Legal levity abounds, even in cold, calculating courts
By MICHAEL H. SAHN // Not surprisingly, legal writing and commentary is often dry and stiff. Litigation is serious business. Legal principles can be complex. And the meaning of laws…
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In first western push, Discover LI tries raising Arizona
By GREGORY ZELLER // As winter drags on, you may be dreaming of a week in warm and sunny Arizona. Long Island’s top tourism bureau is hoping Arizonans are dreaming…
In business and in life, it’s always who you know
By PAUL SCHWARTZ // Building a network is critical to any business’ success – consider ThermoLift, which wouldn’t be where it is today without this foundation of entrepreneurism. Network-building is…
International OPM bulks up Adelphi’s online offerings
By GREGORY ZELLER // A fresh collaboration with a leading Online Program Management provider will provide Adelphi University with a half-dozen new online degree programs over the next two school…
At Intelligent Product Solutions, risk is their business
By GREGORY ZELLER // One of Long Island’s most innovative product designers is taking a proactive approach to future liability issues. Hauppauge-based product design and development firm Intelligent Product Solutions…
In Rogan controversy, social media’s darker evolution
By DAVID A. CHAUVIN // On the surface, it’s easy to paint the latest controversy for Spotify flagship enterprise “The Joe Rogan Experience” with broad strokes: another example of COVID-19…
National Grid Foundation warms up United Way of LI
By GREGORY ZELLER // A leading Long Island utility provider has backed multiple United Way efforts to keep regional families safe and warm this winter. In January, the National Grid…
At CEBIP, a familiar face with another bright idea
By GREGORY ZELLER // Turns out, you can go home again – at least, if you’re an energy-efficiency pioneer with cutting-edge technology, major-league partners and world-class ambitions. Such is the…
Town of Hempstead IDA looks to beef up rental stock
By GREGORY ZELLER // A busy national developer with a history in West Hempstead will replace a long-empty supermarket with a 150-unit apartment building, with the help of IDA incentives….
Conservationists push Plum Island National Monument
By GREGORY ZELLER // Regional preservationists have already convinced the federal government not to sell Plum Island to private developers – now, they want the largely undeveloped islet crowned as…
Politics, truth and the lethal lie of ‘crack pipes for all’
By JEFFREY REYNOLDS // Was the federal government really planning to give away $30 million worth of taxpayer-funded crack pipes? No. But that didn’t stop The Washington Free Beacon from…
Beefing up cancer treatments, with a vaccine in sight
By GREGORY ZELLER // New vaccines produced in part by a progressive Long Island biotech could significantly increase the efficacy of existing cancer treatments. The potential breakthrough – detailed this…
New top chef brings real energy to Calverton Incubator
By GREGORY ZELLER // Stony Brook University’s most energetic commercialization expert (literally) has taken the reins of the university’s tastiest business incubator (also literally). David Hamilton, known best for shepherding…
Study: Enjoy those nachos and beat COVID, too
By GREGORY ZELLER // High doses of an over-the-counter antacid can reduce the severity of COVID-19 symptoms. The important news about the common heartburn drug famotidine – known best by…
LI ceremony kicks off state’s first offshore-wind farm
By GREGORY ZELLER // The future of the national energy industry is now rising off the Long Island coast. Construction of the South Fork Wind Farm – officially, New York’s…