Long Island

Hunt Corporate Services, Inc. hires Smith as executive assistant

According to Hunt Corporate Services, Inc., George Smith has joined the firm as executive assistant. "It is with a great deal of pleasure t...

Certilman Balin Adler & Hyman, LLP name Cummings and Glick of counsel; hires Schlissel as an associate

According to Certilman Balin Adler & Hyman, LLP, Anthony Cummings and Carol Glick have been named of counsel to the firm. Both attorneys are...

Gillen promoted to project manager at Stalco Construction, Inc.

Stalco Construction, Inc. has promoted Amber Gillen to project manager. Gillen joined Stalco as an assistant project manager in 2012 and has...

Empire National Bank executives attend Wall of Wars dedication - event held at Northport VA Medical Center

Executives from Empire National Bank (ENB) attended the recent Wall of Wars Dedication at Northport VA Medical Center. Hundreds of people we...

300-member Long Island Real Estate Group is growing, innovating and diversifying

Founded by a group of top real estate and affiliated industry executives with a desire to network and do good in the community, LIREG has si...

Is your business banned or not? New York towns can decide for you

The fracking decision. Local governments were recently emboldened by news headlines announcing that our state's highest court, the Court of ...

The Industrial Development Agency - An essential tool for our growth on Long Island

In 1964, New York State passed legislation to form the Industrial Development Agency (IDA). The purpose was to form a local economic agency ...

Debt financed distributions and tracing interest: Deductibility of interest expenses under the new Act

Prior to the Tax Reform Act of 1986, deducting interest was much less complicated, as there were fewer limitations of such expenses. However...

Climate change: exceeding geologic speed limits - How it has and will continue to affect our world

The Earth's surface, active and in flux, is constantly warming or cooling. As continental land masses continue their core-induced slipping a...

Scaffold Law reform critical to attract more general liability insurance carriers in New York

Labor Law 240 - better known as the Scaffold Law - was enacted in 1885 to help secure worksites and protect workers that fell from scaffoldi...