HIA-LI Reporter Newspaper - September 2021

VOLUME 40 • ISSUE 9 • SEPTEMBER 2021

HONORING LONG ISLAND

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HIA-LI CALENDAR OF EVENTS 2021 HIA-LI COMMITTEE MEETINGS In light of COVID-19, HIA-LI Committee Meetings are held online using the ZOOM video conference platform. Below are the regularly scheduled committee meeting dates. Please continue to check the HIA-LI website calendar for the latest information on upcoming meetings and agendas.

WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 29TH | 8:30 - 10:00 AM Trade Show Committee Meeting WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 29TH | 5:00 - 7:00 PM HYPE Committee Meeting THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 30TH | 9:00 - 10:30 AM Citrin Cooperman – A Year Like No Other: The Pandemic’s Impacct on the Manufacturing & Distribution Industry FRIDAY, OCTOBER 1 | 8:30 - 12:00 AM Manufacturing Day ST

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LETTER FROM THE HIA-LI PRESIDENT & CEO

Dear Valued Long Island Business Leader: On September 21st we were honored to present our 27th Annual HIA-LI Business Achievement Awards to four outstanding Long Island enterprises at an award ceremony. The event took place at a gala luncheon at the Radisson in Hauppauge.

The HIA-LI Business Achievement Awards recognize industry leadership, creativity, successful business operations, corporate vision, and forward-looking development/growth strategies.

Competitors represented four award categories: Large Businesses, Small Businesses. Not-for-Profit, and Rookie of the Year.

The Large Business recipient was Custom Computer Specialists of Hauppauge, an IT solutions provider that helps public and private sector clients perform better, improve their end users’ experience, and improve relevant outcomes. The other Large Business finalists were Citrin Cooperman, Dime Community Bank, Engel Burman, Teachers Federal Credit Union, and Valley National Bank.

The recipient of the Small Business Award was Natech Plastics of Ronkonkoma, an injection molder and contract manufacturer serving the medical, diagnostics, electronics, consumer goods, and packaging markets. Other finalists in the Small Business category included 71 Visuals, Alure Home Improvements, Career and Employment Options, Creative Plan Designs, and King Quality.

The Not-For-Profit recipient was United Cerebral Palsy of Long Island, a Hauppauge-based organization that advances the independence, productivity, and full citizenship of people with a wide range of disabilities. Other not-for-profit nominees were Family Service League, Gurwin Healthcare System, Michael Magro Foundation, The Corporate Source, and the Winters Center for Autism.

Kilfinane Energy Consultants of Northport, which uses patented technologies to disinfect indoor air, received Rookie of the Year honors.

The only other finalist in that category was HireBlue.

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The Long Island business sector faces tough competition from elsewhere in the state and country. These four award recipients all practice innovative strategies that position them for success. Other Long Island companies can strengthen their performance by emulating the recipients’ business practices.

We offer our sincere congratulations to the award recipients and finalists. They are all playing a key role in helping to lead Long Island through these very difficult times.

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As labor and raw material costs continue to rise upwards of 5 percent each year, Kufner said the company looked for ways to control whatever costs it could. For 71 years, Designatronics has called Long Island home, starting in New Hyde Park before recently building their state-of-the-art facility near Hicksville’s Long Island Rail Road station. However, staying on Long Island was not guaranteed, despite the company’s preference to avoid a move to New Jersey or Pennsylvania.

Enter the New York Power Authority (NYPA)’s ReCharge NY program last year. In about four

months from application to award, NYPA was able to offer this HIA-LI member the energy price stability needed to plan for the long-term. Even during the pandemic’s rise in 2020, Designatronics saw pent-up demand on the horizon. They used savings found in ReCharge NY and other economic development programs to buy new machinery and create more high-paying jobs. In December 2020, 158 employees worked at Designatronics. Now, at 172—and this ReCharge NY customer is hiring for at least 10 more positions.

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If properly put together and funded, you can take out a taxfree income over a period to supplement your retirement. can take out a tax-free income over a period to supplement your retirement.

4. Tax Diversification

Goal-based financial planning isn’t a new concept. Neither is diversification.

While there are more than six uses of life insurance in comprehensive financial planning, the six below are certainly the most popular, especially in light of potential changes to tax laws.

1. Income Replacement The core of why most people get life insurance is income replacement to help ensure your loved ones still have buying power and are able to stay in their home.

If you’re in your core earning years – which span from ages 35 to 55 – income replacement is very important. During those core earning years, while there is a low risk of death, there is a high pain point should death occur.

There will be a lot – emotionally and financially – for your loved ones to deal with in the event of an untimely death.

Worrying about how to pay the mortgage and pay for funeral expenses shouldn’t be among them.

2. College Planning Another use of life insurance is putting a policy in place and leveraging the cash value to pay tuition. But if you take this route, you’ll need a long runway or high rate of return to build enough cash to be able to pay tuition.

If you choose this strategy, the cash value of your chosen policy doesn’t go into the expected family contribution (EFC) for consideration in financial aid, so you might get some additional help from student loans or grants.

3. Retirement Planning Life insurance isn’t an investment, but it does have that savings component. Think of life insurance as another bucket – you put money into your 401(k) or you put money into your Roth IRA. Life insurance is a conservative portion of your investment portfolio that allows you to put in dollars

5. Business Needs Using life insurance and buy-sell agreements upfront can help ensure continuity of the business. Whether you have two partners or multiple partners, you want to make sure that the business is passed to those who have an interest in it.

6. Estate Planning We all have an estate. Our goal with using life insurance in estate planning is to make sure you’re passing your estate efficiently and in the manner that you want to. There are always going to be expenses that come along with an estate. Life insurance provides liquidity to pay for some of those expenses and estate charges.

It’s important to explore ways to use life insurance as part of your comprehensive financial plan to meet your goals.

Be sure to contact a professional who can help.

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It is known that we have historically used life insurance as a risk management tool that helps with income replacement during our working years. But life insurance also plays an important role in a diversified and comprehensive financial plan. It’s important to first establish your goals, then explore the life insurance options available to help you work toward them, preferably with the assistance of a financial professional.

For life insurance policies with cash value, the cash value grows tax-deferred within the contract, and beneficiaries are paid federal income tax-free. Under Internal Revenue code 1035, older contracts with cash value that aren’t performing well can be exchanged for a newer policy tax-free.

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TALK OF THE TOWN It’s Not Brain Surgery (Actually, It Is – And It’s Amazing)

By Gregory Zeller A Bohemia-based med-tech with an eye for optics has introduced a breakthrough wearable technology for brain surgeons.

Designs for Vision, a circa-1961 manufacturer riding the cutting edge of specialized optical products, has raised the curtain on the Reveal FGS System, an innovative tool for tumor surgeons – particularly brain-tumor surgeons – performing fluorescenceguided surgeries.

Reveal FGS combines specialty illumination and unique optical filters to give tumor surgeons optimal lighting conditions, allowing them to operate more quickly and with “added emphasis on efficient fluorescence-guided procedures in brain tumor surgery,” according to a company statement.

Among the next-generation system’s specific targets: glioma, a nefarious tumor known to develop in the brain and spinal cord.

Glioma – which affects about 12,000 U.S. patients annually, representing about one-third of all brain tumors – spreads fingerlike projections through otherwise healthy brain tissue, making it extremely difficult to remove.

Enter the Reveal FGS System, which targets the “rare orphan disease” – essentially, diseases that don’t affect enough patients to attract the attention of major pharmaceutical companies – and does so at a fraction of the cost of comparable technologies, according to Ken Bragança, Designs for Vision’s vice president of operations.

“Reveal FGS System … makes fluorescence-guided surgery more accessible by lowering the entry cost to a fraction of the previous technology,” Bragança said. “Rather than just the largest, best-funded hospitals being able to provide this technology, the Reveal FGS System brings the miracle of fluorescence-guided surgery to all hospitals.”

Fluorescence-guided surgeries, in which patients are administered an “optical imaging agent” that’s absorbed by a tumor and imaged using specific light wavelengths, were first used in the United States in the middle of the 20th Century.

In Europe, surgeons have been using the technology to target brain tumors for decades.

But the use of FGS for brain surgeries was only approved in the United States a few years ago, placing the Reveal FGS System ahead of the domestic curve.

“Reveal FGS … is a refinement of fluorescence-guided surgery equipment,” Bragança noted. “Many doctors who’ve tested the system say that it significantly reduces the time of surgery

by minimizing the set-up and relocation of the microscopes, and offers a more complete visual field of the operation area.”

The refinements are all hallmarks of Design for Vision’s expertise.

Founded in 1961 in Buffalo by pioneering optometrist William Feinbloom – inventor of the modern contact lens, among other optical advances – the Bohemia-based company spent decades focused on the visual acuity of patients; today, including research and manufacturing partnerships with major corporations like Japanese multinational Hitachi, the manufacturer specializes in technologies for healthcare providers, with more than 100,000 specialized optical products in use by surgeons and dentists.

The Reveal FGS System combines a blue light emitter with wearable lenses incorporating innovative “high-band pass filters,” electronic filters that attenuate signals at specific frequencies. Combined, the technologies allow neurosurgeons to see a tumor’s exact pattern and differentiate it from healthy tissue, while facilitating “greater flexibility of movement” for the surgeons, who can view tumors “from greater ranges of angles and positions than they would via a fixed microscope,” according to Designs for Vision.

Walter Stummer, the president of the German Society for Neurosurgery and chairman of neurosurgery at Munster University Hospital in Germany, worked closely with the Designs for Vision team on the technical specifications.

“We have a certain part of blue excitation light that is strong enough to give you good background information, but not too

strong to cloak the red fluorescence,” noted Stummer, who’s credited with developing modern-day fluorescence-guided brain surgery and the lighting and filter standards used to microscopically monitor such procedures.

“The microscope has these very specific characteristics … so we know what we’re seeing as red fluorescence is tumor and what we’re seeing as blue is not tumor,” the scientist added. “That’s why it’s so important that when you construct a new hardware for visualizing, that you maintain these exact characteristics.”

Theodore Schwartz, a neurosurgery professor at New YorkPresbyterian Hospital/Weill Cornell Medical Center in New York City, was among the surgeons who tested the Reveal FGS System, which “could have the potential to work for other surgical procedures,” according to Designs for Vision.

As far as its primary application is concerned, Schwartz applauded the device for “increase[ing] the sensitivity and specificity” of fluorescence-guided tumor surgeries.

“With this new Reveal FGS System, [fluorescence-guided surgery] has become even more effective,” Schwartz said in a statement. “[It] allows you to get a greater percentage of the fluorescent light to be visualized.

“I now use the Reveal FGS System as another tool in my approach to remove suspected high-grade gliomas, because (of) ease-of-use and a better overview of the entire operative field,” the neurosurgeon added.

For Brain Surgeons, Wearable Lighting

By Adina Genn

A Bohemia-based firm is introducing its wearable specialty lighting for brain surgeons. The system aims help enable doctors to quickly operate during brain tumor surgery.

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Designs for Vision recently introduced its Real FGS System, a tool for a procedure known as fluorescence guided surgery, which enables surgeons to more quickly spot and remove tumors.

The technology comprises “advance wearable specialty lighting and appropriate optical filters” that provide optimized lighting conditions during brain tumor surgery, according to the company.

This system, the company claims, would make surgery to specifically remove giloma, a rare tumor that develops in the brain and spinal cord, more accessible. The tool improves the ability to see the tumor tissue, aiding in the removal of the material.

The wearable technology “makes fluorescence guided surgery more accessible by lowering the entry cost to a fraction of the previous technology,” Ken Bragança, vice president of operations at Designs for Vision, said in a statement. “Rather than just the largest, best-funded hospitals being able to provide this technology, the Reveal FGS System brings the miracle of fluorescence guided surgery to all hospitals.

According to the company, most surgeons operating on gilomas use high-cost lighting microscopes, and in part because of those high costs, there are fewer surgeries performed. The company claims that its $8,000 system, more medical centers would have access to the tool, making the complex surgery possible.

The wearable Reveal System provides easy to use blue light in the 405 nm wavelength combined with wearable lenses with unique

high band pass filters allowing the user to see the pattern of tumor presence that differentiate from not malignant tissue. This technology allows improved visualization of tumors previously not visible under standard lighting conditions. Additionally, neurosurgeons who have tested it report greater flexibility of movement, as they can view tumor tissue from greater ranges of angles and positions than they would via a fixed microscope.

The company began working on the FGS System back in December 2019, after some of its representatives attended a symposium whose keynote was delivered by Dr. Walter Stummer, now director of the Department of Neurosurgery of the University Hospital Münster and Past President of the German Society for Neurosurgery. Stummer, along with Dr. Herbert Stepp from the University of Munich, worked with the Designs for Vision team in developing the system.

A three-month testing phase of the Reveal FGS System ran from March through May of 2021. Designs for Vision approached several leading oncologic specialists within neurological surgery in the United States who agreed to participate in the beta testing phase.

The system “allows you to get a greater percentage of the fluorescent light to be visualized, and I think increases the sensitivity and specificity of the technique over the microscope,” Dr. Theodore Schwartz, a professor of minimally invasive neurosurgery at Weill Cornell Medicine, New York Presbyterian Hospital, said in a statement about the testing phase.

“I now use the Reveal FGS System as another tool in my approach to remove suspected high-grade gliomas because ease of use and a better overview of the entire operative field,” he added.

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What Can Be Done About Long Island’s Affordable Housing Crisis?

By Lee Silberman Chief Executive Officer & Executive Director Habitat for Humanity of Suffolk, Inc. 643 Middle Country Road, Middle Island, NY 11953 (631) 504-4258 lee@habitatsuffolk.org www.habitatsuffolk.org

Long Island is currently in the midst of an acute affordable housing crisis that threatens its future. According to the Regional Plan Association, 300,000 Long Islanders are housing cost-burdened, which means they spend more than 30 percent of their income on housing. About 20 percent of families pay more than 50 percent of income on housing, an extreme burden that means they literally cannot put food on the table.

The RPA further notes that while housing costs on Long Island have increased 24 percent since 2000, median income has actually dropped during that same period, making housing even less affordable. At the same time, Long Island has failed to expand its housing stock.

According to a recent report from the Furman Center for Real Estate and Urban Policy, Long Island has granted only 56,000 housing permits between 2001 and 2018, fewer even than the number of jobs added during this period.

The negative economic impacts of COVID-19 – including massive job losses in the services sector disproportionally affecting communities of color and skyrocketing real estate prices – increases the risk that already cost-burdened Long Islanders will fail to keep up with their rent, mortgage, insurance, and tax payments, losing their homes forever, and eliminates any hope for first-time home buyers.

Why it Matters The fact that housing, which I’d argue is a basic human right, is becoming so unaffordable for so many on Long Island – especially for families with lower and moderate incomes – reinforces and perpetuates social and racial inequities that we’ve been living with for many years.

The housing crisis also directly threatens Long Island’s economic future. As noted in a 2018 Rauch Foundation report, “59% of Long Islanders – an all-time high – say they are somewhat or very likely to leave in the next five years for a more affordable area – an increase of 10% in the last five years.” In addition, a home is usually the largest source of a family’s net worth. Barriers to affordable home ownership is the single biggest reason for the net worth disparity between white families and families of color.

What Can Be Done?

The roots of Long Island’s housing crisis are complex and retracing them all lies beyond the scope of a single article. Suffice it to say that decades of federal, state, local, and private policies have conspired to create the current situation, and it appears that no single solution can effectively address it. At the same time, however, there are particular aspects of the current crisis that can be – and to some extents are being – addressed in a way that makes me hopeful.

Reforming Restrictive Zoning A huge obstacle to increasing the affordable housing stock on Long Island lies in restrictive local zoning regulations.

New York State is unique among its neighbor states in terms of completely ceding control of housing to local entities which typically bow to local opposition to any new housing (such opposition is often led by the local school board).

Among other things, restrictive zoning leads to higher land costs which is the main reason why housing is so expensive

on Long Island compared to other regions of the country.

A new law incorporated within New York State’s recently passed Fiscal 2022 Budget, the Rail Advantaged Housing Act, offers some hope. While the Act does not forbid local entities from rejecting new housing proposals, it expedites appeals for proposals falling within a half-mile of MTA train stations and sets up a system by which developers can pay into a “local agency zoning mitigation account” to offset any future locally borne costs.

Locally, the Suffolk County Legislature needs to reinvigorate the 72-h program, which transfers County-owned land to the Towns with the express purpose of developing affordable housing. Without a vigorous 72-h program, it is economically impossible for agencies such as Habitat for Humanity of Suffolk to develop affordable housing in Suffolk County.

Encouraging ADUs (Accessory Dwelling Units) Another state-level measure, New York Assembly Bill A4854, currently in committee, proposes to make Accessory Dwelling Units (second dwelling units on a single lot) more prevalent by making them more difficult to reject by local entities. This measure has the potential to expand Long Island’s affordable housing stock. Finally, provisions within the recently-passed American Rescue Plan Act, particularly with respect to its provision of $47.5 billion in relief for housing, offers some cause for optimism.

Solving the affordable housing crisis on Long Island – and elsewhere in the U.S. – will require many different programs working in tandem. My hope is that corporate leaders will support all measures – private and public – with potential to ease the crisis. While there is much to be done – and much to be overcome – it is my belief that a way forward can and must be found.

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It seems that every year for at least the past five years, Long Island Cares and the other 199 food banks across the United States that are members of Feeding America have been advocating for an increase in funding from Congress for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP). Increasing SNAP funding would result in low-income families having more access to healthy food choices and could also reduce the number of individuals and families struggling with food insecurity.

Recently, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) released a re-evaluation of the Thrifty Food Plan, used to calculate Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits. As a result, the average SNAP benefit – excluding additional funds provided as part of COVID-19 relief efforts will increase for Fiscal Year 2022 beginning on October 1, 2021. The re-evaluation concluded that the cost of a nutritious, practical, cost-effective diet is 21% higher than the current Thrifty Food Plan. As a result, the average SNAP benefit will increase by $36.24 per person, per month, or $1.19 per day, for Fiscal Year 2022. The timing for this long-awaited increase in SNAP benefits could not have come at a more appropriate time.

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Negotiation Drivers: Cash, Leverage, and Motives the same time period. This was not a coincidence.

Indeed, as soon various COVID-related restrictions that forced credit card companies to delay collection efforts were lifted, the credit card companies sought to collect millions of dollars owed to them.

I understood their motive, and I had my leverage.

This was not the time to work out a payment plan; this was the time to cut a deal.

By David Green, Esq. Senior Associate Campolo, Middleton & McCormick, LLP (631) 738-9100 ext. 386 dgreen@cmmllp.com www.cmmllp.com

If COVID-19 has reinforced anything for lawyers and negotiators, it is that cash is still king! In a world where paying bills has been put on hold without consequence, the bill collectors, who are used to a steady stream of cash, are finding themselves sunbathing in a dry riverbed.

I lived this in a recent negotiation for a client, and we at CMM foresee it coming to a head with respect to residential and commercial mortgages. Debtors with cash may be able to cut a deal with creditors who have been legally unable to collect, potentially forgiving a significant amount of debt. Money now is better than a payment plan.

My recent story: our client was hit with a lawsuit from its credit card company seeking payment of over $200,000 in accrued debt. The client initially hoped that we could work out a payment plan to buy some time to repay the owed money. I dug in.

I quickly learned that not only was our client sued for this debt, but hundreds if not thousands of people were sued for the same debt types in and around

Armed with this information, and after strategizing with our client, I was able to negotiate a lumpsum deal, settling for a mere 25% of the amount claimed. The credit card company indeed preferred to accept our client’s payment now – of a vastly smaller sum – than receive the full payment over the course of years. I was able to successfully negotiate a huge win for our client.

This is just one example of the importance of understanding the context and underlying motives of a negotiation. Similar to how credit card companies are filing lawsuits against their cardholders, banks and lenders will soon go after property owners in default, and when facing a prepared negotiator on the other side, may agree to various creative solutions to protect their investment. Approaching these matters in the same way we would have in February 2020 will simply not work.

Negotiations often go awry when one party assumes the motives and intentions of the other party.

Whether you’re suspicious that the opposing party gives in too easily or you’re fooled that someone has

good intentions when they really don’t, negotiations can sometimes turn into a guessing game.

Everyone’s first instinct is to assume they know what the other party wants – but it’s important to truly understand what’s really motivating them. Is someone trying to sell you their business because they are ready to retire and it’s time to move on? Or are things tough in their industry and they’re trying to ditch the company before it’s too late? Doing your research and digging into the past and present situation of the opposing party is an important step you shouldn’t enter a negotiation without having done first. This process helps you put things in context – and you can’t negotiate effectively without doing that. If you were negotiating a real estate deal during a recession, would you use the same approach as if you were negotiating when the market is booming? It’s no different coming out of a pandemic. Strategies that worked in 2019 must be tweaked now in 2021.

And likewise looking toward the future, what makes one negotiation strategy effective today may make it ineffective in the future. Today’s post-pandemic game plan will most definitely need to be modified when in a similar situation as my client in 2023 and beyond. Every negotiation is unique in terms of facts and timing. A skilled negotiator must take time to do their research and enter that negotiation equipped with all the background information that they can possibly find. This way, you’re fully prepared to tackle the issues at stake in the negotiation.

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Family Service League is a nationally accredited human services agency that has taken an active role in strengthening families and empowering the residents of Long Island for more than 95 years.

We currently have over 60 programs in 21 locations, including 5 Family Centers, designed to help children, families in crisis, senior citizens, people who are homeless, unemployed, or mentally ill. Family Service League works to give them the resources they need in order to be self-reliant and productive members of our communities. They aim to restore hope and rebuild lives.

In the early 1980s, a group of community leaders, many of whom would eventually form our Founding Board of Directors, gathered together to share a vision. They wanted to build a nursing home that would provide the finest quality of care and caring for the frail Jewish elderly living on Long Island. Gurwin Healthcare System is now a Community nursing home which has a full continuum of care, including a world-class nursing and rehabilitation center, a renowned assisted living community, outstanding home care programs and an exceptional adult day health program.

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For over 70 years, United Cerebral Palsy of Long Island has positively impacted the lives of people with disabilities through the outstanding quality of our programs and services and the compassion we convey to those we serve.UCP of Long Island is committed to advancing the independence, productivity and full citizenship of people with disabilities. Our mission is to provide life skills training, education, advocacy, meaningful employment and a place to call home for Long Islanders with a wide range of disabilities. UCP of Long Island proudly upholds the values of excellence, integrity, dignity, empowerment, responsibility, accountability, vision and innovation.

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Valley National Bank Valley National Bank is a regional financial institution with $42 billion in assets and more than 200 branches located throughout New Jersey, Manhattan, Brooklyn, Queens, Long Island, Florida and Alabama. Valley was founded in 1927 on the simple principle of creating better banking opportunities for our customers and helping communities grow and prosper. For over 90 years, more than 3,400 of our professional banking associates have embraced this spirit by providing a full range of retail and commercial banking services, home mortgage and commercial lending, wealth, insurance and estate planning solutions to help our customers and communities achieve financial success.

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The Michael Magro Foundation, a 501(c)3 non-profit organization, was established in January 2005 to honor Mike’s life. Michael Magro was a thirteen-yearold seventh grade student at Hicksville Middle School in Hicksville, New York, when he was diagnosed with leukemia (A.L.L.). He passed away within months of that diagnosis. The efforts of the Foundation started with, the pediatric cancer patients and their families at the Cancer Center for Kids at NYU WinthropUniversity Hospital as well as to other NYU Winthrop pediatric specialties where the treatment of chronic diseases is ongoing because that is where Mike was treated for his leukemia.

This year The Corporate Source celebrates our 25th anniversary creating employment opportunities for individuals with disabilities and providing services leading to independence and fulfillment. TCS changes lives by changing the face of employment equity. An alarming eighty percent of people with disabilities are not welcomed into the world of work.

TCS works with federal, state and private sector partners to create jobs and futures so that ALL can find pride, purpose and productivity in the workplace.

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6 months ago, the new Dime Community Bank was formed as a the result of a recent merger of 2 banks, BNB Bank and Dime Community Bank. Both banks had operated for 100+ years in their respective communities.Postmerger, Dime Community Bank is strategically positioned to have enhanced scale, and improved opportunities for growth and profitability, as well as better support a broader array of Long Island businseses through a broader product set, improved technology and greater capital base.

Additionally, Dime Bank was recently named the official Retail & Commercial Bank of the UBS Arena and The NY Islanders.

Engel Burman as a company, and each of the principals individually, are actively involved in the business and philanthropic communities on Long Island contributing time, resources, and expertise, from renovating local homes to fundraising for cancer research to being a guest lecturer at local universities, and of course, serving as board members with numerous organizations. Engel Burman has recently been honored with Real Estate, Architecture & Engineering Awards by Long Island Business News (LIBN). They received one award for IDA Project of the Year, Nassau County, for our new project in Long Beach, Breeze and Isla Blu. Breeze will be apartments and Isla Blue will be condominiums. This will actually be the largest project on Long Island.

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In 2005 when CEO was founded, we knew we had the capacity to become a force in the field based upon our focus on transition and the years of experience in the field of employment for people with disabilities. Making that happen requires the efforts of many and a touch of luck. As Branch Rickey, the General Manager of the old Brooklyn Dodgers, once said, “luck is the residue of design”. CEO designs its services and models based upon our client districts, their students, and our adult’s needs with the final outcome being their career and employment goals are met. We create solutions and innovation by bringing a collaborative effort to our client districts and our ACCES-VR services. We are absolute in the belief that cooperation is the key to transforming problems into solutions.

RO OKIE - OF -THE -YE AR FINALISTS HireBlue Hireblue is a mobile and web application for students of all kinds that makes training and hiring in the skilled trade industries efficient and accessible while providing employers a qualified workforce.

Their applications foster a trusted community of job seekers and employers in skilled trades, specifically in the construction and manufacturing industries while building the next generation of skilled tradespeople.

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Kilfinane Environmental Consultants, Inc. Kilfinane Environmental Consultants, Inc. helps you to disinfect indoor air safely and effectively 24/7.

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PROUD TO SERVE THE COMMUNITIES OF LONG ISLAND Thank you for recognizing Valley as a finalist for the HIA-LI awards.

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Long Island’s Premier Law Firm RECOGNIZED BY FORBES AS A TOP CORPORATE LAW FIRM IN AMERICA

When it comes to Labor and Employment law,

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Building a Stronger Long Island Together Citrin Cooperman is among the largest accounting, audit, tax, and business advisory firms. We offer a wide range of services customized to meet the unique needs of our clients. Our professionals are full participants in our client’s business and goals, measuring our success by your success, and our ability to drive a significant impact on your vision. When you are free to “focus on what counts” business thrives.

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HEALTH & WELLNESS, NOT FOR PROFIT COMMUNITY & HUMAN SERVICES

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BEST IDEAS GROUP, INC.

DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES INSTITUTE (HQ)

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GURWIN FAMILY OF HEALTHCARE SERVICES

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Michael Giller | Co-Founder | 631-979-4600 60 North Country Road | Port Jefferson, NY 11777 MICHAEL@BestIdeasGroupinc.com | www.BestIdeasGroupInc.com Ron Villano | CEO / Director | (631) 758-8290 1650 Sycamore Ave | Bohemia, NY 11716 ronvillano@ronvillano.com | www.familyandpersonalcounseling.com

Amy Schiller | Director of Marketing | 6317158544 Gurwin Family of Healthcare Services | Commack, NY 11725 aschiller@gurwin.org | www.gurwin.org

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Wendy Elsen | Administrative Director | (631) 366-2907 99 Hollywood Drive | Smithtown, NY 11787 sherry.mckeon@ddiny.org | www.ddiny.org

Yvonne Grant | President & CEO | 631-543-6622 442 Moreland Road | Commack, NY 11725 ygrant@gssc.us | http://www.gssc.us/

John Miller | President and CEO | (631) 930-9000 371 East Jericho Turnpike | Smithtown, NY 11787 john.miller@guidedog.org | www.guidedog.org; www.Vetdogs.org

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Elissa Gargone | Vice President of Sales & Marketing | 631-650-2600 1 Jefferson Ferry Drive | South Setauket, NY 11720 welcome@jeffersonsferry.org | www.jeffersonsferry.org

Lee Silberman | Executive Director and CEO | (631) 422-4828 643 Middle Country Rd. | Middle Island, NY 11953 Lee@habitatsuffolk.org | www.habitatsuffolk.org

NASSAU SUFFOLK HOSPITAL COUNCIL

HAUPPAUGE RECREATION DEVELOPMENT ASSOCIATION

Kevin Dahill | President & CEO | 1383 Veteran’s Memorial Highway | Hauppauge, NY 11788 kdahill@sha-nys.org | www.NSHC.org

NATIONWIDE INSTRUCTION FOR CARDIOVASCULAR EDUCATION (NICE) Dr. Chris Byron | | (631) 643-9896 1 Gate Court | Dix Hills, NY 11746 chris.byron@niceheart.com | www.niceheart.com

NEW YORK BLOOD CENTER

David Wolmetz | Board Member | 631-606-0090 57 Valley Wood Road | Commack, ny 11725 david@hauppaugeparks.com | https://www.hauppaugeparks.com/

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Dr. Sammuel A. Appiah | Senior Pastor | (631) 617-6267 150 Motor Parkway | Hauppauge, NY 11788 samappiah2001@yahoo.com | www.hillofthelord.org

ISLAND CHRISTIAN CHURCH

Yadira Navarro | Business Development Manager | 5164785026 1200 Prospect Ave | Westbury, NY 11590 ynavarro@nybc.org | www.nybc.org

Joseph Garofalo | Outreach Pastor | (631) 822-3000 400 Elwood Road | East Northport, NY 11731 joseph.garofalo@islandchristian.com | www.islandchristian.com

NEW YORK CANCER & BLOOD SPECIALISTS

ISLAND HARVEST, A FOOD BANK FOR LONG ISLAND

Robert Nicoletti | Chief Human Resources Officer (CHRO) | (631) 675-5149 1500 Route 112 | Port Jefferson, NY 11776 rnicoletti@nycancer.com | www.NYcancer.com

NORTHWELL DIRECT, A NORTHWELL HEALTH COMPANY

Danielle Escalante | Senior Director, Business Development | (516) 405-7616 - cell 1111 Marcus Avenue, | New Hyde Park,, NY 11042 descalante1@northwell.edu | Northwell.edu/Direct

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Randi Shubin Dresner, CFRE | President & CEO | (516) 294-8525 40 Marcus Blvd | Hauppauge, NY 11788 randi@islandharvest.org | www.islandharvest.org

JUNIOR ACHIEVEMENT OF NEW YORK

Kristen Clark | Director, Long Island Operations | 516-625-9089 x203 250 Willis Avenue | Roslyn Heights, NY 11577 kclark@jany.org | www.jany.org

LIFE’S WORC

Grace Luce-Horan | President | (631) 559-7500 1600 Calebs Path Extension | Hauppauge, NY 11788 grace@seniorhealthplanspecialists.com | www.seniorhealthplanspecialists.com

Pamela Curtiss | Director of Employment Services | 1501 Franklin Avenue | Garden City, NY 11530 pcurtiss@lifesworc.org | www.lifesworc.org

SUNRISE MEDICAL LABORATORIES

LONG ISLAND BUILDERS INSTITUTE (LIBI)

VISITING NURSE SERVICE & HOSPICE OF SUFFOLK, INC. (VNSHS) Debra Stilwell | Director of Development & Marketing | 6319309313 505 Main Street | Northport, NY 11768 sbruder@vnshs.org | https://www.visitingnurseservise.org

Lois Fricke | CEO | (631) 232-2345 1757-8 Veterans Hwy. | Islandia, NY 11749 mitch@libi.org | www.libi.org

LONG ISLAND COMMUNITY FOUNDATION

David Okorn | Director of Foundation Advancement | (631) 991-8800 900 Walt Whitman Road | Melville, NY 11747 dmokorn@licf.org | www.licf.org

LONG ISLAND CONTRACTORS’ ASSOCIATION, INC. (LICA)

NOT FOR PORFIT: COMMUNITY SERVICES ANGELA’S HOUSE & ANGELA’S HOUSE HOME STORE Tom Beccaris | Donations Director | 631-905-7117 2052 Route 112 | Medford, NY 11763 tomb@angelashouse.org | www.AngelasHousehomestore.org

Marc Herbst | Executive Director | 631-231-5422 150 Motor Parkway | Hauppauge, NY 11788 mherbst@licanys.org | www.licanys.org

VISITING NURSE SERVICE & HOSPICE OF SUFFOLK, INC. MAKE-A-WISH FOUNDATION OF SUFFOLK COUNTY, NY, INC. Karine Hollander | President and CEO | 631-585-WISH 1 Comac Loop | Ronkonkoma, NY 11779 khollander@suffolk.wish.org | www.suffolk.wish.org

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Christine Caputo | | (516) 745-1464 250 Miller Place | Hicksville, NY 11801 astroll@sunriselab.com | www.sunriselab.com

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MILLER BUSINESS CENTER

Elizabeth Malafi | Coordinator, Adult Services and the Miller Business Center 631-585-9393 | 101 Eastwood Blvd. | Centereach, NY 11720 malafielizabeth@mcplibrary.org | http://www.millerbusinesscenter.org

NEW YORK BLOOD CENTER

Yadira Navarro | Business Development Manager | 5164785026 1200 Prospect Ave | Westbury, NY 11590 ynavarro@nybc.org | www.nybc.org

NEW YORK STATE INSURANCE FUND

Catherin Carillo | Business Manager | (631) 756-4330 8 Corporate Center Drive | Melville, NY 11747 ccari@nysif.com | www.nysif.com

PECONIC LANDING RETIREMENT COMMUNITY

Suzanne Beck | Director, Fundraising Campaigns & Volunteer Engagement (516) 222-5530 | 585 Stewart Ave | Garden City, NY 11530 sbeck@crohnscolitisfoundation.org | www.crohnscolitisfoundation.org

DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES INSTITUTE (HQ) Wendy Elsen | Administrative Director | (631) 366-2907 99 Hollywood Drive | Smithtown, NY 11787 sherry.mckeon@ddiny.org | www.ddiny.org

EAC NETWORK

Denise Devlin | Diretor, Corporate and Foundation Relations | (516) 539-0150 50 Clinton Street | Hempstead, NY 11550 denise.devlin@eac-network.org | www.eac-network.org

EPIC LONG ISLAND

Mary Hughes | Community Outreach Manager | (631) 593-8262 1500 Brecknock road | Greenport, NY 11944 mhughes@peconiclanding.com | http://www.peconiclanding.com

Laura Lovelock | Senior Director of HR | 516-739-7733 1500 Hempstead Tpke | East Meadow, NY 11554 llovelock@epicli.org | www.epicli.org

SCORE - LONG ISLAND CHAPTER

FAMILY AND CHILDRENS ASSOCIATION (FCA)

Lenny Buchholtz | Chapter Chair | (631) 454-0771 350 Motor Parkway | Hauppague, NY 11788 lenny.buchholtz@scorevolunteer.org | www.longisland.score.org

SOCIETY FOR HUMAN RESOURCES MANAGEMENT Linda B. Selden-Paduano | President | 16312628807 449 Pulaski Road | Greenlawn, NY 11740 President@shrmli.org | http://shrmli.org/

THE SUFFOLK Y JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER, INC.

Craig Pinto | Chief Development Officer | (516) 764-0350 377 Oak Street | Garden City, NY 11530 cpinto@fcali.org | www.fcali.org

FAMILY SERVICE LEAGUE

Karen Boorshtein, LCSW | President and CEO | 631-582-8492 790 Park Avenue | Huntington, NY 11743 kboorshtein@fsl-li.org | www.fsl-li.org

HEAD INJURY ASSOCIATION

Nancy Briel | Chief Executive Officer | (631) 462-9800 74 Hauppauge Road | Commack, NY 11725 RLewis@syjcc.Org | www.syjcc.org

Liz Giordano | Chief Executive Officer | 631-543-2245 300 Kennedy Drive | Hauppauge, NY 11788 lgiordano@headinjuryassoc.org | www.headinjuryassoc.org

TRANSIT SOLUTIONS

LONG ISLAND CARES, INC.-THE HARRY CHAPIN FOOD BANK

Lisa Belinsky | Program Manager | (516) 242-8121 41 Walton Ave | Locust Valley, NY 11560 lbelinsky@transitsolutions.org | www.transitsolutions.org

UNITED WAY OF LONG ISLAND

Theresa Regnante | President | (631) 940-3733 819 Grand Avenue | Deer Park, NY 11729 tregnante@unitedwayli.org | www.unitedwayli.org

VISITING NURSE SERVICE & HOSPICE OF SUFFOLK, INC. (VNSHS)

Debra Stilwell | Director of Development & Marketing | 6319309313 505 Main Street | Northport, NY 11768 sbruder@vnshs.org | https://www.visitingnurseservise.org

NOT FOR PORFIT: HUMAN SERVICES ADULTS AND CHILDREN WITH LEARNING AND DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES (ACLD)

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CROHN’S AND COLITIS FOUNDATION LONG ISLAND CHAPTER

Richard VanDyke | Director Business Operations | 516 805 6546 807 south oyster bay road | Bethpage, ny 11714 vandyker@acld.org | www.acld.org

AMERICAN FOUNDATION FOR SUICIDE PREVENTION (AFSP) Ann Morrison | Area Director | (631) 877-6435 17 Ridgeway Blvd. | Bayshore, NY 11706 amorrison@afsp.org | www.afsp.org

ASSOCIATION FOR MENTAL HEALTH & WELLNESS

Paule T. Pachter, ACSW, LMSW | Chief Executive Officer | 631-582-FOOD 10 Davids Drive | Hauppauge, NY 11788 ppachter@licares.org | www.licares.org

NEW YORK BLOOD CENTER

Yadira Navarro | Business Development Manager | 5164785026 1200 Prospect Ave | Westbury, NY 11590 ynavarro@nybc.org | www.nybc.org

PAL-O-MINE EQUESTRIAN, INC.

Lisa Gatti | Founder & CEO | (631) 348-1389 829 Old Nichols Road | Islandia, NY 11749 info@pal-o-mine.org | www.pal-o-mine.org

THE CORPORATE SOURCE

Seth Eisenstein | 5164194928 1225 Franklin Avenue | Garden City, NY 11530 linda.berman@thecorporatesource.org | www.thecorporatesource.org

THE MARTY LYONS FOUNDATION

Sandra White | Executive Director | 631-543-9474 105 Sweeneydale Ave. | Bay Shore, NY 11757 MLF_HQ@martylyonsfoundation.org | https://martylyonsfoundation.org/

TOBACCO ACTION COALITION OF LI/ AMERICAN LUNG ASSOCIATION PJ.Tedeschi@Lung.org | www.breathefreely.org

UCP OF LONG ISLAND

Colleen Merlo, LCSW | Chief Executive Director | 6314717242 939 Johnson Avenue | Ronkonkoma, NY 11779 cmerlo@mhaw.org | www.mhaw.org

Colleen Crispino | President & CEO | (631) 232-0011 250 Marcus Blvd. | Hauppauge, NY 11788 cschramm@ucp-li.org | www.ucp-li.org

CN GUIDANCE AND COUNSELING SERVICES

VISITING NURSE SERVICE & HOSPICE OF SUFFOLK, INC. (VNSHS)

Linda Masotto | Development Coordinator | 516-396-2753 950 South Oyster Bay Road | Hicksville, NY 11801 lmasotto@centralnassau.org | www.cnguidance.org

Debra Stilwell | Director of Development & Marketing | 6319309313 505 Main Street | Northport, NY 11768 sbruder@vnshs.org | https://www.visitingnurseservise.org

WELCOME AUGUST NEW MEMBERS WOMEN’S DIVERSITY NETWORK SHANEQUA LEVIN MILLER PLACE, NY 516-547-4411 FOUNDER@WOMENSDIVERSITYNETWORK.ORG BSB ACCOUTANTS & ADVISORS PHILLIP BELLISSIMP HAUPPAUGE, NY (631) 543-7700 PHIL@BSBNY.CPA SUFFOLK OTB VICTOR SALAMONE HAUPPAUGE, NY 631-853-1000 X3589 LACARRUBBAJ@SUFFOLKOTB.COM CHEMBIO DIAGNOSTICS SYSTEMS, INC. ROBERT PASSAS MEDFORD, NY (631) 924-1135 X105 RPASSAS@CHEMBIO.COM FLUID MECHANISMS OF HAUPPAUGE JOSH MCCAUGHEY HAUPPAUGE, NY (631) 234-0100 JOSHM@CHARLCO.COM

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WDN researches issues that concern women and gender expansive people Suffolk Regional and advocates for public policies that Off-Track Betting Corporation support their well-being. WDN has three primary areas of focus: health equity, Suffolk Regional Off-Track Betting gender inclusion and systemic racism.

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The Women’s Diversity Network BSB Accountants & Advisors 201 Moreland Road, Suite 3 Hauppauge, NY 11788 (631) 543-7700 www.bsbny.cpa

The Women’s Diversity Network is a Long Island-based nonprofit composed of women and gender-expansive people who come from many racial, ethnic, age and socioeconomic groups. The group was formed by founder Shanequa We are a boutique accounting firm Levin to create unity. Actions include offering advisory and tax services to dismantling systemic racism by educating closely held businesses in the tri-state

area. Our firm has over three decades of experience providing professional, personalized services to clients across multiple industries. We apply this knowledge in helping all our clients meet their personal goals, achieve success, and build wealth. We are problem solvers and leverage our vast experience in accounting & tax to help clients navigate compliance obligations, business strategy and financial needs.

We are committed to putting the same value, time and effort into all of our clients regardless of their size. Our core belief is that every business should have an accountant who acts as a partner in its success - we strive to be that resource.

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HEARD AROUND THE ISLAND APPOINTMENTS, PROMOTIONS, HONORS & OTHER HAPPENINGS Forchelli Deegan Terrana LLP is pleased to announce that Stephanie M. Alberts was appointed Co-President of the NCBA’s Surrogate’s Court Estates and Trusts Committee. She will serve a two-year term. This Committee deals with estate planning, administration and litigation; reviews pending relevant NYS legislation; and maintains an interchange of ideas with the Nassau County Surrogate and staff. Ms. Alberts, an East Rockaway, NY resident, earned her J.D. from St. John’s University School of Law and her B.A. from SUNY Binghamton.

Milone Named to the Young Professionals Advisory Board of MENTOR New York.

Nicole Milone (Baldwin), an Associate in the Litigation Practice Group at Certilman Balin Adler & Hyman, LLP, has been named to the Young Professionals Advisory Board (“YPAB”) of MENTOR New York. YPAB is a group of emerging leaders who dedicate their time, talents, networks and resources to raise awareness and support for MENTOR New York as it works to close the mentoring gap in New York by providing a myriad of services to mentoring and youth development across the state.Ms. Milone handles a wide array of commercial litigation matters before state, federal and appellate courts.

Jefferson’s Ferry’s Strong Financials Affirmed with a Stable Outlook, BBB rating from Fitch Ratings. Jefferson’s Ferry, a not-for-profit Life Plan Community, recently received a solid BBB rating with a stable outlook by FitchRatings. The ‘BBB’ rating primarily reflects the expected resilience of Jefferson’s Ferry’s financial profile throughout Fitch’s forward-looking analysis of the expansion and renovation of the community during its ambitious Journey to Renewal project.

When completed, Journey to Renewal will add 60 one- and two-bedroom independent living apartments to the Jefferson’s Ferry campus, as well as expand and upgrade its Healthy Living Center, Rehabilitation Therapy Center, Fitness Center, and dining venues. A new 20-bed state of the art Memory Care Unit is also under construction.

Forchelli Deegan Terrana LLP (“FDT”) welcomes John P. Gordon to the firm’s Real Estate and IDA practice groups as an Associate.

Prior to joining FDT, Mr. Gordon was Counsel at a law firm in Lake Success.

Mr. Gordon, a Williston Park, NY resident, earned his J.D. from Fordham University School of Law and his B.A. from College of the Holy Cross.

HRDA is a community based 501c3 non-forprofit. HRDA is focused on outdoor park space and community-oriented services. HRDA coordinates with HIA, political leadership and

businesses to increase accessible open space for members to enjoy for sports, outdoor activities, gatherings, and other community functions. HRDA sponsors and organizes public and private local organizational events that support the well-being of the HIA and residential community. This past week, the Hauppauge Recreation Development Association (HRDA) hosted its first ever “PARTY FOR THE PARK” event. Along with HIA, Smithtown, Islip, County and State leadership, HRDA unveiled the commitment to develop new park areas and rejuvenate existing parks for Hauppauge inclusive of HIA member employees that join HRDA. “This event was tremendously successful in showcasing our communities desire to gather and celebrate HRDA initiatives for a park & community center. Together, we will solve the lack of accessibility to open space gathering spaces, especially sports fields for Hauppauge community.’ said Dave Wolmetz, HRDA Board Member.

On September 10, the Village of Islandia held a special ceremony at the First Responders Memorial in honor of the memory of five local first responders who were killed during the September 11, 2001 attacks: Raymond M. Meisenheimer, Peter Brennan, John P. Napolitano. Glen K. Pettit and William J. Mahoney, Jr. This event commemorated the 20th anniversary of the terrorist attacks on U.S. soil.

Mayor Allan M. Dorman was joined by village elected officials, employees and residents and members of the Col Francis S. Midura Veterans of Foreign Wars Post #12144 in remembering those who lost their lives during the 9/11 attacks.

The mayor scheduled the ceremony for the 10th to give the residents the opportunity to attend other September 11th memorial ceremonies throughout Long Island the following day. The First Responders Memorial was unveiled on June 2, 2018. It features five plaques, one for each of the five local residents who lost their lives that day. Mayor Dorman said this ceremony will continue to be held at the Memorial to remember those who perished that day. For more information, call (631) 348-1133 or visit www. newvillageofislandia.com.

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Hiltzik Named to the Young Professionals Advisory Board of MENTOR New York.

Samantha Hiltzik (Massapequa Park), an Associate in the Corporate/Securities and Nonprofit Practice Groups at Certilman Balin Adler & Hyman, LLP, has been named to the Young Professionals Advisory Board (“YPAB”) of MENTOR New York. YPAB is a group of emerging leaders who dedicate their time, talents, networks and resources to raise awareness and support for MENTOR New York

as it works to close the mentoring gap in New York by providing a myriad of services to mentoring and youth development across the state.She concentrates on mergers and acquisitions involving privately held companies.

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