Amagansett Farm Reaps ‘Early-Stage’ Award
Rookie farmers across New York State have received an economic boost from Albany through the New Farmers Grant Fund. A total of 25 “early-stage farmers” will share $743,000 in grants,…
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NY Aviation Grant Program Backs Gabreski Upgrade
Francis S. Gabreski Airport in Westhampton Beach is among the aerodromes receiving airport-focused capital-improvement funds from Albany this week. A total of $10 million has been awarded for airport projects across…
‘Accidental’ find may be COPD breakthrough
By GREGORY ZELLER // From the Didn’t See That Coming File comes Stony Brook University researcher Ute Moll and the p73 gene – potentially, a master key to unlocking new…
LIRR Bridge Among $16.3M In State Rail Projects
A Long Island Rail Road bridge in Queens will be renovated as part of new rail-infrastructure improvement projects greenlighted Tuesday by Gov. Andrew Cuomo. All told, the governor’s Passenger and…
Stopping cyberattacks before they start
By GREGORY ZELLER // Consider Uncle Sam an honorary cofounder of Code Dx Inc. So says Frank Zinghini, founder of the Northport Village spinoff and CEO its parent company, Applied Visions,…
Northwell Completes New Hyde Park Shuffle
Make that the “New Hyde Park-based” Northwell Health system. The formerly Great Neck-based system moved into its new Marcus Avenue space over a three-day haul in mid-May and officially announced…
Traverse Biosciences lands key seed investment
By GREGORY ZELLER // A critical seed investment will help Traverse Biosciences commercialize pharmaceutical candidates licensed from the SUNY Research Foundation. The circa-2013 Stony Brook-based biotech has secured $500,000 in…
Feds set wind-energy lease sale for LI waters
By CARL CORRY // More than 80,000 acres of federal waters about 11 miles off the coast of Long Island will be made available to lease for off-shore wind-energy development,…
Gov: Billion-dollar boost for LI tourism
By CARL CORRY // Saying Long Island is primed for a $1 billion boost in annual tourism, Gov. Andrew Cuomo on Friday announced two contracts for the Long Island Rail…
United it stands, with help from the Suffolk IDA
A 33-year-old biotech will purchase and renovate its longtime Hauppauge home, thanks to tax breaks approved Thursday by the Suffolk County Industrial Development Agency. Synthetic vaccine manufacturer United Biomedical Inc….
Brew Bus Rolls Through Insurance Roadblock
By GREGORY ZELLER // Running the LI Brew Bus has been an education – and that, according to founder Brad Darrohn, is kind of an important point. Among the primary lessons…
Novel Parkinson’s Procedure Pumps Up NSUH
By GREGORY ZELLER // They’re dancing in the aisles, literally, at North Shore University Hospital, thanks to a revolutionary treatment for Parkinson’s disease. Surgeons at the Manhasset hospital, part of…
Applied DNA Taking it to Swedish car thieves
By GREGORY ZELLER // Let this be a warning to Swedish car thieves: Applied DNA Sciences is on the case. Through Safesolutions AB (bring your Swedish or try the Google…
Feinstein’s Tracey to head bioelectronics summit
Feinstein Institute chief and global bioelectronics pioneer Kevin Tracey will headline a September New York Academy of Science conference on bioelectronic medicine. Tracey, Feinstein’s president and CEO and the brains…
Entrepreneurial success, now snack-sized
By GREGORY ZELLER // There’s a good chance your Memorial Day snacks, and other sweet and salty selections in your summer picnic basket, come courtesy of Jake Schmigelski. Forget trying…