Old friends Molloy U., Hempstead LDC team up again
By GREGORY ZELLER // Molloy University has received a helping hand from one of Long Island’s busiest nonprofit boosters – once again. The Town of Hempstead Local Development Corp. issued…
Town of Hempstead Industrial Development Agency
No. 1046: Trump resigns, aliens land and the zero-calorie cupcake arrives! (Wait … what’s the date?)
Never argue with a fool: Welcome to Wednesday, fools, and of course we mean that with the deepest affection and respect, as it’s not only Wednesday on Long Island…
No. 1021: In which winter, downstate casinos, IDA tax breaks and your AI-powered job search all get on track
Hot tip: Welcome to Wednesday, dear readers, as the first workweek of the year’s last month reaches its tipping point. Long Island dodged a bullet this week as Winter…
With $100M redux underway, Green Acres is the place
By GREGORY ZELLER // The $100 million-plus renovation of Green Acres Mall is picking up steam, with new construction and a host of new retail and restaurant options on tap….
Hempstead IDA pushes workforce housing in Baldwin
By GREGORY ZELLER // A local IDA has taken regional workforce housing by the horns. The Town of Hempstead Industrial Development Agency this week approved two tax-benefits packages, both for…
No. 750: Farewell to 2022 – a proper sendoff, with visits from ‘Emma,” the Costanzas and jolly old St. Nicholas
End run: ’Twas the day before the night before Christmas, intrepid innovators – not just the kickoff of the big holiday weekend, not merely the last day of this…
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….
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…
Developer’s tax deal brings Amazon to Woodmere
By GREGORY ZELLER // With the help of another lucrative local-government economic-incentives package, Amazon has staked its latest big claim on Long Island. Riding the wave a $16 million tax-abatement…
Pharma upgrade, Hempstead two-step, LI marches on
By GREGORY ZELLER // In the best possible sign for the Long Island innovation economy, the business of business continues, with regional industrial-development agencies stepping up to keep the Island…
New era, same mission as golden LIBDC plans ahead
By GREGORY ZELLER // Invention, and reinvention. They are the manifestation of creativity and the heart of innovation. True today, on a Long Island staking a claim as a leading…
No. 362: Sound investments, manufacturing machinations and lots to ThINC about for LI scientists
Welcome to Wednesday: You’re halfway home, dear reader, as we plow through another busy week of socioeconomic innovation on Long Island and around the world. It’s Dec. 5 out…
Hempstead IDA drives school bus company’s new HQ
By GREGORY ZELLER // The wheels on the bus go round and round in Hempstead, where the Industrial Development Agency has finally finalized an economic-incentives package for a leading school…
Hempstead advances three key development projects
By GREGORY ZELLER // It’s been a busy week in the Town of Hempstead, where local economic-development officials have hit the gas on a multitude of projects. The Hempstead Industrial…
No. 327: On ‘Moby Dick,’ ‘Gangsta’s Paradise,’ shredded wheat and life on Mars
August already? How did THAT happen? We’re as dumfounded as you, dear reader, but here we are – Aug. 1, 2018, about halfway through the summer and this exciting…