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Why Long Island

Educated Workforce & Talent

Home to 42 of the top 100 public schools in NYS. 19 colleges annually enroll 150,000 students & 30,000 graduate students. Long Island ranks the top 10% of US counties with a bachelor's degree or higher

Suffolk County Statistics Nassau County Statistics

Flourishing Industries

Life Sciences, Pharma, Bio-Tech, Advanced Manufacturing, Agriculture & Food Manufacturing, Aerospace, Information Technology, Off-Shore Wind

Top Companies

Proximity to New York City

124 LIRR stations connecting to New York City in as little as 30 minutes. All the perks NYC, the financial capital of the world, without the big city price tag

Train Routes

Incentive & Service Opportunities

Learn more about opportunity zones, real estate, sales, mortgage, economic and tax incentives

Annual IDA Report IDA Job Development LI Leads NYS Growth

Premiere Quality of Life

Close knit towns and regional pride lend to a strong sense of community. Premier attractions include ocean beaches, Gatsby-era mansions, golf and wineries

Where You BeLong

Connective Transportation

Accessible by plane: Long Island MacArthur Airport (ISP), JFK International and LGA. Arrive through the port using ferry service, ride sharing services are widely available

Getting Here

Resources for Site Selectors

Who We Are

Connect with local IDA representatives to learn more about incentive and finance programs to support growth, expansion, new builds and relocation

Industry Trends & Outlook

Sign-up for the Economic Development Collective e-newsletter for monthly updates on industry trends, regional developments and incentives

Relocation Services

Work, live and play. Long Island offers top-rated education, rich history, array of recreational opportunities and competitive resources to assist with relocation and opportunities

Long Island Intelligence Report 2020

Click here for the Long Island Intelligence Report complete with information and resources on the next generation, new developments, talent and education, manufacturing, infrastructure and more for an overview and outlook of the Long Island business community.

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In the Media: Growth & Opportunity

Forward Industries moves from West Palm Beach to Long Island

LI's 'Tech Highway' gaining traction

Long Island Among Fastest Growing Tech Markets

The ATM, born on LI, celebrates 50 years

Bionic 'dragonfly' is World's Largest Robotic Insect

LI firm wins $12.7M contract for COVID test

Long Island cancer drug biotech firm filed for $10.7M offering on Nasdaq

NYIT opens $750,000 bioengineering lab

Stakeholders Unite To Support Pharma/Nutra’s Future

New medical testing lab opens in Long Beach

CHS gets approval for 2 cardiac catheterization labs

Long Island oyster farmers create oyster skin care line

Snack Foods Firm Expands in Hauppaugue

Fifth Annual Food Lab Conference Hosted by Stony Brook Southampton

Queens food service firm relocates to Port Washington

Long Island candy maker plans $5 million expansion

MTA: While other projects on hold, Third Track within budget and on schedule

Belmont Park Redevelopment Project

Nassau Hub Redevelopment Project

UBS Arena: Home of the NY Islanders

Aerospace Company To Open New Facility In Bohemia

Suffolk County rolls ahead with plans to introduce electric buses

LIRR major projects still on track

$1 Million Grant to Modernize MacArthur Airport Terminal

USA Today: MacArthur Airport (ISP) is America's sixth best small airport

Long Island MacArthur Airport, Islip's Connection to the World

Cuomo announces major Penn Station track expansion

New LIRR Station, FEIS Advance Belmont Arena Plan

Northwell donates COVID-19 vaccination items to Smithsonian

Leaders envision turning Brookhaven Lab into a Silicon Valley

Progress report on the Coronavirus pandemic

Brookhaven National Lab gets $115M for quantum computing center

DOE picks Brookhaven Lab for $1.6B research site

Feinstein Institutes awarded $11.3M subcontract for COVID-19 antibody research

East Hampton Green Lights 2 South Fork Wind Farm Agreements

State award will more than double the number of wind turbines planned for South Shore

Nassau Named Safest County In America

U.S. COVID-19 funding buoys Long Island companies

Hotel in Huntington's old town hall will be a Hampton Inn

U.S. Concrete Buys Long Island Sand Mine Company For $142M

Topgolf Announces First Venue To Open in New York State

Amazon plans 3rd Long Island warehouse, Nassau officials say

Downtown Patchogue named among 'Great Places in America' in national honor

Officials mark groundbreaking for Belmont arena project

Port Washington Film Studio

Wall Street East

Long Island has 41 scholars in Regeneron science competition

Governor Cuomo Announces $18 Million Initiative Initiative to Train Workers & Support Entrepreneurs

Baldwin native to graduate NASA

Governor Cuomo Announces $3.1 Million Awarded to Train More than 3,600 Workers

Create LI institute to train wind farm workers

Long Island Blue Ribbon Schools

Research for Expanding Business

Tourism Economics Visitor Impact Study

Research study commissioned by Empire State Development on state and region tourism statistics

Opportunity Zone Program

View the list of approved and designated tracts

Economic Impact Report

Nassau County 2019 Report

Diversity & Demographics

Long Island is one of the country's oldest suburbs, growing more diverse and keeping the region vibrant and economically competitive

Core Industries

Brookhaven National Laboratory

United States Department of Energy laboratory and the site of DNA discovery

Tesla Science Center

The site of Wardenclyffe, Nikola Tesla's only remaining laboratory

Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory

Laboratory scientists rank CSHL among the top 1% of life science institutions most cited in published research

Brookhaven Lab chosen as site for multibillion-dollar collider

The collider will be the first of its kind in the country. Scientists around the world are expected to come study at the facility

Nation-Leading Offshore Wind

Governor Cuomo Announces Largest Combined Solicitations for Renewable Energy Ever Issued in the U.S. to Combat Climate Change

Off Shore Wind

NY Announces Nation’s Largest Wind Farm To Be Built Off Long Island

Off Shore Wind

New York Offshore Wind Industry Report Demonstrates Competitive Pricing, Significant Commitments to Economic Development, Job Creation and Transparency

Republic Airport

Fly a plane where 9,000 P-47 Thunderbolts were built

Grumman Aerospace, Lunar Module

A crew of 9,000 banded together to design, assemble and test the Apollo Lunar Modules that landed man on the moon in 1969

Aquaculture

Docks, marinas, ports and fisheries provide sustainable fresh fish sources that feed people regionally and afar

Agriculture

Local farms and farm stands serve every pocket of our destination, with over 100 active farm stands available year-round

Interactive Map

Choose LI Map of vineyards, breweries, distilleries, farms, farm stands and fish markets

Bagels by Bell

Origated in Brooklyn

Nassau Candy

Specialty Confections & Fine Foods

Hollywood is coming to Port North

Earlier this month, the Nassau County Industrial Development Agency approved tax breaks for the project, including a 15-year reduction in property taxes for the new site and a sales tax exemption that can reach $ 776,250 on building materials

Grumman Studios

With the help of the IDA, Grumman Studios purchased a 29-acre parcel of land, renovated a 660,000 sq. ft building and is now the largest unobstructed studio in the Metropolitan area

Long Beach Film Festival

Entering its ninth year, takes place July - August

Long Island International Film Expo

The 23rd Annual Event takes place September 30 - October 8, 2020

Gold Coast Studios

Family-run business with a 24-hour maintenance crew, multiple stages and flexible space

Gold Coast International Film Festival

Taking place from October 13 - October 20, 2020. the festival showcases work and provides annual resources to producers

Hamptons International Film Festival

Founded in 1992, celebrates the art of film each October

North Fork TV Festival

Founded in 2015, the festival celebrates the future of independent scripted television

Firms react, mobilize after report citing growth of LI pharma industry

Long Island’s Silent Pharmaceutical Industry Boom

Industry Cluster Maps

Aerospace

Food Manufacturing

Pharmaceutical & Bio Technology

Case Studies

Canon U.S.A Inc

52-acre campus, "One Canon Park" is the Canon corporate office on Long Island overseeing the company's North, Central and South America operations

Northwell Health

Northwell Health is the 14th largest health system in the U.S. and the largest in New York

Estée Lauder

Estée Lauder chose Long Island for its new $14.5 million engineering center to complement the already successful regional factory and research laboratory

1-800 Flowers

Dating to 1976, Long Island is home to the multi-brand 1-800 FLOWERS corporate headquarters

Fireworks by Grucci

Sixth generation owned and operated Long Island world-renowned company since 1850. Holders of the Guinness World Record for Largest Fireworks Display and Largest Pyrotechnic Image

Contract Pharmacal Corp.

CPC has 10 facilities in the Hauppauge Industrial Park, lending results of CPC manufacturing 10-11 billion dosage forms annually

Broadridge Financial

Beginning in a Long Island back bedroom, the company has grown to employ 10,000 providing solutions to nearly 90% of North American public companies & processing $6 trillion in securities daily

GSE Dynamics

When choosing between expanding down south or consolidating the company to Long Island, it was decided to invest in Long Island growth due to intangibles not available in other regions

Steel Equities

Eight years ago, the IDA granted Steel Equities a 40-year property tax deal when the developer agreed to buy a group of former Grumman buildings in Bethpage, make repairs to them, clean up the pollution and secure tenants.

Marchon Manufacturing

Marchon Eyewear, one of the largest manufacturers and distributors of eyewear in the world, has made Long Island its global headquarters since 1983

Success Story: Brookhaven National Laboratory

C-Suite Testimonials

“We have found that there’s a highly qualified, educated workforce that lives very close to our facility” – Seymour Liebman, EVP, Canon USA

C-Suite Testimonials

“Being located here has made it easier for us to do business because there are suppliers locally for labs, boxes, testing labs, everything we don’t do internally.” – Mark Wolf, President, CPC (Contract Pharmacal Corp.)

C-Suite Testimonials

"In the longer term, it will solidify Long Island's position as a leader in scientific research and attract nuclear researchers from all over the world to the facility, a credit positive for local governments in the area including Stony Brook University" - Moody's Investors Service

YOU'LL LOVE OUR LODGING, LOTS.

LIEDC e-newsletter

Why Long Island

Educated Workforce & Talent

Flourishing Industries

Proximity to New York City

Incentive & Service Opportunities

Premiere Quality of Life

Connective Transportation

Resources for Site Selectors

Who We Are

Industry Trends & Outlook

Relocation Services

Long Island Intelligence Report 2020

In the Media: Growth & Opportunity

Forward Industries moves from West Palm Beach to Long Island

LI's 'Tech Highway' gaining traction

Long Island Among Fastest Growing Tech Markets

The ATM, born on LI, celebrates 50 years

Bionic 'dragonfly' is World's Largest Robotic Insect

LI firm wins $12.7M contract for COVID test

Long Island cancer drug biotech firm filed for $10.7M offering on Nasdaq

NYIT opens $750,000 bioengineering lab

Stakeholders Unite To Support Pharma/Nutra’s Future

New medical testing lab opens in Long Beach

CHS gets approval for 2 cardiac catheterization labs

Long Island oyster farmers create oyster skin care line

Snack Foods Firm Expands in Hauppaugue

Fifth Annual Food Lab Conference Hosted by Stony Brook Southampton

Queens food service firm relocates to Port Washington

Long Island candy maker plans $5 million expansion

MTA: While other projects on hold, Third Track within budget and on schedule

Belmont Park Redevelopment Project

Nassau Hub Redevelopment Project

UBS Arena: Home of the NY Islanders

Aerospace Company To Open New Facility In Bohemia

Suffolk County rolls ahead with plans to introduce electric buses

LIRR major projects still on track

$1 Million Grant to Modernize MacArthur Airport Terminal

USA Today: MacArthur Airport (ISP) is America's sixth best small airport

Long Island MacArthur Airport, Islip's Connection to the World

Cuomo announces major Penn Station track expansion

New LIRR Station, FEIS Advance Belmont Arena Plan

Northwell donates COVID-19 vaccination items to Smithsonian

Leaders envision turning Brookhaven Lab into a Silicon Valley

Progress report on the Coronavirus pandemic

Brookhaven National Lab gets $115M for quantum computing center

DOE picks Brookhaven Lab for $1.6B research site

Feinstein Institutes awarded $11.3M subcontract for COVID-19 antibody research

East Hampton Green Lights 2 South Fork Wind Farm Agreements

State award will more than double the number of wind turbines planned for South Shore

Nassau Named Safest County In America

U.S. COVID-19 funding buoys Long Island companies

Hotel in Huntington's old town hall will be a Hampton Inn

U.S. Concrete Buys Long Island Sand Mine Company For $142M

Topgolf Announces First Venue To Open in New York State

Amazon plans 3rd Long Island warehouse, Nassau officials say

Downtown Patchogue named among 'Great Places in America' in national honor

Officials mark groundbreaking for Belmont arena project

Port Washington Film Studio

Wall Street East

Long Island has 41 scholars in Regeneron science competition

Governor Cuomo Announces $18 Million Initiative Initiative to Train Workers & Support Entrepreneurs

Baldwin native to graduate NASA

Governor Cuomo Announces $3.1 Million Awarded to Train More than 3,600 Workers

Create LI institute to train wind farm workers

Long Island Blue Ribbon Schools

Research for Expanding Business

Tourism Economics Visitor Impact Study

Opportunity Zone Program

Economic Impact Report

Diversity & Demographics

Core Industries

Brookhaven National Laboratory

Tesla Science Center

Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory

Brookhaven Lab chosen as site for multibillion-dollar collider

Nation-Leading Offshore Wind

Off Shore Wind

Off Shore Wind