measures this…