Mentoring: Giving back (and helping yourself, too)
By MITCH MAIMAN // I’m a big proponent of giving back to the local economy – and one of the best ways to do that is through mentoring. My commitment…
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Chatbots are charming – but can they keep a secret?
By DAVID A. CHAUVIN // Much has been made of the surface-level dangers of generative artificial intelligence: It writes like a robot, invents facts and struggles with nuance. These are…
Poll: Drinkers heed ex-surgeon general’s alcohol advice
By GREGORY ZELLER // Another round? Maybe not, according to the latest Mount Sinai South Nassau Truth in Medicine Poll. Released this week, the poll reports that a majority of…
Triple transplant ranks Northwell among surgical elite
By GREGORY ZELLER // Long Island’s first-ever triple transplant surgery is in the books. Surgeons at the Northwell Health Transplant Institute have performed a successful three-organ transplant on 47-year-old Queens resident Sergio…
In product development, take your time and do it right
By BRAD CARLSON // If the history of product development has one universal truth, it’s this: It’s never easy. The most successful products, of course, follow a simple return-on-investment formula:…
CIBS warns Albany against prevailing wage expansion
By RALPH BENZAKEIN // As New York wrestles with an affordability crisis and slowing economic growth, state leaders should focus on policies that attract investment, spur development and create jobs….
LIMEHOF flick feature focuses on Island auteurs
By GREGORY ZELLER // Pop your corn and silence those cellphones – one of Long Island’s leading cultural centers is going to the movies. Beginning later this month, the Stony…
Jeffrey Goldberg and the journalism ethics we forgot
By JACI CLEMENT // Jeffrey Goldberg found himself smack in the middle of a national security blunder – and responded like a journalist from another era. When The Atlantic’s editor-in-chief was…
Creativity, compassion shine in latest Venture Challenge
By GREGORY ZELLER // One of Long Island’s great collegiate-level innovation competitions staged its Spring 2025 installment last week – and, as usual, it did not disappoint. Now in its…
Fair-housing groups fight back as HUD cripples funding
By JEFFREY L. REYNOLDS // A million dollars recently flew out the door of Long Island Housing Services, the only nonprofit fair-housing advocacy and enforcement organization serving Nassau and Suffolk…
In ‘baby pictures,’ an earliest-yet view of the universe
By GREGORY ZELLER // Researchers have looked back in time – way back – to produce pictures of our vast universe in its infancy. The Atacama Cosmology Telescope, a cosmological…
LI lands $24M in affordable-housing credits, subsidies
By GREGORY ZELLER // Two Long Island projects are among 28 statewide developments earning nearly $270 million in federal tax credits and other subsidies designed to spread new affordable-housing opportunities…
Patients, providers feel the pain as federal funds vanish
By TERRY LYNAM // Keeping track of the Trump Administration’s head-spinning budget cuts and layoffs has been tough, but one thing is clear: They could have a staggering impact on…
IV innovators elevate footprint, and wellness, in Roslyn
By GREGORY ZELLER // An innovative health-and-wellness business has big plans after moving to bigger digs in Roslyn. After about a year at its first location on Old Northern Boulevard,…
The Debrief: Innovation, front and center at Adelphi
Adelphi University has many thriving hubs. Among its most active and progressive is the Adelphi University Innovation Center, a pulsating nerve-point of high-tech presentations, hands-on workshops and interactive demonstrations…