SilvermanAcampora launches compliance group
By GREGORY ZELLER // By popular demand, business law firm SilvermanAcampora has launched a new practice group to help clients navigate the choppy waters of government compliance. The Jericho firm’s…
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Answering our ‘pent-up need’ for new industry
By JOHN L. KOMINICKI // A proposed $300 million center on bioelectronic research would get a $50 million jolt if Albany follows recommendations made this week by a group of business…
ClipFix aces field test, cranks up manufacturing
By GREGORY ZELLER // Commack startup ClipFix, which peddles an easy DIY solution for busted modular plugs, has aced the first of two planned field tests – and that’s good…
Xerox CEO headlines women, minority biz forum
New York’s largest annual networking event for minority- and women-owned business enterprises is scheduled for Oct. 1 and 2 at the Empire State Plaza Convention Center in Albany. Designed to…
Bees find a way to lick climate change
By JOHN L. KOMINICKI // Nicole Miller-Struttman, a researcher and professor at SUNY Old Westbury, has been creating a bit of a buzz lately with a study suggesting that the…
Lesko tapped to head Hofstra entrepreneur center
By GREGORY ZELLER // Accelerate Long Island director Mark Lesko has been named executive dean of Hofstra University’s new Center for Entrepreneurship, a multi-disciplinary program that plans to leverage entrepreneurial activities…
The Debrief: Michael Dowling, CEO of what might have been Laudica Health
In healthcare administration, Michael Dowling has done it all. A 20-year veteran of the former North Shore-LIJ Health System, now Northwell Health, he’s been New York’s health and human services…
SavvyRoo: Bringing data into the media mainstream
By GREGORY ZELLER // In a world in which the social media have largely supplanted actual socializing, it’s strangely fitting that SavvyRoo cofounders Noah Blumenthal and Stephen Ostermiller have barely met….
State awards $175M in clean-gen projects
Albany awarded $175 million on Wednesday for five large-scale clean energy projects that are designed to reduce greenhouse gas emissions while decreasing the state’s reliance on fossil fuels. Sorry, none are on Long…
Got a minute? They’ll build you a marketing plan
Advertising veterans Ron Greenstone and Chris Nehlen have teamed up on a new agency that plans to eschew long-term branding campaigns and in-it-for-life retainers in favor of fast, affordable, high-impact…
First Niagara said to be exploring sale
Buffalo’s First Niagara Financial Group Inc. is exploring a sale of the firm to suitors that include New York Community Bancorp, Toronto-Dominion Bank and Huntington Bancshares, according to DealReporter. According to the…
For FlightPartner, business is always looking up
By GREGORY ZELLER // With customer satisfaction locked in the upright position and with a little lift from Start-Up NY, a B2B tech firm connecting charter-flight operators with flight brokers…
Farmingdale lands $2.9M grant for at-risk students
Farmingdale State College has been awarded $2.9 million in federal funding to increase mentoring research programs for at-risk students at at its local caampus and schools in three other states. Farmingdale is…
Teq beefs up its teacher dev platform
A major upgrade to Teq’s online professional-development platform will put teachers face-to-face with tech experts via video conferencing, according to the Huntington Station education-technology producer. The firm’s new “Instructional Support…
Two deals, one very interesting digital future
By GREGORY ZELLER // Two major deals in the online publishing space offer the potential of a dramatically altered digital landscape for Long Island shoppers and sellers. In the most…