Partisan, practical lines drawn around data center ban
BY GREGORY ZELLER // With New York State’s data-center moratorium on the books, Gov. Kathy Hochul visited Long Island to kick off a statewide victory lap – but not all…
President Donald Trump
Two steps back: New life for shuttered mental hospitals?
By JEFFREY L. REYNOLDS // Long Island’s abandoned psychiatric campuses at Kings Park and Pilgrim State have stood for decades as haunting relics of mid-20th Century institutionalization – a crumbing…
No. 1070: On eminent Indian institutions, plate spins and ice cream (plus a few independent thoughts)
Go Fourth: Welcome to Wednesday, dear readers, as we hurdle the hump, flip the calendar and gear up for a long and lovely holiday weekend. July is here, and…
As care costs spiral, Trump’s transparency order flatlines
By TERRY LYNAM // Comparison shopping has never been easier – whether you’re buying a car, a home or pair of shoes, online searches retrieve price information in seconds, enabling…
As Big Medicine battles back, breaking up is hard to do
By TERRY LYNAM // Whether it’s a physician network or an insurance provider or a pharmaceutical manufacturer, the key to success in the ultra-competitive healthcare environment is to get bigger…
No. 1038: Drake Media arrives, congestion pricing lives and new FSC degrees emerge (and have a snack!)
Studio city: Welcome to Wednesday, dear readers, and not just any Wednesday but the Wednesday when we proudly introduce Innovate Long Island’s newest sponsor, Drake Media Studios. As we…
As ‘affordability’ surges, nonprofits are lost in translation
By JEFFREY L. REYNOLDS // Everyone is talking about affordability. Newly inaugurated New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani, Gov. Kathy Hochul – even President Donald Trump, who recently launched his…
No. 1031: Earning honors, patents and income tax credits – and maybe a fresh-baked croissant, too
Please … no nor! Welcome to Friday, dear readers, and not just any Friday but the last Friday of super-snowy January 2026 – yes, the New Year’s blustery first…
ICE backlash threatens bipartisan public-health revival
By TERRY LYNAM // The long-simmering debate over the future of federal health spending – including Obamacare subsidies – has been largely overshadowed by the Trump Administration’s pursuit of Greenland…
No. 1029: On blizzards (potential), handwriting (forgotten) and budgets (executive), with pie (warm)
Blizzard condition: Welcome to Friday, friends, and not just any Friday but the Friday before what could be the biggest Long Island snowstorm since Winter Storm Izzy (a.k.a. the…
No. 1028: A big bearhug for debut novels, offshore wind farms, CIBS philanthropy, puppies … and squirrels?
Say it ain’t snow: Welcome to Wednesday, dear readers, as we hang tough through Winter 2026’s coldest stretch yet – and brace for a potential Long Island blizzard? That’s…
No. 1027: On private jets, gubernatorial glories, nuclear debates and nothing else (like, literally nothing)
Abracadabra: Amazing! With the wave of a wand (and plenty of hard work), you’ve mystically ported to the precipice of another well-earned weekend. Well done, proud prestidigitator – but…
No. 1026: A logical approach to innovation (with tau protein, hot pastrami and pampered pets on parade)
Second thoughts: Welcome to Wednesday, dear readers, as we roll into the second half of the year’s second workweek. To celebrate, here’s the second Innovate Long Island Wednesday Newsletter…
Offshore wind shines as courts pummel Trump orders
By GREGORY ZELLER // With Long Island watching anxiously from the front row, 2026 is off to a rock ’em, sock ’em start in America’s energy sector – with the…
SNAP: As Congress lays down, Long Islanders step up
By TERRY LYNAM // When I was 20 years old, my girlfriend (now my wife) and I applied for and received food stamps for about a month. We’d just driven…