At Metco, workforce efforts run deep below the surface
By TOM MARINER // “Metco has been here for 91 years?” This was my surprised retort to Ed Sottile and Nicole Hernandez of Oerlikon Metco, when I found them talking…
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As faith in election integrity wanes, leaders must lead
By MICHAEL H. SAHN // Election integrity is the foundation of democracy – and it’s under attack in the United States. Polls show that almost one-third of Americans don’t have…
Fyre alarm: How criminal failure can fuel huge success
By DAVID A. CHAUVIN // With only 11 days until Election Day and the exhausting, omnipresent punditry aiming to push voters to the polls, it’s important to remember that politics…
Churches, charities inching dangerously close to politics
By JEFFREY L. REYNOLDS // The rules are clear: Charitable organizations are supposed to stay out of politics. An important provision in Section 501(c)3 of the Federal Tax Code –…
Concepts of a crisis as GOP targets Obamacare, again
By TERRY LYNAM // Except for abortion, healthcare has largely been a back-burner issue for most of the 2024 presidential campaign. The only time it came up during the Sept….
Patent law must think hard about ‘traditional knowledge’
By ALLISON SINGH // When it comes to stealing from Long Island’s indigenous people, much of the focus has been on land – much less on the theft of intangibles…
Embracing the past, seizing the future at Enzo Biochem
By TOM MARINER // Farmingdale’s Enzo Biochem has been a prescient predictor of biotechnology advances for nearly five decades – forever innovating, protecting and delivering the “right” bio products at…
LI braces for change after monumental Chevron decision
By MICHAEL H. SAHN // Get ready, Long Island, for the impacts of the Supreme Court’s precedent-changing Loper Bright decision. The decision abandoned the court’s own Chevron doctrine, which stems…
One way or another, nonvoters will decide Election 2024
By DAVID A. CHAUVIN // On Nov. 8, 1960, John F. Kennedy was elected President of the United States in one of the closest and most influential elections in U.S….
Honeymoon phase: When dining fine, less is truly more
By ZELORY GREGLER // This just in from our Innovate North Atlantic Bureau: You eat too much. Sorry to be blunt. But two weeks in Iceland, Greenland and easternmost Canada…
As DWI fatalities soar, time for technological solutions
By JEFFREY L. REYNOLDS // Recently released surveillance video from June 28 shows an allegedly intoxicated driver purchasing booze from a liquor store just minutes before he crashed his Chevrolet…
Last call: Feds can fix booze guidance, but will they?
By TERRY LYNAM // Celebrating, grieving, alleviating stress, watching a ballgame, traveling, relaxing at home – there’s always a good reason to take a drink. Alcohol is imbedded in our…
AI needs some history lessons, for posterity’s sake
By ALLISON SINGH // As a lawyer, I’m not deeply concerned about artificial intelligence. But as someone who cares about history – especially Long Island history – I’m very concerned….
Decades later, HIA-LI is still making the industrial grade
By TOM MARINER // One of Long Island’s most powerful business organizations was originally sparked by a power outage. The HIA-LI launched after a 1978 blackout, which left many of…
New ideas needed as LI affordable-housing debate rages
By MICHAEL H. SAHN // Single-family homes are the neglected stepchild in the affordable-housing debate. The lack of affordable housing cannot be solved by focusing solely on multifamily housing. Instead, housing…