CIBS panel accentuates commercial RE’s positives
By GREGORY ZELLER // “Cautious optimism” set the tone Feb. 16, when regional experts laid bare the realities of Long Island commercial real estate. Nearly 200 attendees packed RXR Executive…
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Teaching Master Teachers a thing or two at the AERTC
By GREGORY ZELLER // A stronghold of higher-ed science is sharing its genius with Long Island’s littlest learners, with the help of some educational masters. A dozen representatives of the…
Birds do it, bees do it, even Long Island gardeners do it
By GREGORY ZELLER // A national movement toward safe zones for pollinating insects – critical to the survival of wildflowers, agricultural crops and the myriad animal lifeforms they support –…
Clever hospitality effort links Hamptons’ past, future
By GREGORY ZELLER // At the intersection of continuing education, workforce development, Hamptons hospitality, residential real estate and history, there is the Canoe Place Inn. And centered on the Canoe…
New York Tech’s ASD study smells like a winner
By GREGORY ZELLER // Autism spectrum disorder affects different people in different ways – and for those with an “insistence on sameness,” the disorder’s effects on the sense of smell…
Albany accelerates future of DNA manufacturing, again
By GREGORY ZELLER // A modest state investment will help push a Long Island bioscience pioneer toward the brink of a DNA-manufacturing revolution. Through its Excelsior Jobs Program and chunky…
It’s all fun and Netflix, until the con artists take over
By DAVID A. CHAUVIN // Prestige television series, podcasts and documentaries about con artists are everywhere. On Netflix, which seems to be making these stories into a cottage industry, you…
Mount Sinai South Nassau unveils ‘mass-casualty’ unit
By GREGORY ZELLER // A bustling Long Island hospital has completed the second phase of a $50 million Emergency Department expansion – just part of a larger $400 million strategic-growth…
Fore score: Nassau IDA tees up PGA Eisenhower return
By GREGORY ZELLER // A rapid reconstruction project fueled by a lucrative tax break will put Eisenhower Park in quick contention for a PGA Tour event. That’s the plan, at…
Virtual beasts, real skills mark LIU veterinary college
By GREGORY ZELLER // Greater New York’s only veterinary-medicine college program is in beast mode. Virtually, at least: On Friday, Long Island University formally introduced its hands-on Veterinary Medicine Learning…
LI STEM Hub converses about kids’ futures
By GREGORY ZELLER // A future-workforce initiative with a regional academic twist is soaring at the Cradle of Aviation Museum. On Feb. 11, the Long Island STEM Hub – a…
In Tranq, a deadly new drug foe – with a running start
By JEFFREY REYNOLDS // Fentanyl can be 100 times more powerful than heroin and it killed more than 71,00 Americans in 2021, but another drug now sweeping the nation might…
The Debrief: Opportunities converge at Midway Crossing
On an island where grandiose project proposals (commercial/residential megalopolises, indoor ski mountains, etc.) come and go, Midway Crossing gives pause. Not for its projected price, which is considerable ($2.8…
Proposed casino already paying off for NCC
By GREGORY ZELLER // Nassau Community College has collected one of Long Island’s first wins from a proposed Uniondale casino. The multibillion-dollar hotel-casino pitched by Las Vegas Sands for the…
Innovative art exhibit takes the slow road to wellness
By GREGORY ZELLER // A Hamptons arts gallery with a Madison Avenue pedigree and a legacy of social awareness will meld the science of wellness and the beauty of art…