NYS Comptroller Tom DiNapoli
Our speaker this morning was New York State Comptroller the Honorable Tom DiNapoli. He began by telling us that the state’s economy is not as robust as we would like it to be, but it has been improving. Unemployment is down to 4.6% on Long Island. (That’s good news, but during Q&A it was pointed…
Open Forum on Community Issues
Bob Bender of the RB Bender Group and Suffolk legislator Rob Trotta helped launch our LIMBA open forum meeting this morning. Our format was different from our usual presentation. Instead of having one featured speaker we had an open forum. Bob Bender gave us food for thought about water in the region. “We are…
Mayor Paul Pontieri of Patchogue
Our speaker this morning at LIMBA was Patchogue mayor Paul Pontieri. Mr. Pontieri began his account of becoming mayor by saying when he was elected the village was in need of a general clean-up. He told us that the development efforts in the village created greater density and that good design makes higher density acceptable.…
John Kennedy
Our speaker at LIMBA this Friday morning was Suffolk County Comptroller John Kennedy. Mr. Kennedy began by telling us of his experience in the ranks of labor as a lineman for Broadway Maintenance. He was inspired to get a college education and enrolled in St Johns law school. Later he studied municipal finance and had…
:LIMBA Speaker Peter Curtis
Peter Curtis Peter Curtis is the founder of Power Management Concepts, LLC an Engineering, Research and Technology Company formed in 1998. Mr. Curtis has been at the forefront of developing new technology innovations for products such as M.C. Access, GreenBUS, and SmartWALK along with the development of education content/LMS all to reduce human error and…
LIMBA invites LIA President Kevin Law
Our speaker at LIMBA this morning was the president of the Long Island Association, Kevin Law. He began by giving us a briefing on the origins of the organization The LIA was created almost 90 years ago. The first meeting place was Penn Station, and while the venue was New York City, the purpose was…
LIMBA invites WSHU”s GM George Lombardi TBC
Our ever expanding field of topics was extended to public radio. Our speaker this morning was WSHU General Manager George Lombardi. Public supported radio goes back to nearly the beginning of radio. The early stations were created at colleges to explore the education and entertainment value of this media. WSHU is part of the public…
LIMBA Marc Herbst will lead infrustructure Panel TBC
Our speaker this morning was Marc Herbst. Marc is the executive director of the Long Island Contractors Association and the topic was infrastructure. Mitch Pally Executive Director of the Long Island Builders Institute, and Gil Hanse also contributed to the conversation. Marc began by speaking about the cost to each of us as a result…
Steve Levy- Cost Effective Government
5/1/15 Steve Levy, Center for Cost Effective Government, Former county executive Levy has identified several government practices that lead to costing taxpayers exorbitant and unsustainable taxes. His group has had some wins. He’ll explain. Sponsor this meeting Meeting will be held at the Clarion Hotel 3845 Veterans Memorial Highway, Ronkonkoma Meeting doors open at 8AM…