Media Appraiser Kevin Kamen: Wrong Time For Cablevision To Charge For Free Newsday Web Content
February 27, 2009
(Baldwin, N.Y.) “Cablevision has just released a plan to soon begin charging for what is currently free content on their Newsday website. Shame on Cablevision! These are tough economic times for many residents on Long Island. Thousands are losing their homes and jobs, the government just passed a stimulus bill for close to $800 billion […]
Energy-Efficient Green Data Center on Display at Uptime Symposium
February 26, 2009
Future Tech Can Decrease Your Data Center Costs by More than 20 Percent
(Holbrook, N.Y.) Future Tech Enterprise, Inc. will be exhibiting an energy-efficient green data center at the Uptime Symposium on April 13-16, 2009 in New York City. This annual event brings together high-level industry stakeholders in corporate data, IT, finance, facilities, and real estate […]
Senate Passes Neighborhood Preservation Act
February 26, 2009
Protects Property Values and Neighborhood Safety from Fallout of Foreclosure Crisis
(Albany, N.Y.) Today Senator Jeff Klein’s bill, the Neighborhood Preservation Act, passed the NYS Senate with 47 members voting for the bill and 11 members voting against it. The legislation creates a standard of safety and habitability for bank owned homes which are foreclosed and […]
Senator Aubertine Appointed Chair of Legislative Commission on Rural Resources; Announces Plan for Upstate Economic Development
February 25, 2009
(Albany, NY) Today, Senate Majority Leader Malcolm A. Smith named Senator Darrel J. Aubertine (D-Cape Vincent) as Chair of the New York State Legislative Commission on Rural Resources. As the incoming Chair, Aubertine announced his plans to transform the commission into an engine for substantive public policy initiatives for which the primary function is the […]
Nicki Richards Hot Off Madonna’s Sticky & Sweet Tour Announces Brand New Release, Two Huge NYC Shows This Spring
February 25, 2009
(New York, N.Y.) Nicki Richards is many things: a singer, songwriter, producer, arranger and performer whose long-awaited new album is simply titled “Nicki” - 17 songs for the 17 years she’s been away since her 1991 debut, “Naked (To the World)”. Over the past decade, Nicki has made a name for herself as an in-demand […]
Dean “Irish Lightning” Byrne Makes NYC Debut in “Erin Go Brawl II”
February 24, 2009
St. Patrick’s Day Eve, Monday Night, Mar. 16, WaMu Theater in Madison Square Garden
Sean Mannion to be honored for 25th anniversary of world title fight at MSG
(New York, N.Y.) The latest boxing sensation in a long, growing line of Irish boxers who’ve emigrated to the United States is unbeaten light welterweight Dean “Irish Lightning” Byrne, who […]
Panera Bread’s “Operation Dough-Nation” Nets $35,000 For Island Harvest
February 24, 2009
(Mineola, N.Y.) Not only do area Panera Bread bakery-cafes donate surplus food to Island Harvest, but its patrons share in the spirit of giving as well.
As part of its “Operation Dough-nation” program, Panera Bread recently presented Island Harvest, Long Island’s largest hunger relief organization, with a check for $35,000. Contributed by Panera customers, these funds […]
Figueroa Growing With RJ & Square Ring
February 23, 2009
(New York, N.Y.) NABF light welterweight champion Frankie “El Gato” Figueroa (20-2, 13 KOs), halfway through his five-week training program at the famed Mike Boyle Strength and Conditioning in Winchester, Massachusetts, took some time between workouts to talk about his new promoter, Square Ring Promotions, and how his career has taken a major step up […]
New York State Senate Finance Committee Releases the Economic & Revenue Forecast SFY 2009-10
February 23, 2009
(Albany, NY) Today, State Senate Majority Leader Malcolm A. Smith and Senate Finance Committee Chair Carl Kruger announced the release of the Senate Finance Committee’s annual Economic and Revenue Forecast for SFY 2009-10, a perspective on the performance of the national and State economies through the end of calendar year 2010. The report is released […]
Lee & McCullough Lead Irish Boxers Into “Erin Go Brawl II”
February 23, 2009
St. Patrick’s Day Eve, Monday Night, Mar. 16, WaMu Theater in Madison Square Garden
(New York, N.Y.) Many of the leading Irish and Irish-American boxers in the world will gather St. Patrick’s Day Eve (Monday, March 16), including 2004 Olympian Andy Lee and former WBC bantamweight champion Wayne “Pocket Rocket” McCullough, to fight on the “Erin Go […]
