By any other name, 2017 LISA winners rock tech
The Long Island Software & Technology Network has named its 2017 LISA award-winners. The acronym changes yearly now. Known for years as the “Long Island Software Awards,” LISTnet in 2016…
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Fundraising innovation: Less risk in games of chance
By SEAN WILKINSON, CPA // Governor Andrew Cuomo proposes to remove the red tape restricting nonprofit organizations’ fundraising efforts through raffles and other games of chance. The FY2018 Executive Budget…
With help, East/West lands in Ronkonkoma (again)
By GREGORY ZELLER // “Space for lease” can be a tricky proposition, depending on the space you need to lease. Just ask East/West Industries President Teresa Ferraro, who in February…
Albany’s $35M offer keeps Nature’s Bounty Co. on LI
A leading global wellness company is dramatically expanding its Long Island operations. The Nature’s Bounty Co. will create 157 new jobs – and retain 2,042 existing jobs, counting all 11…
Children’s Heart Foundation grant is a Long Island first
For the first time, Long Island-based research has been backed by The Children’s Heart Foundation. The CHF’s New York Chapter recently presented Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory researcher Michael Ronemus with…
Building a better economy, one tiny house at a time
By GREGORY ZELLER // Education and industry are once again joining forces, this time to ensure Long Island has the workforce it needs to capitalize on a burgeoning national industry….
Suffolk IDA tax deal backs longtime label-maker
A decade-long tax-incentives package will allow a longtime Farmingdale-based label-maker to grow its Long Island operation. The Suffolk County Industrial Development Agency on Tuesday approved a 10-year, $332,000 package filled with tax abatements…
The ‘Force’ is with Northwell surgeons, patients
Post-operative connections between Northwell Health surgeons and patients have been strengthened by another technological upgrade. The New Hyde Park-based health system and New York City-based Force Therapeutics, a web-based patient-management…
Fighting forced labor, Applied DNA forms cotton club
By GREGORY ZELLER // So, where does your cotton come from? Applied DNA Sciences would like you to know. Adding to its portfolio of crimefighting products and services, the Stony…
Merry CSA Day, from the Amagansett Food Institute
By GREGORY ZELLER // At least, after today, they’ll stop playing all that Community Supported Agriculture music on the radio. In case it somehow escaped your attention, today is CSA…
In Merrick, the new president focuses on water safety
A Merrick-based water company servicing more than a quarter-million Nassau County customers has a new boss. New York American Water, a subsidiary of New Jersey-based American Water Works Co., has…
In Little Neck, a big deal for diagnostic testing
A state-of-the-art molecular-diagnostics laboratory is coming to the Queens-Nassau border. The Northwell Health system on Thursday announced groundbreaking on a $47.7 million “shared lab” in Little Neck, a “centralized facility” designed…
Artzt, other famous faces headline LICA card
By GREGORY ZELLER // The Long Island Capital Alliance is uniting the past, present and future of the Island tech scene. The alliance has announced the lineup for its March…
Adelphi talks up impressive 2017 TEDx roster
By GREGORY ZELLER // Adelphi University has announced a deep roster of regional innovators for its second TEDx event. Scheduled for March 31, the second-annual TEDxAdelphiUniversity – an independently organized…
Scythian, U of M concussion study hits the jack-pot
By GREGORY ZELLER // A Calgary-based R&D firm with strong Long Island ties has swung an eight-figure financing deal, lighting up a major study pitting cannabinoids against concussions. Scythian Biosciences…