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…
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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…
Two years in, still confronting big COVID questions
By TERRY LYNAM // Today, Feb. 11, marks the two-year anniversary of COVID-19 – at least, the anniversary of the World Health Organization giving the novel coronavirus a formal name….
For Broad Hollow Bioscience Park, a beauty of a deal
By GREGORY ZELLER // A major-league anchor tenant will breathe new life into Broad Hollow Bioscience Park. The not-for-profit facility on the Farmingdale State College campus, designed primarily to support…
LI wealth manager psyches up for global opportunity
By GREGORY ZELLER // A Woodbury-based investment manager with a psychological bent and $1 billion in active assets has hitched its wagon to an international star of capital management. Fusion…
Jovia eyes frozen assets at Northwell Health Ice Center
By GREGORY ZELLER // From the Good For the Goose/Good For the Gander File comes mighty healthcare conglomerate Northwell Health, which normally lends its name – and significant funding –…
Island IDAs start 2022 with trio of big-time tax deals
By GREGORY ZELLER // Long Island industrial development agencies have surged into 2022. Tax-incentive deals for a full roster of high-profile construction and renovation projects have earned preliminary approvals from…