The climate’s already changed. Will LI land-use laws?
By MICHAEL H. SAHN // July 2023 was the hottest month ever recorded. That includes the three hottest days ever, averaging global temperatures. In South America, where it’s winter right…
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No. 800: But who’s counting
One, 800 flowers: Welcome inventors, investors, entrepreneurs and executives, to the shiny 800th edition of your Innovate Long Island Newsletter – which is not actually the 800th edition, but…
No. 796: Saluting the flag, studying stem cells and surviving the DDT, backed by a true hip-hop legend
Trial balance: Welcome to Wednesday, fellow Americans, as we tune out the Constitutional crises and turn up the things that have always put the “united” in our states –…
As fatalities rise, stiffer DWI laws are just the ticket
By MICHAEL H. SAHN // It’s time to adopt new laws that address the plague of drunk driving on Long Island roads. Almost every day, there are impaired-driving reports, DWI…
No. 783: Protecting our IP, ERASE-ing racial myths and honoring xenomorphs, with warm and doughy twists
Tuckered out: Welcome to Wednesday, dear readers, as we tune out the TV-news drama and tune up regional socioeconomics with another nifty innovation review. As always, you give us…
No. 775: Celebrating Clyde, SUNY’s leading ladies and your favorite Mom and Pop, with a round of Cokes on us
Sunny with a chance of awesome: Welcome to Wednesday, dear readers, and the midpoint of a seasonably mild, typically wild week of socioeconomic progress. We’re warming up to a…
No. 769: Stock markets rise, aquafarming scores, clean water flows and we have proof (proofreading, that is)
Fractional forward: Welcome to Wednesday, dear readers, as we check off one-quarter of March and one-half of another busy workweek. We’re here to nuance your numerators by the most…
As AI evolves, the battle for control begins in court
By MICHAEL H. SAHN // In a haunting scene from 1968’s iconic “2001: A Space Odyssey,” sentient computer HAL 9000 turns off two astronauts’ life-support systems so it can assume…
No. 768: Narcan stations, future neurosurgeons and AT&T arrive (no bologna, though we do have some)
Snow thanks: Welcome to the first Friday of March, dear readers, as we wrap up another busy workweek and tee up the third-to-last weekend of the Winter That Winter…
No. 759: Freedom rings, SCOTUS convenes and the LIA goes to the movies, with our fingerprints all over it
Winter is here, kinda: Welcome to Wednesday, intrepid innovators, as another mild workweek rolls by in Long Island’s Winter That Winter Forgot. Sure, sure, 18 snowflakes fell across the…
No. 755: K-cups crumble, Hawaii surfaces, Messier scores – and Zimmerman says what he can’t on CNN
Religious experience: A blessed Wednesday upon you, dear readers, as we give thanks for innovation and praise another relatively mild January workweek here on Long Island. Snow fans, have…
Hochul comes out swinging in rekindled housing fight
By MICHAEL H. SAHN // In her 2023 State of the State message, Gov. Kathy Hochul rekindled the debate on accessory dwelling units and affordable housing, which she sparked last…
No. 754: Rolling the dice on Long Island casinos and leaner spending plans (but taking no chances at CIBS)
The 13 steps: Another workweek in the can, intrepid innovators, and another weekend in the offing – but first, a slightly supernatural Friday to wrap up this latest winter…
No. 743: It’s still November, but Christmas, kidneys and Dick Clark are all in sight
Commence countdown: Thanksgiving was six whole days ago, dear readers, and even though you’ve heard “All I Want For Christmas” 20 times already … it’s still November out there….
No. 741: Exciting winds blow, Latinx leaders learn and Dreamers eye Old Westbury – you want fries with that?
Well-seasoned: Welcome to Wednesday, dear readers, and the midpoint of a suddenly-very-autumnal mid-November workweek. Before we dive in, a quick scheduling/cooking note: Innovate Long Island will be brining, baking…