LI Business News articles from January 2003

LI Business News archives from January 2003

Advertising/public relations agencies.
January 1, 2003... ADVERTISING/PUBLIC RELATIONS AGENCIES LISTED ALPHABETICALLY (WITH 9 OR MORE EMPLOYEES) Partner in Charge, Name Phone & Fax Address Web address & E-Mail ACS...

Public relations agencies.
January 1, 2003... PUBLIC RELATIONS AGENCIES LISTED ALPHABETICALLY Name Partner in Charge, Phone & Fax Address Web address & E-Mail Andrew Edson & Associates Andrew Edson,...

Direct mail companies: ranked by number of employees.
January 1, 2003... DIRECT MAIL COMPANIES RANKED BY NUMBER OF EMPLOYEES Name Contact, Phone & Fax No. LI Address Web address & E-mail Emp 1. ADP Investor Communication Rich...

Commercial printers: ranked by number of employees.
January 1, 2003... COMMERCIAL PRINTERS RANKED BY NUMBER OF EMPLOYEES Company Contact, Phone & Fax Address Web address & E-mail 1. Disc Graphics Donald Sinkin,...

Thrift banks: ranked by assets.
January 1, 2003... THRIFT BANKS RANKED BY ASSETS ASSETS ($millions) Name, Address Rank Phone & Fax ...

Commercial banks: ranked by assets.
January 1, 2003... COMMERCIAL BANKS RANKED BY ASSETS ASSETS (millions) Name, Address + Rank Phone & Fax ...

Approved SBA 504 loans *: ranked by 2001 SBA loan amount.
January 1, 2003... APPROVED SBA 504 LOANS * RANKED BY 2001 SBA 504 LOAN AMOUNT Company Project Address 1. Perfume Center of America, Inc. 100 Commercial St., Plainview 2. Silver Huntington Enterprises 124 E....

Credit unions: ranked by number of members.
January 1, 2003... CREDIT UNIONS RANKED BY NUMBER OF MEMBERS Name President/CEO Address Contact, Year Phone, Fax Web address, e-mail Founded 1....

Non-government employers: ranked by number of employees.
January 1, 2003... NON-GOVERNMENT EMPLOYERS RANKED BY NUMBER OF EMPLOYEES Name President or CEO, Phone & Fax Address Web address & E-mail 1. North Shore-Long Island Jewish Michael J....

Long Island-based public firms: ranked by market capitalization.
January 1, 2003... LONG ISLAND-BASED PUBLIC FIRMS RANKED BY MARKET CAPITALIZATION Company, Address Fiscal CEO, Phone & Fax Year End Rank Web address & E-mail ...

Long Island-based public firms: ranked by percent change in market capitalization.
January 1, 2003... LONG ISLAND-BASED PUBLIC FIRMS RANKED BY PERCENT CHANGE IN MARKET CAPITALIZATION Company, Address Fiscal CEO, Phone & Fax Year End Rank Web address...

50 largest private companies *: ranked by 2001 revenues.
January 1, 2003... 50 LARGEST PRIVATE COMPANIES * RANKED BY 2001 REVENUES '01 '00 Name, Address CEO, Phone & Fax 1. 1. Quality King Glenn Nussdorf Distributors, Inc. ...

25 fastest growing private companies *: ranked by percent of increase from 2000 to 2001.
January 1, 2003... 25 FASTEST GROWING PRIVATE COMPANIES * RANKED BY PERCENT OF INCREASE FROM 2000 TO 2001 '01 '00 Name, Address CEO, Phone & Fax 1. -- Central Business Systems Sean Infante ...

Women-owned firms: ranked by number of employees.
January 1, 2003... WOMEN-OWNED FIRMS RANKED BY NUMBER OF EMPLOYEES Company Principal, Phone & Fax Address Web address & E-mail 1. Better Home Health P. Huber, President; H. Woodley, Care Agency ...

Accounting firms: ranked by number of LI professional staff.
January 1, 2003... ACCOUNTING FIRMS RANKED BY NUMBER OF LI PROFESSIONAL STAFF Name Partner in Charge, Phone & Fax Address Web address & E-mail 1. Marcum & Kliegman LLP Jeffrey...

Commercial insurance brokers: ranked by percent of revenue from commercial lines.
January 1, 2003... COMMERCIAL INSURANCE BROKERS RANKED BY PERCENT OF REVENUE FROM COMMERCIAL LINES Company Name Contact, Phone & Fax Address Web address & E-mail 1. Hamond Safety...

Business machine suppliers: ranked by number of employees.
January 1, 2003... BUSINESS MACHINE SUPPLIERS RANKED BY NUMBER OF EMPLOYEES Company Contact, Phone & Fax Address Web address & E-Mail 1. Staples Kevin Downes,...

Architectural firms: ranked by number of architects.
January 1, 2003... ARCHITECTURAL FIRMS RANKED BY NUMBER OF ARCHITECTS Firm Name Managing Partners, Phone & Fax Address Web address & E-Mail 1. Spector Group Michael Harris...

Law firms: ranked by number of Long Island attorneys.
January 1, 2003... LAW FIRMS RANKED BY NUMBER OF LONG ISLAND ATTORNEYS Firm Name Managing Partner, Phone & Fax Address Web address & E-mail 1. Rivkin Radler LLP William M....

Alarm & security system firms: ranked by number of employees.(Directory)(Illustration)
January 1, 2003... ALARM & SECURITY SYSTEM FIRMS RANKED BY NUMBER OF EMPLOYEES Company Contact, Phone & Fax # L.I. Address Web address & E-Mail Employees 1. Ademco Group ...

Office supply companies: ranked by number of employees.
January 1, 2003... OFFICE SUPPLY COMPANIES RANKED BY NUMBER OF EMPLOYEES Name Contact, Phone & Fax Address Web address & E-mail 1. Staples * Kevin Downes, Regional...

Employment agencies: ranked by number of permanent staff.
January 1, 2003... EMPLOYMENT AGENCIES RANKED BY NUMBER OF PERMANENT STAFF Agency Name Contact, Phone & Fax Address Web address & E-mail 1. Adecco Lori Farley-Toth,...

Guard & patrol services: ranked by number of employees.
January 1, 2003... GUARD & PATROL SERVICES RANKED BY NUMBER OF EMPLOYEES Company Contact, Phone & Fax Address Web Address & E-Mail 1. Securitas (formerly Pinkerton) James Grant, Area...

Four year colleges & universities: ranked by total enrollment.
January 1, 2003... FOUR YEAR COLLEGES & UNIVERSITIES RANKED BY TOTAL ENROLLMENT School, Address President, Phone & Fax 2001-2002 Enrollment Web address & E-Mail Total Undergrad Graduate 1....

Professional schools: ranked by total enrollment.
January 1, 2003... PROFESSIONAL SCHOOLS RANKED BY TOTAL ENROLLMENT School Dean, Phone & Fax Address, 2001-2002 Percent Web address & E-mail Enrollment From LI 1. New...

Two-three year colleges: ranked by total enrollment.
January 1, 2003... TWO-THREE YEAR COLLEGES RANKED BY TOTAL ENROLLMENT School, Address President, Phone & Fax 2001-2002 Enrollment Web address & E-Mail Total Undergrad 1. Suffolk County...

Home health agencies: ranked by number of employees.
January 1, 2003... HOME HEALTH AGENCIES RANKED BY NUMBER OF EMPLOYEES Company Contact, Phone, Fax Rank Address Web Address & E-Mail 1. Better Home Health P. Huber/H. Woodley,...

Adult day care facilities: ranked by number of participants accepted.
January 1, 2003... ADULT DAY CARE FACILITIES RANKED BY NUMBER OF PARTICIPANTS ACCEPTED Facility Director, Phone & Fax Address Web Address & E-Mail 1. United Cerebral Palsy of Kathleen...

Senior living facilities: ranked by number of beds.
January 1, 2003... SENIOR LIVING FACILITIES RANKED BY NUMBER OF BEDS Facility Contact, Phone & Fax Address Web Address & E-Mail 1. King David Manor of Long Steven Schonberger ...

Hospitals: ranked by number of beds.
January 1, 2003... HOSPITALS RANKED BY NUMBER OF BEDS Hospital Daily Contact, Phone & Fax Room Rate * Address Number of Web Address &...

Nursing homes: ranked by number of beds.
January 1, 2003... NURSING HOMES RANKED BY NUMBER OF BEDS Name Administrator, Phone & Fax Address Web Site & E-mail 1. A. Holly Patterson Extended Richard Turan, President/CEO...

New automobile dealers: ranked by number of vehicles sold in 2001.
January 1, 2003... NEW AUTOMOBILE DEALERS RANKED BY NUMBER OF VEHICLES SOLD IN 2001 Dealership Owner, Phone & Fax Address Web address & E-Mail 1. Millennium Superstore, John Schmela, General...

Travel agencies: ranked by number of employees.
January 1, 2003... TRAVEL AGENCIES RANKED BY NUMBER OF EMPLOYEES Name Contact, Phone & Fax Address Web address & E-Mail 1. Austin Travel Jeff Austin, President 265...

Hotels/motels: ranked by number of rooms.
January 1, 2003... HOTELS/MOTELS RANKED BY NUMBER OF ROOMS General Manager, Hotel/Motel Phone & Fax Address Web Address & E-mail 1. LI Marriott Hotel & ...

Limousine firms: ranked by number of vehicles.
January 1, 2003... LIMOUSINE FIRMS RANKED BY NUMBER OF VEHICLES Name Contanct, Phone & Fax Address Web address, E-mail 1. All Island Airport Limo Service Robert McBride, President/CEO...

Conference/meeting/exhibition facilities: ranked by number of square feet.
January 1, 2003... CONFERENCE/MEETING/EXHIBITION FACILITIES RANKED BY NUMBER OF SQUARE FEET Facility Contact, Phone & Fax Address Web address & E-mail 1. Rhona Silver's Huntington ...

Long Island museums.
January 1, 2003... LONG ISLAND MUSEUMS LISTED ALPHABETICALLY Name Director, Phone & Fax Address Web address, E-mail African American Museum Willie Houston, Director 110 N....

Commercial real estate brokers: ranked by number of licensed agents.
January 1, 2003... COMMERCIAL REAL ESTATE BROKERS RANKED BY NUMBER OF LICENSED AGENTS Name Contact, Phone & Fax Address Web address & E-mail 1. Manheim Realty Sheldon...

Office buildings/complexes: ranked by total square feet.
January 1, 2003... OFFICE BUILDINGS/COMPLEXES RANKED BY TOTAL SQUARE FEET Building Address 1. Nassau Crossways Crossways Park Drive, International Plaza Woodbury 11797 2. Gateways...

Environmental consultants: ranked by number of employees.
January 1, 2003... ENVIRONMENTAL CONSULTANTS RANKED BY NUMBER OF EMPLOYEES Firm Leader, Phone & Fax Address Web address & E-Mail 1. LiRo Group, The James Ahrens,...

Engineering firms & consultants: ranked by number of professional engineers.
January 1, 2003... ENGINEERING FIRMS & CONSULTANTS RANKED BY NUMBER OF PROFESSIONAL ENGINEERS Firm Contact, Phone & Fax Address Web address & E-mail 1. Greeman Pedersen ...

Industrial parks: ranked by number of square feet completed.
January 1, 2003... INDUSTRIAL PARKS RANKED BY NUMBER OF SQUARE FEET COMPLETED Completed Total Project Name Town Square Feet Acres 1. Hauppauge Industrial ...

Title insurance firms.
January 1, 2003... TITLE INSURANCE FIRMS Firm, Address Contact, Phone; Fax Abstracts Incorporated - Sal J. Turano, President 585 Stewart Ave, Garden City 11530 (516) 683-1000, fax (516) 683-0089 Abstracts...

Residential real estate brokers: ranked by number of licensed agents.
January 1, 2003... RESIDENTIAL REAL ESTATE BROKERS RANKED BY NUMBER OF LICENSED AGENTS Name Principal, Phone & Fax Address Web address & E-mail 1. Prudential Long Island Realty Dorothy...

Computer dealers: ranked by number of employees.
January 1, 2003... COMPUTER DEALERS RANKED BY NUMBER OF EMPLOYEES Nassau/Suff olk Name Contact,...

High tech firms: ranked by number of employees.
January 1, 2003... HIGH TECH FIRMS RANKED BY NUMBER OF EMPLOYEES Company CEO or President, Phone & Fax Address Web address & E-mail 1. Cablevision Systems Corp. James Dolan,...

Technical consultants: ranked by number of LI employees.
January 1, 2003... TECHNICAL CONSULTANTS RANKED BY NUMBER OF LI EMPLOYEES Company Name Contact, Phone & Fax Address Web address & E-mail 1. Custom Computer Specialists Gregory Galdi, President...

Internet service providers: ranked by number of employees.
January 1, 2003... INTERNET SERVICE PROVIDERS RANKED BY NUMBER OF EMPLOYEES Name Contact, Phone & Fax Number of Long Island Address Dial-Up Web address & E-Mail ...

Software developers: ranked by number of Long Island employees.
January 1, 2003... SOFTWARE DEVELOPERS RANKED BY NUMBER OF LONG ISLAND EMPLOYEES Company Name President, Phone & Fax Address Web Address & E-mail 1. Computer Associates Sanjay...

Telecommunication providers & consultants: ranked by number of employees.
January 1, 2003... TELECOMMUNICATION PROVIDERS & CONSULTANTS RANKED BY NUMBER OF EMPLOYEES Company Address Contact, Phone & Fax Regional Headquarters Web Address & E-Mail 1. Cablevision Systems...

Telecommunication equipment & services: ranked by number of employees.
January 1, 2003... TELECOMMUNICATION EQUIPMENT & SERVICES RANKED BY NUMBER OF EMPLOYEES Company Contact, Phone & Fax Address Web Address & E-Mail 1. Verizon Dennis Donnelly, Director ...

Web developers: ranked by number of employees.
January 1, 2003... Web Developers Ranked By Number of Employees Company Contact, Phone, Fax Rank Address Web address, E-mail 1. Lloyd Chris Edwards, Director...

50 fastest growing technology companies @.
January 1, 2003... 50 FASTEST GROWING TECHNOLOGY COMPANIES @ Chairman/ Chief Executive Officer/ Rank Company ...

Biotech firm moves from Tucson to LI: Misonix to provide management, space.
January 3, 2003... FARMINGDALE -- A small biotech firm whose product to treat ringing in the ears was approved for sale last summer moved last week from Tucson, Ariz., to Long Island. Hearing Innovations has signed a management contract with ultrasound...

IDAs slumped in 2002, but see rebound in early 2003.
January 3, 2003... SHIRLEY -- Using a tax abatement package as an incentive, the Brookhaven Industrial Development Authority helped lure Anorad, a subsidiary of Rockwell International, from four separate sites in Hauppauge to one in the Brookhaven Technology Park...

Latina power.
January 3, 2003... It's difficult to say which is more impressive -- Maria Morales Prieto's Rolodex, which includes the 411 on actor Andy Garcia, or her lineage, which features two former presidents of Cuba. But both help explain the dynamism Prieto brings to her...

2 cables now dead in water.
January 3, 2003... UNIONDALE -- Just weeks after a boat's anchor knocked out one cross-Sound electric cable, regulators blocked completion of a second cable linking Long Island and Connecticut. The owners of a damaged cable running from Northport to Norwalk,...

50 years of LI business.
January 3, 2003... Fifty years ago this Sept. 14, the first issue of Long Island Commercial Review, predecessor to Long Island Business News, was published by Arthur Hug in a Freeport basement. Although our official 50th anniversary is months away, we're...

Boulder Creek cooking up new brand.
January 3, 2003... MELVILLE -- Boulder Creek Holdings, a joint venture between Sbarro Inc. and restaurateur Anthony Scotto, plans to launch a new steakhouse brand in Melville this spring designed to tap the market between its high-end and casual restaurants. ...

Toy story.
January 3, 2003... Children and toys go together like, well, SpongeBob SquarePants and his pal Patrick the starfish. But to a disabled child, an off-the-shelf toy can seem like a brass ring that's just out of reach. For instance, too-small buttons can...

Yevoli to lead Nassau Planning Commission.
January 3, 2003... MINEOLA -- Lewis J. Yevoli, a former state assemblyman and Oyster Bay town supervisor, will succeed Howard Blankman as chairman of the Nassau County Planning Commission, county sources said. Yevoli, chairman of the county's Industrial...

Target eyes Broadway. (Follow Up).
January 3, 2003... It's bye-bye Broadway for J.C. Penney. The anchor department store is closing at the Broadway Mali in Hicksville. According to Penney staffers, Target is waiting in the wings to take Penney's place. Target wouldn't comment on the...

United they stand. (Follow Up).
January 3, 2003... Home-owners aren't the only ones refinancing. So is the United Way of Long Island. The not-for-profit is closing in on long-term financing to cover a short-term construction loan of about $2 million. United Way, which had raised about $1...

Biz council: cut state's spending.
January 3, 2003... ALBANY - In a bid to discourage lawmakers from using tax increases to plug a $5 billion state budget gap, the Business Council of New York State is campaigning for cutbacks in what it calls overzealous spending. The Albany-based statewide...

As self-checkout catches, Symbol focuses overseas.
January 3, 2003... EAST ISLIP -- Electronic self-checkout machines are going mainstream on Long Island. Many grocery stores and a handful of big box stores such as Kmart have installed the systems that allow customers to scan, bag and pay for items without...

Paper created to give LI business a voice.
January 3, 2003... FREEPORT -- In 1953, looking to tap an underserved Long Island business market, veteran newspaper reporter Arthur Hug and the husband-and-wife team of Peg and John Whitmore launched Long Island Commercial Review, the original name of Long...

Symbol CFO resigns. (Week in Review).
January 3, 2003... HOLTSVILLE -- Bar code scanner and wireless equipment maker Symbol Technologies Inc. last week named President and COO William Nuti as acting chief financial officer after Kenneth V. Jaeggi resigned from the post. Symbol did not give...

Nassau official admits role in insurance scam. (Week in Review).
January 3, 2003... CENTRAL ISLIP -- Robert McDonald, former Nassau County deputy county executive, plead guilty to three felony conspiracy charges for his role in helping orchestrate an insurance scam. In U.S. District Court in Islip, McDonald admitted that...

Nixon Peabody merges with Boston firm. (Week in Review).
January 3, 2003... BOSTON -- Nixon Peabody has merged with Boston-based Hutchins, Wheeler & Dittmar. Under the deal, Hutchins Wheeler's 50 attorneys will come under the Nixon Peabody fold, bringing the firm's total number of attorneys to over 600. ...

Judge dismisses taxpayer lawsuit on Suffolk land deals. (Week in Review).
January 3, 2003... RIVERHEAD - A State Supreme Court has dismissed a taxpayer lawsuit that sought to collect millions of dollars paid to real estate developer Robert Toussie by Suffolk County. In a 10-page decision, Supreme Court Justice Robert Lifson ruled...

Broadway closes on Quad site. (Week in Review).
January 3, 2003... MELVILLE -- Broadway Real Estate Partners, the Greenwich, Conn.-based investment group, has closed on its acquisition of Three Huntington Quadrangle, a 400,000-square-foot class B office facility owned by Manhattan-based Brickman Associates,...

Gyrodyne tees up golf project on Web. (Week in Review).
January 3, 2003... ST. JAMES -- Gyrodyne Company of America Inc. has developed a Web site to help publicize its plans for a $30 million residential golf community at the company's Flowerfield site, portions of which lie both in hamlet of Stony Brook and Saint...

LI Economic Indicators.
January 3, 2003... LI Economic Indicators Available office space/asking rents for Nassau-suffolk (Overall per quarter) Available space Asking rent (mil. square feet) (per square foot) 3Q2001 11.16 ...

On the Market.
January 3, 2003... ON THE MARKET Industrial Location Available Sq. Ft. QUEENS 42-31 Crescent St. Long Island City 3,100 NASSAU 300 Karin Lane Hicksville 40,000-50,000 2 Tri...

The fruits of organic growth. (Growth Strategies).
January 3, 2003... There were times when he was just starting out that John Fusco would field calls from customers in downtown Manhattan requesting extra virgin olive oil, pronto. To get there fast, Fusco would unload several cases of oil from his van and strap...

My best business scenario.
January 3, 2003... Joe Guarino vice president National Network of Accountants Early in my career I had a client who wouldn't do any financial planning whatsoever. I nailed him down one time at his house and talked investments and insurance. He wanted to...

Advertising. (Newsmakers).
January 3, 2003... Austin & Williams of Hauppauge hired Kim Brussell as an account executive. Brussell, of Massapequa, will handle all aspects of account management. Prior to joining Austin & Williams, Brussell was special events manager for United...

Law. (Newsmakers).
January 3, 2003... Douglas E. Spelfogel was named a partner in the Garden City office of Nixon Peabody. Prior to joining Nixon Peabody, Spelfogel, of Rockville Centre, was a partner in the bankruptcy department of Berkman, Henoch, Peterson & Peddy in Garden...

Manufacturing. (Newsmakers).
January 3, 2003... Westbury-based Vasomedical, a maker of treatments for cardiovascular diseases, appointed Gregory D. Cash as its new president and chief operating officer. Cash has more than 25 years of experience in the medical device industry. Prior to...

Not-of-profit. (Newsmakers).
January 3, 2003... Little Flower Children's Services of New York appointed the Hon. Herbert W. Stupp as executive vice president. Stupp is the former commissioner of the New York City department of the aging. Little Flower, in Wading River and Brooklyn,...

Real Estate. (Newsmakers).
January 3, 2003... The Long Island Board of Realtors named Frank Urso as the LIBOR Realtor-Broker of the Year and Mary McLaughlin as the LIBOR Realtor-Salesperson of the Year. Urso, of Syosset, joined LIBOR in 1993 and is broker-owner of Long Island Village...

Health care. (Newsmakers).
January 3, 2003... Dr. John Sugrue was appointed to the medical staff at John T. Mather Memorial Hospital in Port Jefferson. Sugrue, of East Setauket, recently became an associate in the practice of Litman, Sher, Shangold, Zaretsky in Port Jefferson. He...

Ascending the ladder. (Newsmakers).
January 3, 2003... Anticipating her appointment as president of the National Conference of CPA Practitioners this November, Carol C. Markman merged her practice with Feldman, Meinberg & Co. in Syosset. "I needed to have the time to do the job effectively,"...

Automatic pilot system for model aircraft. (Patent of the Week).
January 3, 2003... Pat. No. 6,497,600 Long Island inventor Alejandro Levy of Upton has invented an automatic pilot system for a model airplane having one or more flexible control elements. One control element may act as an automatic rudder providing...