Listen to this article SUNY Old Westbury is now offering its students an accelerated path to a law degree. The institution has signed an agreement with the University at Buffalo School have law, offering a “3+3 joint degree program.” With this program, eligible Old Westbury students can earn an undergraduate degree and a law degree…
Listen to this article Wholesale prices in the United States were unchanged last month in another sign that inflation is returning to something close to normal after years of pressuring America’s households in the wake of COVID-19. The Labor Department reported Friday that its producer price index — which tracks inflation before it hits consumers…
Listen to this article Inflation in the United States dropped last month to its lowest point since it first began surging more than three years ago, adding to a spate of encouraging economic news in the closing weeks of the presidential race. Consumer prices rose just 2.4% in September from a year earlier, down from…
Listen to this article For many small businesses, fall is one of the busiest times of the year, particularly in anticipation of the Halloween, Thanksgiving and Christmas holidays. “We’re heading into what we call ‘small business season,’” said Eric Alexander, founder of the Long Island Main Street Alliance. “Holidays are key. Holidays bring people into…
Listen to this article St. Joseph’s University, NY (SJNY), with a campus in Patchogue, and Suffolk County Community College (SCCC) in Selden have a new partnership that is designed to expand opportunities, including grants and scholarships, for students on Long Island. The new initiative allows guaranteed acceptance to almost all of the St. Joseph’s programs…
Listen to this article The New York Racing Association recently provided an update about the $455 million reconstruction of Belmont Park to Long Island Association Small and Mid-Sized Business Committee. Small businesses learned about procurement pipeline for the project, with AECOM Tishman as the general contractor. “Belmont Park is an economic engine for Long Island…
Listen to this article Long Islanders are marking the first anniversary of the Hamas Oct. 7 attack in Israel, the deadliest attack on Jews since the Holocaust. Across Long Island, services are being held throughout the day and into the evening, marking the killing of about 1,200 people, including 46 U.S. citizens, by Hamas-led militants…
Listen to this article SUNY Old Westbury’s School of Business is now home to the Beta Gamma Sigma International Business Honor Society. The chapter has welcomed four business scholars into the organization. The chapter was chartered on Sept. 26, when the campus became eligible after its School of Business in August earned accreditation from AACSB…
Listen to this article The M&T Charitable Foundation, the philanthropic arm of M&T Bank, is seeking proposals in the final round of its $25 million Amplify Fund. The fund provides support to nonprofit initiatives in what’s considered “legacy People’s United communities” that benefit low- and moderate-income communities and underrepresented populations. The foundation’s new request for…
Listen to this article A law passed by Congress to protect patients from massive, surprise medical bills is now putting growing financial pressure on small healthcare practices and, according to legal and medical experts, could lead to higher overall market costs. With forecasts for higher healthcare-related expenses in New York in the coming year, the…