Events

As usual we learned something new at LIMBA. Our speaker, NY Supreme Court Justice, Ralph Costello was a departure from our usual roster of speakers. The judge began by explaining the term of the court, 14 years, and that in this jurisdiction the position is an elected post. In other jusdications it can vary. In…

Wow! What an energetic meeting! Our speaker this morning was Randy Altschuler, Republican candidate for the 1st congressional district Mr. Altschuler began by giving some information about himself. He's a Princeton grad and he ran a successful businesses. One of them was an electronic devices recycling and salvaging company. This company recycled, by fixing what…

Kevin Law, the dynamic new leader of the Long Island Association (LIA), New York State’s largest business group opened by expressing surprise that LIMBA’s Ernie Fazio was not on stage at Hofstra’s gubernatorial debate as the MAGLEV party candidate, given our feckless leader’s tireless advocacy for this new rail technology. Six weeks into his new…

This morning we held our LIMBA gathering in the offices of Bethpage Federal Credit Union (BFCU) and were educated about credit unions in general and BFCU in particular.  Kirk opened his talk with a primer about credit unions’ structure and history.  Credit unions have been one of the few success stories to come out of…

This morning we were back in our usual MacArthur Holiday Inn location to hear from Phil Nolan about the state of the Town of Islip in general, and the role of Long Island MacArthur Airport (LIMA) in particular.  The affable, animated supervisor has been a LIMBA speaker in the past and opened his talk with…

Commercial Banking Update.  Meeting at Empire Headquarters.

Supervisor Mark Lesko of Brookhaven Town was our speaker this morning. He began by citing the shortsightedness of stopping the Avalon proposal in Huntington. He believes good projects must be built, but did not go into why it was stopped. Nor did he assign any blame. What was clear is that he didn't want to…

This morning we held our LIMBA gathering in the beautifully arranged ballroom of the  MacArthur Holiday Inn to a near overflowing crowd.  Michelle Zere of Zere Real Estate was the main coordinating force behind one of the most significant meetings in LIMBA history today.  One of the oldest self-governing Native American tribes and the newest…

Members and friends, this morning we gathered to wish each other the best of  the holiday season and promote our optimism for the future.  Our  sponsors for the meeting were Ruskin Moscou Faltischek, M & T Bank, the RB Bender Group, Greenman Pedersen, Terry Townsend, Covanta Energy, the Long Island MacArthur Holiday Inn itself, Zere…