Events

Bob McMillan came to LIMBA this morning and soke about the state of health care. He pointed out that medical technology is the best in the world. He also pointed out that universal availability continues to elude us. These fact are becoming a familiar theme now. A few months ago Michael Dowling, President of North Shore…

This morning we started a little early to get out a message delivered by our new member Irving Like and his partner Vincent Tenety. The issue Irving brought up was the way that commercial property is being exposed to a quickly escalating tax based on a new formula. There is a small window to establish your challenge that…

This morning, Bruce Lambert, lately of the New York Times, came to talk about some of the different ways that peoples’ stories wind up as newspaper stories. It turns out that Bruce is an old-time veteran reporter on the island, having worked for many of the local papers from time to time. He was also…

At LIMBA we like to promote infrastructure that will have a large and lasting impact on the quality of life on Long Island. We also give voice to those people that embrace needs, even if the scale is small.   Habitat for Humanity's Les Scheinfeld made a presentation this morning at a LIMBA meeting. Astoria Federal…

This morning we heard from an old friend of LIMBA Bob Yaro. Mr. Yaro is the president of the New York Regional Plan Association.   Bob started with a challenging proposition. We can be an example of how a region will function or, a good example of how not to operate.   Yaro made the following…

  This morning we had a presentation of "The Film Industry on Long Island.." Michelle Isabelle Stark, from the Suffolk County Office of Film gave us an overview of the film industry and the impact it has had on Long Island. Members and friends   According to Stark, filming on Long Island is a big…

Jim Morgo spoke at LIMBA this morning, and as usual, he was full of information. Jim has taken the vision of the county executive, Steve Levy, and has been furthering the interests of more workforce housing. Jim, as most of you know was formerly the President of the Long Island Housing Partnership, so when charged…