Busier-than-ever Island Harvest unveils new HQ, logo
By GREGORY ZELLER // One of Long Island’s leading social-services organizations has a new look and a new home base, refreshing its arsenal for the ongoing battle against food insecurity….
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The slippery slope of child-abuse algorithms
By JEFFREY REYNOLDS // In a case that’s garnered national attention, ex-NYPD cop Michael Valva and his former fiancée, Angela Pollina, will face a judge and jury at the end…
Proposed law requires vets to share pet-drug details
By GREGORY ZELLER // A long-simmering bill centered on New York veterinarians and the drugs they dispense to family pets is now awaiting Gov. Kathy Hochul’s signature. Sponsored by State…
Stony Brook gifted $56M to boost STEM diversity
By GREGORY ZELLER // A massive philanthropical gift will help increase diversity among Stony Brook University STEM students. The university announced Wednesday that the New York City-based Simons Foundation and…
Feinstein’s Diamond, SBU math whiz earn NAS nods
By GREGORY ZELLER // Add another honorable distinction to Betty Diamond’s all-world trophy case – this time, from a scientific academy that traces its roots all the way to Abraham…
Government, industry must unite now on telemedicine
By JERRY BALENTINE // During the COVID-19 pandemic, telehealth platforms acted as a lifeline for New Yorkers to safely access medical services. The lasting effect of this increased use of digital-health services will be nothing…
Guns kill kids, and if lawmakers won’t act, doctors will
By TERRY LYNAM // For the first time in more than 60 years, gunshot wounds have overtaken motor vehicle accidents as the number-one killer of American children. While certainly a…
Northwell deploys telehealth to Ukraine’s eastern front
By GREGORY ZELLER // Northwell Health has opened a new front in the Ukraine War, running straight through New Hyde Park. With invading Russian forces pushing across Ukraine’s eastern border,…
Hofstra hosts new ‘Eyewitness News’ Island Bureau
By GREGORY ZELLER // Let’s go live to WABC-TV’s Long Island Bureau on the campus of Hofstra University, where a full-time reporter and two production trucks are standing by. That’s…
Blue Point Brewing represents, again, in third Crushies
By GREGORY ZELLER // Twelve New York-based winners – including two Long Island companies sharing a double win – paced the field in the 2022 Craft Beer Marketing Awards. Known…
Bond absorbs Lazer in latest high-profile LI firm flip
By GREGORY ZELLER // It’s already been a busy year for Long Island law firms, with regional practices combining, big names snagging corner offices – and now, a major out-of-market…
Gluten-free galley is icing atop ace food-biz incubator
By DAVID HAMILTON // There’s a real gem hidden inside the Food Business Incubator at Calverton, like finally getting in enough licks on your Tootsie Pop to discover the delicious…
COVID-cracking UPenn duo snags top Feinstein honor
By GREGORY ZELLER // The technology behind the breakthrough COVID-19 vaccines has earned two University of Pennsylvania scientists highest marks from the Feinstein Institutes for Medical Research. Specifically, UPenn Perelman…
Experienced hands take the wheel at the LIREDC
By GREGORY ZELLER // The powerful Long Island Regional Economic Development Council has anointed its new leadership, selecting from within. With longtime co-chairs Stuart Rabinowitz and Kevin Law off on…
NY, CT senators pump up Plum Island preservation
By GREGORY ZELLER // The preservationist armada blockading Plum Island is enlisting some big guns. Just two months after the Long Island Regional Planning Council announced its support of public…