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On time (and on budget, FYI) with Mobileware

By GREGORY ZELLER // An innovative Long Island software company is about to relaunch its flagship personal-budgeting app – one of the first downloads ever made available for the original…



PreciseLED: Bright lights, big thinking

By GREGORY ZELLER // Changes in the science of lighting gave Daniel Machlis’ inner entrepreneur a bright idea. Working for a Brooklyn-based family business that distributed products – including lighting…


Sahn Ward launches sustainability group

Three partners will form the backbone of a new Environment, Energy and Resources Practice Group at Uniondale law firm Sahn Ward Coschignano. Supported by two existing practice groups – Litigation…


Regional jobless rate continues slow slide

Long Island’s unemployment rate was 4.1 percent in August, down 0.4 percentage points from a year ago, the Labor Department announced Tuesday. Nassau County’s rate decreased by 0.3 percentage points…


NYC’s Vroom closes $50M expansion round

Vroom, the online used-car platform headquartered in NYC’s Flatiron district, has raised $50 million in a Series E round, the company announced Tuesday. The money will be used to resume…



Hofstra mechatronics lift SBU startup

By GREGORY ZELLER // Well, that worked just like they drew it up. Inside three short months, ThermoLift’s strategic research partnership with Hofstra University’s Center for Innovation has engineered advanced…


High caliber, high finance at LICA capital forum

By GREGORY ZELLER // If you’ve ever considered investing in smartphone-based job-candidate psychoanalysis, this was your event. Pitching everything from real-time commuter scheduling apps to, yes, a “mobile-powered talent-assessment system,”…



Albany electrifies municipal ZEV efforts

 By GREGORY ZELLER // Albany is opening its pocketbook to municipalities building new electric-vehicle infrastructure. The governor’s office announced this week that $3 million in funding is available for New…


Critical Island roads set for DOT facelift

More than 12 miles of state-owned Long Island roads will be resurfaced through a multimillion-dollar, multiyear paving effort, Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced Tuesday. Slated to begin this week, the $11.6…