Report: New York trails in national R&D
A little more than half of all research and development in the country is occurring in five states – none of which is New York. That according to a new…
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Cuomo: Last stop for IDA transit-tax breaks
By GREGORY ZELLER // Legislation prohibiting local industrial-development agencies from abating taxes used to fund transit authorities has been signed into law by Gov. Andrew Cuomo. Economic-development engines like the…
Northwell cuts ribbon on liver-disease center
Northwell Health has raised the curtain on a new Manhasset facility dedicated to diseases of the liver. The health system officially opened the Sandra Atlas Bass Center for Liver Diseases…
LIREDC 2016: Synthetic leather, wings and prayers
By GREGORY ZELLER // With a string of annual victories under its belt, the Long Island Regional Economic Development Council is shooting for the moon, once again. This week, the…
Brew ha-ha: Seriously silly inventor strikes again
By GREGORY ZELLER // There’s always something brewing at Mary Putre’s house, sometimes literally. The relentless inventor – creative force behind Eyecatcher Gifts and much of its whacky inventory –…
Northwell, Stony Brook Med strike cardio deal
By GREGORY ZELLER // A state-of-the-art cardiac-care practice will lend three decades of expertise, more than a dozen heart specialists and a boatload of East End patients to Long Island’s…
IDA: Big forward step for Huntington Station plan
By GREGORY ZELLER // The Suffolk County Industrial Development Agency is a step closer to finalizing a tax-incentives package that would trigger a massive Huntington Station redevelopment effort. At its…
SBU hitting its STRIDE, with NSF’s help
With Big Data piling up at an almost incalculable rate, a seven-figure National Science Foundation grant will help prepare Stony Brook University’s next generation of scientists for complex decision-making scenarios….
Hofstra, NYIT join Start-Up NY family
By GREGORY ZELLER // It’s the startup of something big at Hofstra University and the New York Institute of Technology’s Old Westbury campus, which have both been added to the…
Codagenix commences Zika vaccine testing
By GREGORY ZELLER // Farmingdale biotech Codagenix Inc. has commenced the first tests of its potential Zika virus vaccines in a living host. In a noteworthy display of speed sure to…
Drink it up: LI nitrate-buster earns NSF grant
By GREGORY ZELLER // The National Science Foundation is backing a Long Island innovator’s efforts to remove nitrates from wastewater – potentially, an enormous win for regional aquifers and surface…
CPI lands contract for Growler pods
Edgewood-based CPI Aerostructures has been awarded a $2.7 million contract to work on door and duct assemblies on the pods that house electronics on the U.S. Navy’s EA-18G Growler aircraft,…
The Girl With the Forensic-Analysis Tattoo
By GREGORY ZELLER // It’s “doctor,” not “girl,” thank you, and of her four tattoos – plus a fifth on the way – none is a dragon. But while Michelle Miranda…
NIH pumps $3M into Feinstein autism study
The National Institutes of Health will fund a two-year Feinstein Institute for Medical Research study exploring risk factors behind autism spectrum disorders in newborns. A $3 million NIH grant has…
Downtown development: Jobs are Job No. 1
By ROSALIE DRAGO // The Governor’s Conference on Sustainable Development & Collaborative Governance, held Wednesday in Melville, facilitated an important dialogue around the hot topic of downtown redevelopment. Long Island…