BNL: Staff cuts not related to Trump, 2018 cuts
By GREGORY ZELLER // The “voluntary force reduction” announced Tuesday by Brookhaven National Laboratory, which seeks to reduce the Upton lab’s workforce by roughly 6 percent, is not a reaction…
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St. Francis tops in hospitals, US News says
Roslyn’s St. Francis Hospital is the fifth-best hospital in New York State, according to the latest ranking by U.S. News & World Report, followed by NYU Winthrop Hospital at No….
For Applied DNA, real growth in fertilizer
By GREGORY ZELLER // Applied DNA Sciences, the Stony Brook biotech, has spent 2017 aggressively introducing its DNA-based supply chain, anti-counterfeiting and anti-theft technologies to new industries and markets –…
MSC Industrial eyes Midwest in metalworking merger
A Melville-based industrial equipment distributor has snapped up an Iowa-based industrial supplier. Terms of the deal were not officially disclosed, but multiple published reports have MSC Industrial Supply Co. acquiring…
NYU Langone Health doubles down in Huntington
By GREGORY ZELLER // Already knee-deep in word-class medical science, Long Island healthcare has been bolstered by the arrival of a nationally renowned cancer center. Brandishing the bold slogan “We…
Telephonics Corp. soars with $23M Chinook deal
A Farmingdale-based manufacturer has landed a $23.3 million deal centered on the U.S. Army’s ionic Chinook helicopters. Communications ace Telephonics Corp. announced this week a three-year contract with the Defense…
For managers, a primer on dealing with the dog days
By KEN CERINI // During the winter, when it’s cold and dark, people don’t mind being indoors and getting work done. But in the summer, when the weather and the…
Concussion-focused Scythian sets market debut
By GREGORY ZELLER // Scythian Biosciences Corp. is going public. The New York City/Toronto-based biotech, led by Great Neck investment banker Jonathan Gilbert on its quest to develop the world’s…
Digital dentistry program takes root at SBU
By GREGORY ZELLER // Break out the intraoral scanners: Stony Brook University is sinking its teeth into a groundbreaking digital dentistry curriculum. The university’s School of Dental Medicine is one…
Smooth transfer: Ousted Foye on board at MTA
There’s landing on your feet, and then there’s Pat Foye. Fired Tuesday as executive director of the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, the Long Island resident was…
Shifting to parks, Cuomo touts Jones Beach upgrades
By GREGORY ZELLER // Like millions of other annual visitors, Gov. Andrew Cuomo went to Jones Beach on Wednesday. But unlike most of those day-trippers, the governor was on a…
Hofstra, SCCC land state grants to help small biz
Hofstra University and Suffolk County Community College will split a $162,000 grant from Empire State Development to help aspiring small business owners. The funds will pay for counselors to help…
Albany pumps $10M into a new downtown Hicksville
By GREGORY ZELLER // Hicksville has won the regional round of New York State’s second-annual $100 million downtown-redevelopment contest. The Nassau County hamlet in the Town of Oyster Bay will…
State green-lights LI med-marijuana dispensaries
New medical marijuana dispensaries are coming to Long Island. The New York State Department of Health on Tuesday announced that it has authorized five “registered organizations” – permitted by state…
Light the lights: Broadway National eyes new stage
By GREGORY ZELLER // Broadway National is changing venues. The three-decade-old property-management firm with the big-name clientele is taking its big-stage flair from Ronkonkoma to Hauppauge, thanks to a new…