LI Business News articles from February 2004

LI Business News archives from February 2004

Dow named labor commissioner for Suffolk County.
February 6, 2004... Byline: LIBN Staff Robert Dow Jr., business manager of the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers Local 25, has been appointed by Suffolk County Executive Steve Levy to serve as county's commissioner of labor. In that role,...

TGIFridays to open restaurant at Islip MacArthur Airport.
February 6, 2004... Byline: LIBN Staff Addressing a full house at a Long Island Business Development Council event, Islip Town Supervisor Pete McGowan said TGIFridays is coming to Islip MacArthur Airport. The restaurant will be at a new food court slated for...

Eugene P. Souther named chair of Long Island-based St. Francis Hospital Board.
February 6, 2004... Byline: LIBN Staff Eugene P. Souther, senior counsel at Manhattan-based law firm Seward & Kissel, has been appointed chairman of the board of trustees at St. Francis Hospital, The Heart Center, a member of Catholic Health Services of Long...

Education Assistance Corp. and U.S. marines distribute toys for tots.
February 6, 2004... Byline: Ryan McCormick Thanks to the generosity of Long Islanders and the U.S. Marines, hundreds of needy families received toys for the holidays. The Education Assistance Corp. staff worked with the marines to facilitate the...

Manhattan-based Terra Holdings acquires Dunemere Associates.
February 6, 2004... Byline: LIBN Staff Terra Holdings, the Manhattan-based holding company for several real estate operating firms in the United States, including Brown Harris Stevens and Halstead Property, has acquired a majority interest in East...

Orbit International Corp. expects $1M in UPS orders.
February 6, 2004... Byline: LIBN Staff Orbit International Corp. has received a $142,000 order for an MK 119 gun-control power-supply system to be used on the U.S. Navy's Aegis Destroyers. The company expects orders for that product to total more than $1...

Melville-based DealerTrack Inc. sues rival Mich.-based RouteOne.
February 6, 2004... Byline: Ken Schachter A Long Island automotive finance technology company backed by banking heavyweights has gotten into a bruising courtroom and marketplace battle with a budding rival owned by units of Detroit's Big Three. ...

World Savings Bank opens first LI location.
February 6, 2004... Byline: Ben Abelson Yet another retail-oriented bank is making an entrance on Long Island. World Savings Bank, a unit of Oakland, Calif.-based Golden West Financial Corp., opened a branch Feb. 2 in Oceanside - its first-ever in New...

Long Island Builders Institute responds to the need for more affordable housing.
February 6, 2004... Byline: Nick Anastasi The Long Island Builders Institute is taking the affordable-housing issue into its own hands. Robert Wieboldt, LIBI's executive vice president, says the way things are now - with land prices at all-time highs and...

NY bankruptcy courts shift to online filing.
February 6, 2004... Byline: Claude Solnik When it comes to bankruptcy cases, lawyers can let their fingers do the filing now. A pioneer in the e-filing space, the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York, which includes Manhattan,...

Duggan to replace Sylver as Nassau County's economic development chief.
February 6, 2004... Byline: Rosmaria Mancini While Nassau County Executive Tom Suozzi's administration continues to grapple with the firestorm of controversy surrounding former economic development chief Peter Sylver, the county's replacement for the post...

New York Community Bancorp renames all of its branches to create clear network of regional banks.
February 6, 2004... Byline: Claude Solnik In an effort to create a more clearly delineated network of regional banks, New York Community Bancorp. has rebranded all of its Nassau and Suffolk branches under the Roslyn banner and revived the Roosevelt Savings...

Internet law arena marked by issues about spam, pop-up ads, domain names, and file sharing.
February 6, 2004... Byline: Rosmaria Mancini Software giant Microsoft and New York State Attorney General Eliot Spitzer teamed up and filed several lawsuits against a New York-based spamming ring allegedly responsible for sending billions of illegal and...

New York State Bar Assn. assembles its legislative agenda for 2004.
February 6, 2004... Byline: Rosmaria Mancini The New York State Bar Association, the official statewide organization of lawyers in the state, has assembled a multifaceted legislative agenda for 2004. The bar association's legislative priorities include a...

Long Island law firms take steps to increase pro bono work.
February 6, 2004... Byline: Claude Solnik Meyer, Suozzi, English & Klein in Mineola took a pro bono case last November on behalf of a single mother whose 14-year-old son wasn't getting the help in school she felt he needed. The boy, who was reading at a...

St. Joseph's College receives grant from the Sloan Foundation for online learning programs.
February 6, 2004... Byline: Ryan McCormick St. Joseph's College received a $20,000 grant from the Sloan Foundation's Greater NYC Online Learning Center at Steven's Institute of Technology. The money will go directly to the development of 15 online courses...

Motorola Foundation funds "road map" for employers who hire people with disabilities.
February 6, 2004... Byline: Ryan McCormick A grant from the Motorola Foundation has made it possible for the National Center for Disability Services to develop and publish a "road map" for employers who hire people with disabilities. The publication will...

Love of Learning Montessori School implements a unique form of teaching and learning.
February 6, 2004... Byline: Ken Cerini Help me to help myself. That's the philosophy behind a Montessori education. Following the lead of Maria Montessori, the school system's founder, the Love of Learning Montessori School offers a unique form of...

American Diabetes Assn. seeks volunteers for Tour de Cure in Riverhead.
February 6, 2004... Byline: Ryan McCormick The American Diabetes Association needs volunteers at its 4th Annual Tour de Cure June 13 at Grangebel Park in Riverhead. The event will raise critically needed funds for research and programs that will improve...

Astoria Federal Savings awards a $7,500 grant to the Long Island Housing Partnership.
February 6, 2004... Byline: Ryan McCormick Astoria Federal Savings has awarded a $7,500 grant to the Long Island Housing Partnership Inc. The money will go toward resources used to research and identify properties in Nassau County for low- and...

Long Island Crisis Center receives grant from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.
February 6, 2004... Byline: Ryan McCormick The Long Island Crisis Center recently received a $300,000 grant from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. The money went toward the purchase of a Street Outreach Program van to provide survival aid,...

Symbol Technologies appoints Steinberg as CTO and vp of its Mobility Solutions Group.
February 6, 2004... Byline: Ryan McCormick Symbol Technologies today announced the appointment of Lou Steinberg as CTO and vice president of the Symbol Mobility Solutions Group. Steinberg will be responsible for coordinating Symbol's global sales,...

Brian Moran appointed property manager of NAI Long Island.
February 6, 2004... Byline: Ryan McCormick Brian Moran has been appointed property manager of NAI Long Island. In that role, he will ensure the continued high-quality maintenance off all properties and resolve a variety of tenant issues. Moran, a...

Susan McMillan appointed executive director of the Long Island Better Business Bureau.
February 6, 2004... Byline: Ryan McCormick Susan McMillan has been appointed executive director of the Long Island Better Business Bureau. In that role, McMillan will be responsible for working with Long Island and New York State regulators, legal...

Long Island medical facilities announce staffing changes: February 6, 2004.
February 6, 2004... Byline: Ryan McCormick Dr. Joseph Carrucciu has been appointed president of the medical staff at John T. Mather Memorial Hospital in 2004. Carrucciu will be responsible for conveying to his staff the views and recommendations of Mather's...

Roy F. Kaufman named to board of directors at the Gurwin Jewish Geriatric Center.
February 6, 2004... Byline: Ryan McCormick Roy F. Kaufman has been named a full member of the board of directors at the Gurwin Jewish Geriatric Center. As a board member, he will offer his professional opinion on financial matters and upcoming events at the...

Marty Zucker joins the Long Island division of Allied Office Products.
February 6, 2004... Byline: Ryan McCormick Marty Zucker has joined the Long Island division of Allied Office Products as vice president and general manager. He will be responsible for building new business relationships with the Long Island community. ...

Fred Spivak appointed senior managing director of Management Services Consultants.
February 6, 2004... Byline: Ryan McCormick Fred Spivak has been appointed senior managing director of Management Services Consultants, where he will expand MSC's client base through face-to-face networking, research potential clients who are seeking to...

Leonard Constantinopoli elected chairman of the Long Island Water Conference.
February 6, 2004... Byline: Ryan McCormick Leonard Constantinopoli has been elected chairman of the Long Island Water Conference. His new responsibilities will include the following: creating educational workshops for members, establishing public-outreach...

Long Island financial firms announce staffing changes for February 6, 2004.
February 6, 2004... Byline: Ryan McCormick Peter Paul Ostapow has been appointed lead financial planner at Innovative Planning Services of Woodbury. In that position, he will provide financial, retirement and insurance planning services to individuals and...

Long Island Medical Briefs: February 6, 2004.
February 6, 2004... Byline: Claude Solnik Long Island's biggest state-designated AIDS Center has a new chief. North Shore University Hospital at Manhasset this week said it hired Dr. Joseph McGowan, who most recently ran the HIV ambulatory care...

Farmingdale-based THM Scientific introduces product line based on sustainable agriculture.
February 6, 2004... Byline: Adina Genn Sure, hunters and gatherers had their share of problems, but at least their food was pure and the earth took care of itself. Today's world, where profit margins and productivity mean everything, has its own set of...

Franchisees of Huntington Station-based Relax the Back find success on Long Island.
February 6, 2004... Byline: Adina Genn Satisfied franchisees often say they found the idea for their business by attending franchise shows. But husband and wife Carey and CiCi Goldberg, franchisees of Huntington Station-based Relax the Back, tell a...

Long Island Real Estate Briefs: February 6, 2004.
February 6, 2004... Byline: Nick Anastasi The powers that be at Sutton & Edwards, the Lake Success-based provider of real estate services, are planning to open a Suffolk County office. Herb Agin, president of Sutton & Edwards, said the firm will occupy...

Long Island Legal Briefs: February 6, 2004.
February 6, 2004... Byline: Rosmaria Mancini Syracuse-based Bond, Schoeneck & King, a labor and employment leader, will open offices in Garden City and Manhattan March 1. Bond Schoeneck is one of the firms that picked up several Rains & Pogrebin attorneys...

Long Island Marketing Briefs: February 6, 2004.
February 6, 2004... Byline: Claude Solnik Call it the battle of the big books. Verizon Directories Corp. has filed a lawsuit charging that Uniondale-based Yellow Book USA Inc. violated federal and state laws by making "false and misleading claims" in...

Long Island Technology Briefs: February 6, 2004.
February 6, 2004... Byline: Ken Schachter Charles Dolan's transition from Cablevision Systems Corp. to its new Rainbow DBS unit left many observers' mouths agape. After all, he was leaving a cable system he had nurtured for years to become chairman of an...

Long Island Financial Briefs: February 6, 2004.
February 6, 2004... Byline: Ben Abelson The Long Island Capital Alliance will hold its 20th Anniversary Gala Feb. 9 at the Garden City Hotel. The event will honor legendary venture capitalist Herman Fialkov, widely known as an initial investor in Intel...

Martin family estate sells the Knole to development interest for $11M.
February 6, 2004... Byline: Nick Anastasi After playing a role in the Martin family for nearly 100 years, the family estate, known as Knole, has been sold to a development interest for $11 million. The home was sold by the estate of Esmond B. Martin to an...

Souther named chair of St. Francis Hospital Board.
February 6, 2004... Byline: LIBN Staff Eugene P. Souther, senior counsel at Manhattan-based law firm Seward & Kissel, has been appointed chairman of the board of trustees at St. Francis Hospital, The Heart Center, a member of Catholic Health Services of Long...

Commentary: Departure of jobs hurts national security.
February 6, 2004... Byline: John Kiernan The trend in big business to move many activities overseas has cost thousands of U.S. citizens their jobs. This trend also threatens the United States over the long term regarding our national security. Last week,...

Commentary: Is America ill positioned for global economy?
February 6, 2004... Byline: Jerry Kremer We are pretty busy people on Long Island. We spend our days trying to make a living, taking care of our immediate needs, getting stuck in traffic jams, and eventually we get home. In between dinner or just opening...

Suffolk County "state of the county" address's change of location sets off sparks.
February 6, 2004... Byline: Rosmaria Mancini Suffolk County Executive Steve Levy has decided to break with tradition and hold his first state-of-the-county address at Southampton College. He said it's a way to reach out to East end residents and accommodate...

Patriot Ford in Copiague driven to bankruptcy protection.
February 6, 2004... Byline: Claude Solnik Facing stiff competition, slipping sales and a troubled automotive industry, Patriot Ford in Copiague is following McDaniel Ford Inc. and Harbor Lincoln Mercury Inc. by filing for bankruptcy protection. In its...

Microsoft makes security vow.
February 6, 2004... Byline: LIBN Staff Microsoft Corp. has posted a $250,000 bounty for the hackers responsible for MyDoom, the latest worm to target the Windows operating system and wreak havoc on networks worldwide. Also, the top regional official of...

New Mountain Partners invest $20M in Port Washington's Nat'l Medical Health Card.
February 6, 2004... Byline: LIBN Staff The phones are ringing off the hook at National Medical Health Card's offices since announcing recently that New Mountain Partners will invest about $20 million in the Port Washington-based pharmacy benefits manager. ...

L.I. mutual fund manager invests in "green" energy sources.
February 6, 2004... Byline: Ben Abelson David Schoenwald looks more like an aging "Deadhead" than a mutual fund manager. With his long graying ponytail, bushy mustache, wooly fisherman's cardigan and partially unbuttoned, slightly disheveled shirt,...

CFO's exit returns CPI Aerostructures Inc. to recruiting market.
February 6, 2004... Byline: Ken Schachter The sudden departure of CPI Aerostructures Inc.'s CFO after a seven-month stint has put the defense contractor back in the executive recruiting market. CPI's president and chief executive, Edward Fred, said he...

Northeast's largest independent accounting firm comes to Long Island.
February 6, 2004... Byline: Ben Abelson The Northeast's largest independent accounting firm has found a home on Long Island. Nearly a year after promising to "dominate" the local market by 2007, Roseland, N.J.-based J.H. Cohn has made its first official...

American National Power closes on Yaphank land.
February 6, 2004... Byline: Nick Anastasi American National Power has finally closed on the $7.7 million acquisition of nearly 30 acres at exit 66 of the Long Island Expressway, where it hopes to build a 250-megawatt power plant. The purchase was more...

Kaiman "state of the town" address features Baltimore's mayor as speaker.
February 6, 2004... Byline: LIBN Staff Most state of the town addresses draw a smattering of local business and government leaders. But North Hempstead Supervisor Jon Kaiman was able to bring one of the leading young Democrats in Northeast to Roslyn. ...

World Savings Bank opens first Long Island location.
February 6, 2004... Byline: Ben Abelson Yet another retail-oriented bank is making an entrance on Long Island. World Savings Bank, a unit of Oakland, Calif.-based Golden West Financial Corp., opened a branch Feb. 2 in Oceanside - its first-ever in New...

Departure of chief financial officer returns CPI Aerostructures to recruiting market.
February 6, 2004... Byline: Ken Schachter The sudden departure of CPI Aerostructures Inc.'s CFO after a seven-month stint has put the defense contractor back in the executive recruiting market. CPI's president and chief executive, Edward Fred, said he...

Microsoft posts $250,000 bounty for hackers responsible for MyDoom.
February 6, 2004... Byline: Ken Schachter Microsoft Corp. has posted a $250,000 bounty for the hackers responsible for MyDoom, the latest worm to target the Windows operating system and wreak havoc on networks worldwide. Also, the top regional official of...

Farmingdale-based THM Scientific 'plants roots' for sustainable agriculture.
February 6, 2004... Byline: Adina Genn Sure, hunters and gatherers had their share of problems, but at least their food was pure and the earth took care of itself. Today's world, where profit margins and productivity mean everything, has its own set of...

Long Island Financial Briefs: February 6, 2004.
February 6, 2004... Byline: Ben Abelson The Long Island Capital Alliance will hold its 20th Anniversary Gala Feb. 9 at the Garden City Hotel. The event will honor legendary venture capitalist Herman Fialkov, widely known as an initial investor in Intel...

Long Island Technology Briefs: February 6, 2004.
February 6, 2004... Byline: Ken Schachter Charles Dolan's transition from Cablevision Systems Corp. to its new Rainbow DBS unit left many observers' mouths agape. After all, he was leaving a cable system he had nurtured for years to become chairman of an...

Long Island Real Estate Briefs: February 6, 2004.
February 6, 2004... Byline: Nick Anastasi The powers that be at Sutton & Edwards, the Lake Success-based provider of real estate services, are planning to open a Suffolk County office. Herb Agin, president of Sutton & Edwards, said the firm will occupy...

Long Island Legal Briefs: February 6, 2004.
February 6, 2004... Byline: Rosamaria Mancini Syracuse-based Bond, Schoeneck & King, a labor and employment leader, will open offices in Garden City and Manhattan March 1. Bond Schoeneck is one of the firms that picked up several Rains & Pogrebin...

Long Island Marketing Briefs: February 6, 2004.
February 6, 2004... Byline: Claude Solnik Call it the battle of the big books. Verizon Directories Corp. has filed a lawsuit charging that Uniondale-based Yellow Book USA Inc. violated federal and state laws by making "false and misleading claims" in...

Long Island Medical Briefs: February 6, 2004.
February 6, 2004... Byline: Claude Solnik Long Island's biggest state-designated AIDS Center has a new chief. North Shore University Hospital at Manhasset this week said it hired Dr. Joseph McGowan, who most recently ran the HIV ambulatory care...

Susan McMillan appointed executive director of the Long Island Better Business Bureau.
February 6, 2004... Byline: Ryan McCormick Susan McMillan has been appointed executive director of the Long Island Better Business Bureau. In that role, McMillan will be responsible for working with Long Island and New York State regulators, legal...

Fred Spivak appointed senior managing director of Management Services Consultants.
February 6, 2004... Byline: Long Island Business News Staff Fred Spivak has been appointed senior managing director of Management Services Consultants, where he will expand MSC's client base through face-to-face networking, research potential clients who are...

Leonard Constantinopoli elected chairman of the Long Island Water Conference.
February 6, 2004... Byline: Long Island Business News Staff Leonard Constantinopoli has been elected chairman of the Long Island Water Conference. His new responsibilities will include the following: creating educational workshops for members, establishing...

Long Island financial firms annouce staffing changes: February 6, 2004.
February 6, 2004... Byline: Long Island Business News Staff Peter Paul Ostapow has been appointed lead financial planner at Innovative Planning Services of Woodbury. In that position, he will provide financial, retirement and insurance planning services to...

Roy F. Kaufman named a full member of board of directors at Gurwin Jewish Geriatric Center.
February 6, 2004... Byline: Long Island Business News Staff Roy F. Kaufman has been named a full member of the board of directors at the Gurwin Jewish Geriatric Center. As a board member, he will offer his professional opinion on financial matters and upcoming...

Marty Zucker joins Long Island division of Allied Office Products.
February 6, 2004... Byline: Long Island Business News Staff Marty Zucker has joined the Long Island division of Allied Office Products as vice president and general manager. He will be responsible for building new business relationships with the Long Island...

Symbol Technologies announces appointment of Lou Steinberg as CTO and vice president.
February 6, 2004... Byline: Long Island Business News Staff Symbol Technologies today announced the appointment of Lou Steinberg as CTO and vice president of the Symbol Mobility Solutions Group. Steinberg will be responsible for coordinating Symbol's...

Brian Moran appointed property manager of NAI Long Island.
February 6, 2004... Byline: Long Island Business News Staff Brian Moran has been appointed property manager of NAI Long Island. In that role, he will ensure the continued high-quality maintenance off all properties and resolve a variety of tenant issues....

Long Island Builders Institute releases plan for more affordable housing.
February 6, 2004... Byline: Nick Anastasi The Long Island Builders Institute is taking the affordable-housing issue into its own hands. Robert Wieboldt, LIBI's executive vice president, says the way things are now - with land prices at all-time highs...

Long Island firm, rival collide on car e-financing.
February 6, 2004... Byline: Ken Schachter A Long Island automotive finance technology company backed by banking heavyweights has gotten into a bruising courtroom and marketplace battle with a budding rival owned by units of Detroit's Big Three. ...

Patrick Duggan to takeover post of Nassau County's economic development chief Peter Sylver.
February 6, 2004... Byline: Rosamaria Mancini While Nassau County Executive Tom Suozzi's administration continues to grapple with the firestorm of controversy surrounding former economic development chief Peter Sylver, the county's replacement for the post...

New York Community Bancorp. opts for regional touch.
February 6, 2004... Byline: Claude Solnik In an effort to create a more clearly delineated network of regional banks, New York Community Bancorp. has rebranded all of its Nassau and Suffolk branches under the Roslyn banner and revived the Roosevelt Savings...

World Savings Bank opens first Long Island location.
February 6, 2004... Byline: Ben Abelson Yet another retail-oriented bank is making an entrance on Long Island. World Savings Bank, a unit of Oakland, Calif.-based Golden West Financial Corp., opened a branch Feb. 2 in Oceanside - its first-ever in New...

North Shore-Long Island Jewish Health System picks J. Kings Food Service Professionals Inc.
February 6, 2004... Byline: Claude Solnik North Shore-Long Island Jewish Health System has picked J. Kings Food Service Professionals Inc. as the primary food supplier to 11 of the health system's hospitals on Long Island. The Great Neck-based system,...

Firms go gangbusters with bankruptcy cases.
February 6, 2004... Byline: Claude Solnik A year and a half after WorldCom Inc. filed for the largest bankruptcy on record, going broke is still a booming business for some local law firms. One big reason? Blockbuster cases such as WorldCom. At Garden...

Independent accounting firm J.H. Cohn finds home on Long Island.
February 6, 2004... Byline: Ben Abelson The Northeast's largest independent accounting firm has found a home on Long Island. Nearly a year after promising to "dominate" the local market by 2007, Roseland, N.J.-based J.H. Cohn has made its first official...

American National Power closes on acquisition of Yaphank land.
February 6, 2004... Byline: Nick Anastasi American National Power has finally closed on the $7.7 million acquisition of nearly 30 acres at exit 66 of the Long Island Expressway, where it hopes to build a 250-megawatt power plant. The purchase was more...

David Schoenwald runs one of the first socially responsible mutual funds ever created.
February 6, 2004... Byline: Ben Abelson David Schoenwald looks more like an aging "Deadhead" than a mutual fund manager. With his long graying ponytail, bushy mustache, wooly fisherman's cardigan and partially unbuttoned, slightly disheveled shirt,...

CFO's exit returns CPI Aerostructures to recruiting market.
February 6, 2004... Byline: Ken Schachter The sudden departure of CPI Aerostructures Inc.'s CFO after a seven-month stint has put the defense contractor back in the executive recruiting market. CPI's president and chief executive, Edward Fred, said he...

Suffolk state-of-the-county address location sets off sparks.
February 6, 2004... Byline: Rosamaria Mancini Suffolk County Executive Steve Levy has decided to break with tradition and hold his first state-of-the-county address at Southampton College. He said it's a way to reach out to East end residents and accommodate...

Microsoft makes security vow.
February 6, 2004... Byline: Ken Schachter Microsoft Corp. has posted a $250,000 bounty for the hackers responsible for MyDoom, the latest worm to target the Windows operating system and wreak havoc on networks worldwide. Also, the top regional official of...

Knole Estate sold to a development interest for $11 million.
February 6, 2004... Byline: Nick Anastasi After playing a role in the Martin family for nearly 100 years, the family estate, known as Knole, has been sold to a development interest for $11 million. The home was sold by the estate of Esmond B. Martin to an...

Long Island Builder's Institute presents plan for how to address affordable-housing shortage.
February 6, 2004... Byline: Long Island Business News Staff You have to hand it to the Long Island Builder's Institute. Rather than waiting around for politicians to get their heads together on the issue, the 650-member organization has come out with its...