PILOTs proliferate in busy summer for Island IDAs
By GREGORY ZELLER // There’s no summer vacation for Long Island’s busy IDAs, which continue to spur regional economic activity with a series of tax-abatement deals. Both the Suffolk County…
Suffolk County Industrial Development Agency
No. 874: Yuri in spaaaaace … with small-biz grants, luxury hotels and grilled cheese all over Long Island
Knock, knock, knocking on weekend’s door: Knock-knock, intrepid innovators! You’ve stepped through the portal of this latest busy workweek and reached the gates of another springtime weekend – well…
In Melville warehouse deal, PILOTs like they oughta be
By GREGORY ZELLER // A routine benefits package earning first-stage approvals from the Suffolk County Industrial Development Agency is a prime example of the value of IDA tax breaks. “Significant…
Higher Orbic: 5G eBike redefines ‘electronic mobility’
By GREGORY ZELLER // A Long Island-based electronics manufacturer, already bringing 500-plus new manufacturing jobs to Suffolk County, is bringing 5G connectivity – and artificial intelligence-powered navigation – to the…
No. 844: On holiday feasts, bright lights, favorite games and IDA gift packages … and to all, a good night!
That’s a wrap: Welcome to Wednesday, dear readers, and not just any Wednesday but the very last Wednesday before Christmas, and the second-to-last hump day of 2023. Yes, the big,…
A decade later, ‘demonstrable success’ from the SCIDA
By GREGORY ZELLER // Ten years, 10 towns and one historic effort later, the Suffolk County Industrial Development Agency has finalized a winning downtown-redevelopment strategy – and is sharing the…
In this ‘Talent Pipeline,’ an innovative workforce plan
By GREGORY ZELLER // The long-term competitiveness of the greater Long Island workforce – and the Northeast’s largest industrial park – gets the royal treatment in a new study by…
No. 826: In which we waive fees, find exoplanets and use our noodles (and if we had a nickel for every patent…)
Sensing a pattern: Welcome to the weekend, intrepid innovators! Well, almost … just one more workday between you and (can it be?) another rainy Saturday, with Long Island stuck in…
Workforce development? A walk in the industrial park
By GREGORY ZELLER // A specialized task force will assist workforce development at the Northeast’s largest industrial park. The HIA-LI, one of Long Island’s most muscular business-advocacy organizations, has launched…
Fifty years and one full circle at Contract Pharmacal
By TOM MARINER // A familiar theme for success – and for staying on Long Island – is “family owned and operated.” Look no further than Contract Pharmacal Corp., which…
No. 713: On Stratocasters, kinda fishy mobile apps and Duran Duran – and don’t be so lazy, pass the s’mores!
Welcome back, welcome back, welcome back: Who’d have thought they’d lead us right back here where you need us? Come on, dear readers – you never doubted it for…
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…
Suffolk IDA’s latest tax package is a true tour de force
By GREGORY ZELLER // A Suffolk County manufacturer with a global client base and a history of bouncing around Long Island is on the move again – and this time,…
No. 614: In which chips fall, champagne flows, Molloy shines and the NFL comes to Nassau Community College
Cool runnings: Welcome to Wednesday, dear readers, as we enjoy a remarkably mild stretch of summertime weather, but nonetheless sweat out another week of red-hot innovation. Young at heart:…
Busy pharma manufacturer to expand, again, in Suffolk
By GREGORY ZELLER // A Suffolk County Industrial Development Agency incentives package will spark the $15 million renovation of a vacant Hauppauge property. The IDA has issued preliminary approval of…