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Cuomo kicks off $36M Jones Beach Renovation

With summer unofficially starting this weekend, Gov. Andrew Cuomo has unwrapped a big present for Long Island beachcombers. The governor on Thursday cut the ribbon on $36 million in restoration…


LI Innovators Among EY’s Top Entrepreneurs

By GREGORY ZELLER // Four Long Island innovators have made EY’s Entrepreneur of the Year short list. EY, the moniker for London-based multinational professional services firm Ernst & Young Global…


M3 Technology and the chain of command

By GREGORY ZELLER // Every business owner understands the supply-and-demand principle. The successful ones understand supply is a demand of its own. It’s a common concern for major manufacturers, according…


Task Force: Education Key to LI workforce

By GREGORY ZELLER // The State Senate Task Force on Workforce Development is going to school. Educational initiatives including new Pathways in Technology schools and expanded access to tech-focused BOCES…


Support grows for Cuomo’s third-track plan

The ranks of the Right Track For Long Island Coalition are swelling. The coalition – a partnership of major organizations, institutions, businesses and individuals united to support Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s…


Real estate by the techies, for the techies

By GREGORY ZELLER // Tech companies are their own corporate species, including their unique habitats. That’s the professional assessment of Ross Selinger, a commercial real estate veteran who’s spent 26…


LI jobless rate dips below 4% in April

Long Island’s unemployment rate dropped below 4 percent in April for the first time in nine years, the Labor Department reported Tuesday. Nassau’s rate dipped 0.5 points to 3.7 percent,…


Taking down the hospital’s biggest killer

By GREGORY ZELLER // A Northwell Health clinical study is targeting a notorious killer that preys on weakened hospital patients. By testing white blood cells and monitoring “expression biomarkers,” SeptiCyte…






Peace may be with you on LinkedIn

A hacker who calls himself “Peace” is offering to sell the email addresses and passwords of more than 115 million LinkedIn users, apparently from a 2012 hack. Peace wants about $2,200….