Costs, questions rise as investors take over healthcare
By TERRY LYNAM // For many, trust in the family doctor runs deep – we routinely turn to them first, whenever we’re sick or concerned about symptoms that might signal…
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Battles brewing over biz-formation transparency laws
By ALLISON SINGH // Form a corporate entity without naming actual owners? Sure! Just file paperwork with the state, pay a fee and you’ve got yourself a corporation, no questions…
Three decades later, LIHTI still lighting biomed’s fuse
By TOM MARINER // Early in 2012, Marc Alessi – an attorney who had served three terms in the New York State Assembly – followed his entrepreneurial brain and founded…
In government, an age-old issue with no easy solution
By MICHAEL H. SAHN // John F. Kennedy was 43 when he said in his 1961 inaugural address that the “torch has been passed to a new generation of Americans.”…
Green energy stalls unless we minimize moratoriums
By DAVID PENNETTA // Land-use moratoriums are here to stay – but how they work can use a refresher. Moratoriums are a temporary prohibition of an activity. The intention of…
A fed-up populace turns its lonely eyes to authenticity
By DAVID A. CHAUVIN // Earlier this week, the Merriam-Webster Dictionary announced that the word “authentic” was the 2023 word of the year – defined as “true to one’s own…
Real philanthropic change starts with changing minds
By JEFFREY REYNOLDS // With Giving Tuesday a little more than a week away, ’tis the season for charity galas, direct-mail appeals and bell-ringing mall Santas, as nonprofits struggle to…
Semi-tough: Chips are down, but gov’t is fighting back
By HEIDI ANDERSON // Chocolate chips are a staple in my snack stash. If I temporarily go healthy, overstocked chips could sit for weeks, but they’re always there waiting when…
As seniors surge, eldercare is running out of providers
By TERRY LYNAM // Watching videos of Mick Jagger strutting around on stage, it’s hard to believe the Rolling Stones frontman is 80 years old. While the rock ‘n’ roll…
Tanking it, to give early-stage entrepreneurs a chance
By ALLISON SINGH // After years of watching “Shark Tank,” I’m taking a shot at sharkdom next week, as a judge for the Stony Brook University College of Business pitch-fest…
Were the Moon landings fake? Now that’s a giant leap
By TOM MARINER // Long Island is the last place where you’d expect a question about whether Neil Armstrong really took a “giant leap for mankind” on the Moon, because…
With the House at stake, NY’s redistricting war rages
By MICHAEL H. SAHN // The results of this November’s congressional elections might not be based on the candidates, the issues, campaign funds raised or even the number of votes…
As RE transactions sink, time to stem insurance’s tide
By DAVID PENNETTA // Everything in commercial real estate costs more right now – construction, energy, financing, and now add insurance to the list. Consumers are hesitant to accept these…
A world without X (ugh)? Be careful what you wish for
By DAVID A. CHAUVIN // X, nee Twitter, is finished. Maybe not MySpace finished, but the once-giant social networking platform’s days of being one of the most important players in…
As fatalities rise, gov must prioritize pedestrian safety
By JEFFREY REYNOLDS // August was a deadly month on Long Island, with more than 30 of our neighbors killed in car crashes, several involving pedestrians and cyclists. A 22-year-old…