PILOTs proliferate in busy summer for Island IDAs
By GREGORY ZELLER // There’s no summer vacation for Long Island’s busy IDAs, which continue to spur regional economic activity with a series of tax-abatement deals. Both the Suffolk County…
Nassau County Industrial Development Agency
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…
Fore score: Nassau IDA tees up PGA Eisenhower return
By GREGORY ZELLER // A rapid reconstruction project fueled by a lucrative tax break will put Eisenhower Park in quick contention for a PGA Tour event. That’s the plan, at…
With Nassau in the PILOT seat, Acupath thinks bigger
By GREGORY ZELLER // A veteran Long Island biotech that found new footing during the COVID crisis is on the verge of a major expansion, with a tip of the…
Nassau IDA’s 22-year PILOT package keys luxury hotel
By GREGORY ZELLER // A 22-year payment-in-lieu-of-taxes package approved by the Nassau County Industrial Development Agency will help a new luxury hotel rise in Jericho. The Jericho Plaza Hotel –…
Use it or lose it: LI’s affordable housing crossroads
By MICHAEL H. SAHN // Long Island has an affordable-housing challenge – and a unique opportunity to do something about it, before off-Island powers take control. Why is there so…
With IDA’s bread, legendary LI bakery stays home
By GREGORY ZELLER // A fresh-from-the-oven Nassau County Industrial Development Agency incentives package will help a stalwart regional bakery expand its already impressive regional operations. Carle Place-based Cardinali Bakery, a…
Developer’s tax deal brings Amazon to Woodmere
By GREGORY ZELLER // With the help of another lucrative local-government economic-incentives package, Amazon has staked its latest big claim on Long Island. Riding the wave a $16 million tax-abatement…
Calculating risks, rewards in Nassau warehouses
By HARRY COGHLAN // Nassau County has limited space to work with when it comes to the construction of warehousing facilities that allow companies to manufacture, house and distribute products…
War drums beat again as Amazon targets Long Island
By GREGORY ZELLER // Attempts to locate Amazon’s ballyhooed “HQ2” second headquarters in Long Island City – on paper, an unparalleled boon for the entire region, particularly Nassau and Suffolk…
PILOT lands lights, cameras, action in Port Washington
By GREGORY ZELLER // Spoiler alert: Hollywood is coming soon to a Long Island county near you. Actually, pandemics notwithstanding, television and movie production is already thriving on the Island…
Coghlan: Opportunity abounds, for the flexible
By HARRY COGHLAN // It is disorientating (to say the least) to think back on our original plans and goals for 2020, and realize how so many of them had…