Major water investment includes $4M for Massapequa
By GREGORY ZELLER // Albany is making a $44 million investment in clean-water systems around the state – and the biggest single chunk of it is flowing into Nassau County….
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Marking a half-century of medical invention, with style
By GREGORY ZELLER // Fifty years later, not much has changed for medical-product consultancy MIDI Product Development – except its ever-evolving technological capabilities, its larger role in the client’s commercialization…
Water, water everywhere – and around LI, it’s toxic
By GREGORY ZELLER // Stony Brook University scientists have completed a comprehensive, months-long assessment of Long Island coastal waters. Unfortunately, the good news stops there. The Island’s bays and estuaries…
At Hofstra, big changes only start with new president
By GREGORY ZELLER // Hofstra University’s new president has been ceremonially inaugurated – and with the pomp and circumstance finished, she’s getting right back to business. Susan Poser actually took…
Facebook’s bold lies glare amid historic blackout
By DAVID A. CHAUVIN // On Oct. 4, we were transported back to 2004 – a time before Facebook. Facebook’s entire platform was offline: No Facebook. No Instagram. No WhatsApp….
Shell of a sustainable effort on the Nissequogue River
By GREGORY ZELLER // A range of sustainable green features and a mandate to protect the state’s marine habitats mark the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation’s new Suffolk…
With new e-store, tourism ace focuses on the future
By GREGORY ZELLER // With dual purpose, Long Island’s official destination-marketing organization has launched a new online store – at once an effort to promote the region as whole and…
Pruned in politics, blooming in same-day deliveries
By GREGORY ZELLER // From the Everything Happens for a Reason Department comes Adam Haber, who’s made multiple unsuccessful runs for public office – and instead of wading through the…
Northwell’s new COVID-19 tests are pure LabGold
By GREGORY ZELLER // With a long-term focus on new screening programs for schools and underserved communities, Northwell Health is expanding use of self-administered COVID tests. Northwell Health Labs, the…
Petito tragedy shows need for societal shift on abuse
By JEFFREY REYNOLDS // Gabby Petito has been laid to rest, her fiancé Brian Laundrie remains at large, and while there are still lots of unanswered questions, the headline-grabbing homicide…
NSF puts New York Tech on the Edge of Tomorrow
By GREGORY ZELLER // The New York Institute of Technology is living on the edge. Forget the Aerosmith jokes – this is serious business concerning “edge computing,” a distributed-computing paradigm…
As drug prices soar, Medicare negotiation is a must
By MARY ANNE TRASCIATTI // One of the most promising policies that the U.S. House of Representatives is set to include in the reconciliation package is Medicare negotiation, which would…
For the FCA, a generous gift and high-tech home base
By GREGORY ZELLER // The Family and Children’s Association has a new home. The regional health-and-human services leader has officially opened its new Garden City headquarters, christening the 28,000-square foot…
Electric-vehicle pioneer levels up with strategic buy-in
By GREGORY ZELLER // A Stony Brook-based startup will hit the gas – euphemistically – on production of electrically powered commercial vehicles, thanks to a megawatt investment from a high-profile…
Burning questions about climate change, public health
By TERRY LYNAM // The dollar amounts are still in question, but it looks like the Biden administration and Congress will set aside significant funding this year to combat climate…