Author: Trade Winds

The money is part of $4 million that ESD has awarded to eight companies around the state for retooling their business lines and pivoting to manufacture vital supplies for ongoing response and recovery efforts.

In an effort to support local restaurants, a new charitable initiative is offering rebates of up to $50 for customers of participating eateries.

The AT&T donation will help provide 60,000 meals for 2,000 Long Island families, through Salvation Army hubs in Hempstead, Freeport, Westbury, Riverhead and East Northport.

The Bounce Back USA initiative includes free awareness and prevention posters and free local advertising to help small businesses.

SoBol, the Patchogue-based franchise specializing in acai bowls, green bowls and fruit smoothies, has added a line of socks to help fund its meal donations to hospitals and their healthcare staff.

Future Tech CEO Bob Venero tracked down the personal protective gear with help from Ryan Nece, the son of former NFL Hall of Famer Ronnie Lott.

Bushwick Potato Commission, a Farmingdale-based produce grower and distributor, donated about 30,000 pounds of potatoes last week to the Island Harvest Food Bank.

The Save Small Business Grant Fund is providing the money to small businesses in economically vulnerable communities that have been financially hamstrung by the COVID-19 crisis.

Elecnor Hawkeye, a provider of energy sector services, has donated 3,000 protective suits to healthcare workers at Stony Brook Hospital.

The firm’s plan is to mass-produce face shields under its existing Dynatomy brand, which already makes FDA-approved physical therapy products. The face shields are made using the clear film utilized for its Evans G2 drumheads.

AC DraftShields just filled two urgent orders for its HVAC ventilation grill covers, which are used in hospitals and other public spaces to allow for a fogging disinfection treatment.

Despite some real estate roles being added to the list of essential services allowed under the state’s PAUSE directive, many Long Island real estate brokers and sales agents are opting to stay home instead.

The Samanea New York property, formerly known as the Mall at the Source, has been undergoing a massive redevelopment since its parent company acquired the retail site on Old Country Road in 2017.

Here are the five highest-priced home sales in Nassau County for March.

Over the last year, the money was given through the Osei Rubie Charitable Fund, the newly formed philanthropic arm of Rubie’s business Floral Park-based National Standard Abstract.