Souls for sale: Tracking trafficking on Long Island
By JEFFREY REYNOLDS // A high-profile case replete with boldfaced names, private planes and unashamed debauchery may be over – for now – but human trafficking persists. It’s far more…
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Healthcare at a crossroads as nursing shortage grows
By TERRY LYNAM // Nurses have never been in higher demand: In the midst of a worldwide pandemic, hospitals, nursing homes, home-care agencies, outpatient facilities and nursing schools are all…
Food-and-bev biz must adapt as supply chains suffer
By NANCY PAK // The COVID pandemic dramatically reminded us of the role cookie snacks and other comfort foods play in confronting disruptions to our traditional social connections – and…
Time passes, but some hiring principles never change
By TOM MARINER // Tom’s three rules of employment: Hire great people Tell them what you do Get the hell out of the way Although an obvious simplification that ignores…
Use it or lose it: LI’s affordable housing crossroads
By MICHAEL H. SAHN // Long Island has an affordable-housing challenge – and a unique opportunity to do something about it, before off-Island powers take control. Why is there so…
How to handle tough news reporters, and Thanksgiving
By DAVID A. CHAUVIN // The holidays are here again, and with them, thankfully, a partial-but-welcome return to something like pre-pandemic normalcy. The 2020 holidays featured Zoom Thanksgivings and virtual…
Long Island charities are missing the Bitcoin boat
By JEFFREY REYNOLDS // Bitcoin recently hit an all-time high – rising, like, 100,000 percent – and the combined market cap of the roughly 10,400 worldwide cryptocurrencies has crossed the…
Northwell, Aegis share intelligence in new AI venture
By TERRY LYNAM // Most industry observers agree that artificial intelligence has unimaginable potential to revolutionize medical care – but making AI work in an incredibly complex real-world environment is…
Innovation on the front lines of the vegan revolution
By NANCY PAK // Once in the last century or so, Charles Duell, commissioner of the U.S. Patent Office in 1899, has been cited for allegedly saying, “Everything that can…
To their credit, they enabled modern card transactions
By TOM MARINER // Today, it couldn’t be easier: Wheel your cart to the checkout, stick your debit card into the reader, punch in your PIN and done. The merchant…
SCOTUS: It all hangs in the balance (or lack thereof)
By MICHAEL H. SAHN // The United States Supreme Court has convened for what promises to be a monumental new term, filled with cases touching on the most divisive and…
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….
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…
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…
Innovation: That’s how the cookie crumbles, or you do
By NANCY PAK // Innovation is at the heart and soul of food – the world has been innovating with food since the discovery of fire. The Royal Society lists…