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  • Steve Levy, County Executive

    This morning our speaker, County Executive Steve Levy began by taking back to where he believes the problems of under funding began.    The county depends on having sales taxes.…

  • State Senator Brian Foley

    Mr. Foley began by reviewing the origins of the revenue shortfalls. The reduction in income tax receipts derived from mega-bucks bonuses on Wall Street, and reduced sales taxes being among…

  • Alan Doctor- CUNY Center for Advanced Technology

    Alan Doctor was our speaker at LIMBA this morning. Alan is the Director for Business Development at CUNY Center for Advanced Technology. The unit assists businesses that are developing new…

  • Bob Yaro, Pres of NY Reguinal Plan Association

     Since 1920 The NY Regional Plan Association has been instrumental in bringing most of New York City's major infrastructure to reality. In recent years the RPA has reached out to the adjacent…

  • RPA Meeting in NY – No LIMBA meeting

    LIMBA participates in the Regional Plan Association's annual meeting. LIMBA members may attend. It is an all day meeting with important national speakers. Fees will be announced.  

  • Drs Gordon Danby and Jim Powell-Maglev inventors

    This morning’s meeting was a little different from what we are used to. It was a presentation on MAGLEV (magnetically levitated transportation system). Along with it came a lesson in history and lost opportunity. MAGLEV is a track vehicle that has many desirable facets. It was invented here on Long Island in the middle of…

  • Richard Kessel, President & CEO NY Power Authority

    Richard Kessel has had an interesting career. Today he addressed the LIMBA audience as the President and CEO of the New York Power Authority. NYPA, Kessel told us, is the largest public power company in the nation. He sees his role as a reformer of that authority. He revisited briefly his tenure at LIPA. The…

  • Helena Williams, Pres. LIRR

    Reflecting its concern with island-wide issues, Chairman Ernie Fazio today announced that LIMBA is updating the words behind the acronym.  LIMBA, henceforth will be known as Long Island Metro Business Action.  Having grown beyond its initial mandate, it is time for the organization to adopt a more suitable moniker for its mission.  In keeping with…