Listen to this article Schneps Media, a news group that serves Long Island, New York City and elsewhere, has acquired Anton Media Group, a Mineola-based publisher of newspapers and magazines that focus on communities in Nassau County. The details of the sale, which was announced May 3, were not disclosed. “We are very excited to…
Listen to this article Workers at the Starbucks store in Port Jefferson are the latest of the chain’s Long Island employees to start the process to unionize. The Port Jefferson Starbucks workers were joined by workers at a Starbucks in downtown Brooklyn in filing petitions with the National Labor Relations Board Monday to unionize with…
Listen to this article Harris Beach – a law firm with offices across New York State, including on Long Island – has signed an agreement to combine with Murtha Cullina, a law firm with offices in Connecticut and Massachusetts. The new firm would be known as Harris Beach Murtha. The agreement is designed to offer…
Listen to this article Jovia Financial Credit Union has launched a new credit union service organization (CUSO) to support credit unions and community banks seeking to manage and expand their commercial real estate lending services. Jovia Commercial Lending LLC offers outsourced commercial underwriting, compliance and other back-office services to small banks, credit unions, commercial mortgage…
Listen to this article The Long Island Association recently elected six new members to its board of directors, the organization said Monday. Two of those members represent existing board-member companies, while four are from companies that are new members of the LIA board. Among the new board members is Regina Jankowski, editor of Long Island…
Listen to this article New York State is giving $15 million for an expansion of Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory’s Pancreatic Cancer Center of Excellence. This funding, though Empire State Development, is designated for the lab’s $500 million expansion plan. The center will aim to advance research to diagnose and treat pancreatic cancer, considered one of…
Listen to this article Three years into a collaboration with Northwell Health, New York-based Aegis Ventures has announced a new initiative, the Digital Consortium. In this effort, nine health systems, including Northwell, are serving as its founding members. The health systems will collaborate with Aegis, which partners with industry leaders and entrepreneurs to create, launch,…
Listen to this article Ten years ago, when Chris and Ali Mitchell acquired the former Marshs – a men’s and boy’s shop that operated on Main Street in Huntington since 1925 – they gave it a thorough facelift and later added women’s fashions, accessories and jewelry. In October, they changed the name of the store…
Listen to this article New York lawmakers passed a $237 billion state budget Saturday that includes plans to spur housing construction and combat unlicensed marijuana stores. The package also includes a raft of other measures such as expediting the closure of some state prisons, addressing a recent influx of migrants and continuing the pandemic-era policy…
With aid to spend, schools look for students who need help As schools across the U.S. race to help students catch up after the pandemic, some are finding that figuring o[…] April 12, 2022