LIMBA-Dr Pearl Kamer at Farmingdale College, Knapp Hall
Normal 0 Today's experience at LIMBA was not only an opportunity to learn more about Long Island, it was also an opportunity for students to see what we do at LIMBA. This meeting was held on the Farmingdale Campus in the University Club. The students in the room were encouraged to participate in the Q&A…
Deepwater Wind program confirmed
Normal 0 Our speaker this week was William Moore CEO of Deepwater Wind. A company with substantial plans for ocean sited electric generating wind turbines in the eastern shores of the United States. Their proposal for Long Island is further off shore than the proposal that was rejected by LIPA. It is 30…
Joint Meeting Lesko & Bishop- Job Retention Initiative
Our speakers this morning were Congressman Tim Bishop and Brookhaven Town Supervisor Mark Lesko. These two leaders that have teamed to address a very important concern. Long Island companies are being lured away from this region with incentives that are sometimes hard to resist. Lesko and Bishop created a task force to go out…
Jack O’connor- Where’s the Comm Real Estate Market?
This morning's program was a bit unusual. The speaker that was on the announcement was Jack O'Connor. Jack assembled some people for a panel and they were important and knowledgeable people that helped round out the subject. Among them were Andrea Lohneiss, an economic officer with NY State. Peter Curry, Attorney with Farrell Fritz…
LIMBA -Gary Bixhorn- Vocational Trainning at BOCES
Eastern Suffolk BOCES hosted the LIMBA meeting this morning at the Edward J. Miliken Training Center in Oakdale. In recognition of the symbiotic relationship BOCES has with the business community they opened their doors to us for a tour of the training facilities. We began by being served breakfast that was prepared by the…
LIMBA -LICA Meeting OVERSUBSCRIBED
Normal 0 This meeting is oversubscribed- no additional sign-ups under LIMBA If you sign up now the money will go to LICA and the price is $50 for members and non-members Our speaker, Savio Chan, has postponed his scheduled meeting at LIMBA to a later date. On that date Long Island Contractors Association is having…
LIMBA-Mark Grossman NYS Labor “New York Youth Works”
Today's LIMBA program featured a New York State Labor Dept initiative created in January. It is called "NY Youth Works." Mark Grossman is the regional representative for the NY State Labor department and he was here giving the presentation. Long Island suffered a job loss demonstrated by a graph that looks very much like…
Steve Levy- Concepts of government reform
Normal 0 Our speaker this morning was Steve Levy. While in office he pushed very hard to reduce costs and while he was sometimes successful, he often was not. The tide and pull of forces on an executive are difficult to overcome. Vested interests have a way of wearing down your efforts. This valuable…
LIMBA Round table Discussion
We had a "Round Table discussion this morning and the purpose was to see what we could do to advance some ideas we are supporting. One of the projects we believe is a good idea is the Hub at Ronkonkoma. That project can happen but sewer infrastructure needs to be planned. According to Bob…