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Justin E. Driscoll Discusses the Workings and Goals of the New York Power Authority at LIMBA

On Friday, May 12, New York Power Authority (NYPA) Acting President and CEO Justin E. Driscoll will talk about the Power Authority’s priorities, operations and its future goals at LIMBA (Long Island Metro Business Action). This event will take place at the Candlelight Diner, 56 Veterans Memorial Highway in Commack, starting at 8:30 a.m.    

Some of the topics to be discussed will include NYPA’s role in building a clean and robust electric grid of the future in New York, including upgrading much-needed transmission across the state, the Power Authority’s priorities in advancing the Governor’s clean energy targets, and the importance of building infrastructure that can support the electrification of transportation.

As the Acting President and CEO of the nation’s largest state-owned electric utility, Mr. Driscoll is responsible for developing and implementing the Power Authority’s strategic vision and mission, and for overseeing its operations, legal and financial matters, and relationships with external stakeholders. In addition, Mr. Driscoll oversees the operations of the New York State Canal System.

Mr. Driscoll supervises NYPA’s 16 generation facilities and more than 1,400 circuit-miles of high-voltage transmission, as well as its role as an energy efficiency project developer and energy supplier for its governmental customers, including New York City, the Metropolitan Transit Authority, the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, the New York City Housing Authority, state agencies and local governments.

Through Mr. Driscoll’s leadership, NYPA is helping the Hochul administration meet its nation-leading clean energy goals. To fully access New York’s growing renewable energy resources, he is guiding the most dramatic transformation of the state’s grid in more than 40 years by implementing large-scale transmission projects, such as Smart Path, Smart Path Connect, Clean Path New York and Central East Energy Connect. He is also overseeing NYPA’s priority to decarbonize its natural gas plants and 15 of the highest emitting state facilities.

Under Mr. Driscoll’s leadership, NYPA also launched ConnectALL, the largest-ever investment in New York’s digital infrastructure. Announced by the Governor in her State of the State address last year, NYPA leveraged existing transmission infrastructure to bring broadband internet to unserved and underserved communities.

Before joining the Power Authority, Mr. Driscoll served as an attorney representing Fortune 500 companies, governmental entities, and energy companies, in complex commercial litigation and regulatory matters.

He currently serves on several boards, including the Alliance to Save Energy, the New York State Energy Research and Development Authority, the GridWise Alliance, EPRI, New York City’s Urban Green Council and the World Resources Institute’s Global Energy Advisory.

Mr. Driscoll earned a bachelor’s degree from American University’s School of Public Affairs in Washington, D.C. and his law degree from New York Law School. He also attended New York University School of Law’s L.L.M. program in trade regulation.

For more information about upcoming LIMBA programs, visit https://limba.net/.

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About LIMBA

Since 1968, LIMBA (Long Island Metro Business Action) has been Long Island’s catalyst for economic investment and improvement, sponsoring lively breakfast forums featuring Long Island business activists and government officials. Its mission is to promote and address issues that affect the quality of life on Long Island. For more information, call (631) 757-1698 or visit www.limba.net.

 

Gershow Recycling Sponsors “Metal for Tesla” Fundraising Event

Collects 10,000 Pounds of Scrap; Proceeds to Support the Renovation of Tesla Science Center at Wardenclyffe  

Gershow Recycling sponsored and took part in “Metal for Tesla,” a scrap metal fundraising event, which was held at the Tesla Science Center at Wardenclyffe (TSCW) in Shoreham on Earth Day, April 22. As part of the fundraiser, Gershow provided the use of a container and collected 10,000 pounds of scrap metal, which wound up being recycled and kept out of landfills. Proceeds will go to support renovations at Wardenclyffe, the last remaining laboratory of famed inventor Nikola Tesla. In addition to its sponsorship and participation, Gershow handed out recycling educational activity books to children in attendance, as well as T-shirts, refrigerator magnets, and reusable shopping bags.

Since 2013, Gershow has provided the use of its scrap metal containers for the TSCW as part of its efforts to help the non-profit organization fund the renovation of Wardenclyffe. Plans for the property include a visitor center, a museum, science and education center, business accelerator and entrepreneur center, and the rehabilitation and preservation of Tesla’s iconic lab. A groundbreaking is scheduled for April 27 from 1 p.m. to 3 p.m.

Gershow has nine locations in Brooklyn, New Hyde Park, Valley Stream, Freeport, Lindenhurst, Huntington Station, Bay Shore, Medford and Riverhead. For more information, call (631) 289-6188 or visit www.gershow.com/.

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Started in 1964 by Sam Gershowitz, Gershow Recycling began as a two man operation with a tractor and trailer, a boom truck and the first portable car flattener. Now with the second generation carrying on the legacy, Gershow generates over 750 jobs, contributing millions of dollars to the local economy, while helping to preserve Long Island’s environment. Gershow Recycling takes aluminum, brass, copper, steel, cast iron, appliances, cars and vehicles. In keeping with its philosophy of “Conserving the Future by Recycling the Past,” Gershow Recycling purchases scrap metal that would have otherwise wound up in local landfills, and turns them into high-quality scrap products for recycling. The company produces both ferrous and non-ferrous products.

Newton Shows Partners with Merrick Chamber of Commerce to Present Annual Kids Fest Carnival

Once again, Newton Shows is partnering with the Merrick Chamber of Commerce to present its annual Kids Fest community carnival at the Merrick LIRR station from Friday to Sunday, April 28-30.

Every year, the Kids Fest carnival helps raise money to provide scholarships to students with special needs from the three high schools in the Bellmore-Merrick School District.

“We are thrilled to have Newton Shows and the Merrick Chamber working together to make it one of the finest carnivals on Long Island,” said Ira Reiter, President, Merrick Chamber of Commerce. “The people rave about everything we do here. The people come back year after year because of the professionalism of Newton Shows’ staff and its workers.”

The complete dates and times for the event are as follows:

  • Friday, April 28 from 6 p.m. to 10:30 p.m.
  • Saturday, April 29 from 11 a.m. to 10:30 p.m.
  • Sunday, April 30 from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m.

The Annual Kids Fest will feature a variety of rides guaranteed to deliver thrills, chills and excitement to the entire family. Among the rides that will be there include the Giant “Expo Wheel,” Super Shot, Zipper and Puppy Roll. In addition, there will be a children’s magic and illusion show Saturday and Sunday at noon, 2 p.m. and 4 p.m. The carnival will also feature games and food.

The carnival will be held at the Merrick LIRR station, located at 1811 Sunrise Highway in Merrick. Parking and admission are free. Advance tickets, including pay-one-price bracelets, can be purchased at newtonshows.com.

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About Newton Shows

Newton Shows is the premier family-owned and operated carnival company on Long Island. Since the company’s founder bought his first ferris wheel over 72 years ago as a fun way to make money to support his growing family, the Newton family has been honored to serve Nassau, Suffolk, Queens, and parts of Westchester County. Over the years, Newton Shows has helped raise much needed dollars for our non-profit “Partners in Fun” program and supplied unrivaled entertainment for its Corporate “Partners in Fun.” For more information on Newton Shows, call (631) 499-6824 or visit newtonshows.com.

Suffolk OTB President and CEO Phil Boyle Discusses “What the Future of Jake’s 58 Means for Long Island Businesses, Tourism, and Taxpayers” at LIMBA

On April 28, Phil Boyle, former NYS Senator and currently President and CEO of Jake’s 58, will be the guest speaker at the LIMBA (Long Island Metro Business Action) meeting to discuss the topic “What the Future of Jake’s 58 Means for Long Island Businesses, Tourism, and Taxpayers.” This event will take place from 8:30 a.m. until 10:00 a.m. at “Bistro 58” at Jake’s 58 Casino Hotel, 3635 Express Drive North in Islandia.

Before joining Suffolk Regional OTB, Mr. Boyle served for 26 years as a Member of the New York State Legislature — 16 years as a state Assemblymember and 10 years as a state Senator. Prior to his tenure in Albany, he served as a senior congressional staff member in Washington, D.C. for five years, including time as Chief of Staff for former Long Island Congressman Rick Lazio.

From 2014 to 2018, Mr. Boyle served as Chairman of the State Senate Committee on Commerce, Economic Development, & Small Business. As Chair, he worked to ensure that the voice of business was being heard in Albany and was committed to finding ways to make New York more business-friendly. During his tenure as a state legislator, Mr. Boyle was a leader on such diverse issues as advancing the use of forensic crime-fighting technologies, combating the heroin and opioid epidemics and protecting animals from abuse, among many others.

Mr. Boyle earned his undergraduate degree in Political Science from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, his law degree from Albany Law School of Union University and his Master’s degree in Public Administration from the State University of New York at Albany.

Registration is $35. For more information about upcoming LIMBA programs, visit https://limba.net/.

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About LIMBA

Since 1968, LIMBA (Long Island Metro Business Action) has been Long Island’s catalyst for economic investment and improvement, sponsoring lively breakfast forums featuring Long Island business activists and government officials. Its mission is to promote and address issues that affect the quality of life on Long Island. For more information, call (631) 757-1698 or visit www.limba.net.

FIRST Long Island Announces Award Winners from the 2023 FIRST Robotics Competition Long Island Regional #2

FIRST (For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology) Long Island presented its 2023 Long Island Regional #2 on March 24-25 at Hofstra University’s David S. Mack Sports and Exhibition Complex in Hempstead. Forty-seven teams from Long Island, New York City, upstate New York, Chinese Taipei, the Dominican Republic, the United Kingdom and India took part in the two-day FIRST® Robotics Competition. This event culminated with awards and honors for areas such as design excellence, competitive play, sportsmanship and high-impact partnerships among schools, businesses and communities.

The winner of the 2023 Long Island Regional #2 was the three-team alliance made up of “StuyPulse” (Team #694) from Stuyvesant High School in New York City, “TEAM R.I.C.E.” (Team #870) from Southold Jr. Sr. High School and “The PSIcotics” (Team #533) from Lindenhurst High School. “RoboTigers” (Team #1796) from Queens Technical High School took home the coveted FIRST Impact Award, which is the event’s most prestigious award. It recognizes the team that best embodies the goals and purpose of FIRST and that best represents a model for other teams to emulate. “Regal Eagles” (Team #2869) from Bethpage High School won the Regional Engineering Inspiration Award. These teams are now eligible to compete at the 2023 FIRST Championship presented by BAE Systems at the George R. Brown Convention Center in Houston, Texas from April 19-22.

Tia Singh, Team Mentor, Team #1796 “RoboTigers” from Queens Technical High School, was named a Finalist for the Woodie Flowers Award. Winners of the Dean’s List Finalist Award were Kali Nilsen of Team #533 “The PSIcotics” from Lindenhurst High School and Laura Lerebours of Team #3624 “Thundercolts” of Half Hollow Hills High School West & Half Hollow Hills High School East in Dix Hills.

“This was one of the best Long Island Regionals we’ve experienced,” says Bertram Dittmar, Executive Director, FIRST Long Island. “All participating teams demonstrated tremendous teamwork, gracious professionalism™ and critical thinking. The fun and excitement of the competition was evident as many students and mentors got caught up in the spirit of the event. Participants, volunteers, and sponsors had the opportunity to experience the beauty of engineering and technology combined with the excitement of a competitive event.”

As a FIRST® Robotics Competition, the Long Island Regional featured teams of high school-aged students from across Long Island, the New York metropolitan area and even around the world competing in a cooperative tournament-style robotics competition. Guided by their mentors, students rely on their skills in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) to compete for honors and recognition that reward design excellence, competitive play and sportsmanship. This high-energy event further emphasizes the importance of high-impact partnerships between students, universities, businesses, and communities.

This year’s competition was dubbed CHARGED UPSM Presented by Haas, in which two alliances are invited to process game pieces to bring energy to their community. The alliances do this by retrieving their game pieces from substations and placing them into the grid. Human players provide the game pieces to the robots from the substations. In the last moments of each match, alliance robots race to dock or engage with their charge station.

The Full List of Winners of the 2023 FIRST Long Island Regional #2 Awards Include:

AWARD

TEAM #

TEAM NAME

SCHOOL/TOWN

Imagery Award in honor of Jack Kamen

3624

ThunderColts

Half Hollow Hills High Schools West & East/Dix Hills

Innovation in Control Award

870

TEAM R.I.C.E.

Southold Jr. Sr. High School/
Southold

Autonomous Award sponsored by Ford

594

StuyPulse

Stuyvesant High School/New York, NY

Quality Award

871

Robotechs

West Islip High School/West Islip

Gracious Professionalism Award

263

Aftershock

Sachem High Schools North and East/Ronkonkoma

Team Spirit Award

564

Longwood Robotics

Longwood High School/
Middle Island

Team Sustainability Award

353

POBots

Plainview-Old Bethpage JFK High School/Plainview

Highest Rookie Seed ***

9016

Syosset Braves Robotics

Syosset High School/Syosset

Rookie Inspiration Award ***

9016

Syosset Braves Robotics

Syosset High School/Syosset

Rookie All Star Award ***

9184

Zeta

Sevenoaks School/
Sevenoaks, UK

Industrial Design Award sponsored by General Motors

1468

Hicksville J-Birds

Hicksville High School/
Hicksville

Judges’ Award

1880

Warriors of East Harlem

East Harlem Tutorial Program/New York, NY

Regional Finalist #1

329

Mohawks

Patchogue-Medford High School/Medford

Regional Finalist #2

5736

Kingsmen Robotics

Kings Park High School/
Kings Park

Regional Finalist #3

5099

Northport Robotics

Northport High School/
Northport

Regional Winner #1**

694

StuyPulse

Stuyvesant High School/New York, NY

Regional Winner #2**

870

TEAM R.I.C.E.

Southold High School/
Southold

Regional Winner #3**

533

The PSIcotics

Lindenhurst High School/
Lindenhurst

Regional Engineering Inspiration Award**

2869

Regal Eagles

Bethpage High School/
Bethpage

Regional FIRST Impact

Award*  **

1796

RoboTigers

Queens Technical High School/Queens, NY

* The FIRST Impact Award is the most prestigious award of the event and recognizes the team that embodies the goals and purpose of FIRST and best represents a model for other teams to emulate.

** These teams are eligible to participate in the 2023 FIRST® Championship presented by BAE Systems at either the George R. Brown Convention Center in Houston, Texas on April 19-22.

*** Denotes a rookie team.

Please Note: Photos of all Award Winners and Advancing Teams are available upon request.

For more information on FIRST Long Island, please visit www.firstlongisland.org.

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About FIRST® 

Accomplished inventor Dean Kamen founded FIRST® (For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology) in 1989 to inspire an appreciation of science and technology in young people. Based in Manchester, N.H., FIRST designs accessible, innovative programs to build self-confidence, knowledge, and life skills while motivating young people to pursue opportunities in science, technology, and engineering. With support from over 200 of the Fortune 500 companies and more than $30 million in college scholarships, the not-for-profit organization hosts the FIRST® Robotics Competition for students in Grades 9-12; FIRST® Tech Challenge for Grades 7-12; FIRST® LEGO® League for Grades 4-8; and FIRST® LEGO® League Jr. for Grades K-4. Gracious Professionalism® is a way of doing things that encourages high-quality work, emphasizes the value of others, and respects individuals and the community. To learn more about FIRST®, go to www.firstinspires.org.

About FIRST® Long Island
FIRST® (For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology) Long Island is a fully volunteer-run 501(c)(3) non-profit organization with the goal to enable students to find their passion, while preparing them for the challenges facing the 21st-century workforce.

FIRST Long Island evolved from School-Business Partnerships of Long Island (SBPLI). In 1984, Frederick Breithut had the vision and foresight to recognize the need to develop partnerships between local high schools and businesses. His goal was to provide students with practical experience and curriculum development, while helping the business community develop its future workforce, which resulted in the formation of over 100 partnerships. To further this mission, in 1999, SBPLI partnered with FIRST to administer and bring FIRST Robotics Competition (FRC) to Long Island. The Long Island robotics program featured just eight FRC high school teams culminating in the inaugural FRC Regional event. Since then, the FRC Long Island Regional has grown to two events with over 80 teams consisting of over 2,000 students competing each year. FIRST Long Island also hosts the FIRST LEGO League programs, in which over 2,000 elementary and middle school students from Nassau and Suffolk Counties take part each year. In 2016, the FIRST Tech Challenge was added to its roster of programs, roughly impacting another 500 students on Long Island.

Now doing business as FIRST Long Island, the organization seeks to expand its impact by strengthening relationships with students, volunteers, and sponsors while helping to connect students and alumni to internship and job opportunities. FIRST Long Island continues to use robots as the vehicle to “build students“ and prepare them for the future.

For more information about the programs, find out about volunteering, or to learn how to become a sponsor, visit www.firstlongisland.org.

FIRST Long Island Announces Award Winners from the 2023 FIRST Robotics Competition Long Island Regional #1

FIRST (For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology) Long Island presented its 2023 Long Island Regional #1 on March 21-22 at Hofstra University’s David S. Mack Sports and Exhibition Complex in Hempstead. Forty-five teams from Long Island, upstate New York, Chinese Taipei, India and Turkey took part in the three-day FIRST® Robotics Competition. This event culminated with awards and honors for areas such as design excellence, competitive play, sportsmanship and high-impact partnerships among schools, businesses and communities.

The winner of the 2023 Long Island Regional #1 was the three-team alliance made up of “Ranger Robotics” (Team #3015) from Spencerport (NY) High School, “Hicksville J-Birds” (Team #1468) from Hicksville High School and “CyberHawks” (Team #2875) from Cold Spring Harbor High School. “Pierson Whalers” (Team #28) from Pierson Middle/High School in Sag Harbor took home the coveted FIRST Impact Award, which is the event’s most prestigious award. It recognizes the team that best embodies the goals and purpose of FIRST and that best represents a model for other teams to emulate. “Rebel Robotics” (Team #2638) from Great Neck South High School won the Regional Engineering Inspiration Award. These teams are now eligible to compete at the 2023 FIRST Championship presented by BAE Systems at the George R. Brown Convention Center in Houston, Texas from April 19-22.

Ellen Kressner, Team Mentor, Team #2638 “Rebel Robotics” from Great Neck South High School, was named a Finalist for the Woodie Flowers Award. Winners of the Dean’s List Finalist Award were Shaan Merchant of Team #2638 “Rebel Robotics” from Great Neck South High School and Abigail Brennan of Team #810 “The Mechanical Bulls” of Smithtown High School.

“This was one of the best Long Island Regionals we’ve experienced,” says Bertram Dittmar, Executive Director, FIRST Long Island. “All participating teams demonstrated tremendous teamwork, gracious professionalism™ and critical thinking. The fun and excitement of the competition was evident as many students and mentors got caught up in the spirit of the event. Participants, volunteers, and sponsors had the opportunity to experience the beauty of engineering and technology combined with the excitement of a competitive event.”

As a FIRST® Robotics Competition, the Long Island Regional featured teams of high school-aged students from across Long Island, the New York metropolitan area and even around the world competing in a cooperative tournament-style robotics competition. Guided by their mentors, students rely on their skills in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) to compete for honors and recognition that reward design excellence, competitive play and sportsmanship. This high-energy event further emphasizes the importance of high-impact partnerships between students, universities, businesses, and communities.

This year’s competition was dubbed CHARGED UPSM Presented by Haas, in which two alliances are invited to process game pieces to bring energy to their community. The alliances do this by retrieving their game pieces from substations and placing them into the grid. Human players provide the game pieces to the robots from the substations. In the last moments of each match, alliance robots race to dock or engage with their charge station.

The Full List of Winners of the 2023 SBPLI Long Island Regional #1 Awards Include:

AWARD

TEAM #

TEAM NAME

SCHOOL/TOWN

Imagery Award in honor of Jack Kamen

5659

Team Supreme

Bridgehampton School/
Bridgehampton

Innovation in Control Award

329

Mohawks

Patchogue Medford Sr. High School/Medford

Creativity Award sponsored by Rockwell Automation

5736

Kingsmen Robotics

Kings Park High School/
Kings Park

Excellence in Engineering Award

3015

Ranger Robotics

Spencerport High School/
Spencerport, NY

Autonomous Award sponsored by Ford

7539

Elev8

Dhirubhai Ambani International School/Mumbai, India

Quality Award

2872

CyberCats

Wheatley School/Old Westbury

Gracious Professionalism Award

2869

Regal Eagles

Bethpage High School/
Bethpage

Team Spirit Award

2265

Fe Maidens

Bronx High School of Science/Bronx

Team Sustainability Award

4122

Ossining O-Bots

Ossining High School/Ossining, NY

Rookie All Star Award ***

9016

Syosset Braves Robotics

Syosset High School/Syosset

Industrial Design Award sponsored by General Motors

7636

Robomania

National Experimental High School at Central Taiwan Science Park/Taichung City, Taiwan

Wildcard

9016

Syosset Braves Robotics ***

Syosset High School/
Syosset

Judges’ Award

870

TEAM R.I.C.E.

Southold Jr. Sr. High School/Southold

Regional Finalist #1

2872

CyberCats

Wheatley School/Old Westbury

Regional Finalist #2

870

TEAM R.I.C.E.

Southold Jr. Sr. High School/Southold

Regional Finalist #3

334

TechKnights

Brooklyn Technical High School/Brooklyn

Regional Winner #1**

3015

Ranger Robotics

Spencerport High School/Spencerport, NY

Regional Winner #2**

1468

Hicksville J-Birds

Hicksville High School/
Hicksville

Regional Winner #3**

2875

CyberHawks

Cold Spring Harbor Jr. Sr. HS/Cold Spring Harbor

Regional Engineering Inspiration Award**

2638

Rebel Robotics

Great Neck South High School/Great Neck

Regional FIRST Impact

Award* **

28

Pierson Whalers

Pierson Middle High School/Sag Harbor

* The FIRST Impact Award is the most prestigious award of the event and recognizes the team that embodies the goals and purpose of FIRST and best represents a model for other teams to emulate.

** These teams are eligible to participate in the 2023 FIRST® Championship presented by BAE Systems at either the George R. Brown Convention Center in Houston, Texas on April 19-22.

*** Denotes a rookie team.

Please Note: Photos of all Award Winners and Advancing Teams are available upon request.

For more information on FIRST Long Island, please visit www.firstlongisland.org.

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About FIRST® 

Accomplished inventor Dean Kamen founded FIRST® (For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology) in 1989 to inspire an appreciation of science and technology in young people. Based in Manchester, N.H., FIRST designs accessible, innovative programs to build self-confidence, knowledge, and life skills while motivating young people to pursue opportunities in science, technology, and engineering. With support from over 200 of the Fortune 500 companies and more than $30 million in college scholarships, the not-for-profit organization hosts the FIRST® Robotics Competition for students in Grades 9-12; FIRST® Tech Challenge for Grades 7-12; FIRST® LEGO® League for Grades 4-8; and FIRST® LEGO® League Jr. for Grades K-4. Gracious Professionalism® is a way of doing things that encourages high-quality work, emphasizes the value of others, and respects individuals and the community. To learn more about FIRST®, go to www.firstinspires.org.

About FIRST® Long Island
FIRST® (For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology) Long Island is a fully volunteer-run 501(c)(3) non-profit organization with the goal to enable students to find their passion, while preparing them for the challenges facing the 21st-century workforce.

FIRST Long Island evolved from School-Business Partnerships of Long Island (SBPLI). In 1984, Frederick Breithut had the vision and foresight to recognize the need to develop partnerships between local high schools and businesses. His goal was to provide students with practical experience and curriculum development, while helping the business community develop its future workforce, which resulted in the formation of over 100 partnerships. To further this mission, in 1999, SBPLI partnered with FIRST to administer and bring FIRST Robotics Competition (FRC) to Long Island. The Long Island robotics program featured just eight FRC high school teams culminating in the inaugural FRC Regional event. Since then, the FRC Long Island Regional has grown to two events with over 80 teams consisting of over 2,000 students competing each year. FIRST Long Island also hosts the FIRST LEGO League programs, in which over 2,000 elementary and middle school students from Nassau and Suffolk Counties take part each year. In 2016, the FIRST Tech Challenge was added to its roster of programs, roughly impacting another 500 students on Long Island.

Now doing business as FIRST Long Island, the organization seeks to expand its impact by strengthening relationships with students, volunteers, and sponsors while helping to connect students and alumni to internship and job opportunities. FIRST Long Island continues to use robots as the vehicle to “build students“ and prepare them for the future.

For more information about the programs, find out about volunteering, or to learn how to become a sponsor, visit www.firstlongisland.org.

Brian A. Cohen, DTM Discusses “Does Long Island Need a Dragstrip?” at LIMBA

On March 31, Brian Cohen, DTM, Public Relations/Media Specialist and Announcer for Racetrack Not Street and Team Member of Long Island Needs a Dragstrip, will be speaking on the topic “Does Long Island Need a Dragstrip?” This event will take place at the Candlelight Diner, 56 Veterans Memorial Highway in Commack, starting at 8:30 a.m.

Mr. Cohen was first introduced to Long Island Needs a Dragstrip in 2019. It began as a panel discussion for JVC Broadcasting’s LI News Radio business networking event and has since grown immensely.

In 2021, temporary approval was given by the Town of Riverhead for an NHRA-sanctioned racetrack located at the Grumman facility through Racetrack Not Street. Licensed drivers from seven to over 70 years old have taken to the dragstrip in classic cars and showroom vehicles. This year marks the third year of the dragstrip’s existence. Mr. Cohen will speak on the importance of making this temporary dragstrip permanent, and how Long Island will benefit from it, in terms of the economy, the workforce, and tourism.

In addition, he has hosted television and radio shows, including Strategies of Success and Comedy to Go Inc., and was an executive producer for “Live It Up with Donna Drake.” He has successfully demonstrated his communication and verbal skills through sales, stand-up comedy, and speaking at high schools for Career Day events.

He also is a board member of ECNY Foundation and a founder of Strategies of Success. He is currently an emcee and co-facilitator for the Long Island Crohn’s and Colitis Foundation and Vice President of the Stony Brook Toastmasters Club and the Brookhaven Business Advisory Council.

For more information about upcoming LIMBA programs, visit https://limba.net/.

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About LIMBA

Since 1968, LIMBA (Long Island Metro Business Action) has been Long Island’s catalyst for economic investment and improvement, sponsoring lively breakfast forums featuring Long Island business activists and government officials. Its mission is to promote and address issues that affect the quality of life on Long Island. For more information, call (631) 757-1698 or visit www.limba.net.

Gershow Recycling Supports Newfield High School’s Production of “Footloose”

In support of the local community, Gershow Recycling donated the use of auto parts to the Newfield High School Drama Club for its production of “Footloose,” which will take place on March 24-25. Gershow provided the club with rims, tires, headlights and grilles for the scenes that take place behind the local gas station.

Gershow has nine locations in Brooklyn, New Hyde Park, Valley Stream, Freeport, Lindenhurst, Huntington Station, Bay Shore, Medford and Riverhead. For more information, call (631) 289-6188 or visit www.gershow.com.

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Started in 1964 by Sam Gershowitz, Gershow Recycling began as a two man operation with a tractor and trailer, a boom truck and the first portable car flattener. Now with the second generation carrying on the legacy, Gershow generates over 750 jobs, contributing millions of dollars to the local economy, while helping to preserve Long Island’s environment. Gershow Recycling takes aluminum, brass, copper, steel, cast iron, appliances, cars and vehicles. In keeping with its philosophy of “Conserving the Future by Recycling the Past,” Gershow Recycling purchases scrap metal that would have otherwise wound up in local landfills, and turns them into high-quality scrap products for recycling. The company produces both ferrous and non-ferrous products.

FIRST Long Island Regional FIRST® Robotics Competition To Be Held For 24th Consecutive Year

Ninety-Three Teams from Long Island, the U.S. and the World to Compete at Hofstra University for CHARGED UPSM Presented by Haas

Area students are charged up for the 24th annual FIRST Long Island Regional FIRST® Robotics Competition, which will be held in a double-header style, with tournaments March 21 to 22 and March 24 to 25 at Hofstra University’s David S. Mack Sports and Exhibition Complex. Presented by FIRST Long Island, these back-to-back regionals feature 93 teams from across Long Island, New York State, the United States and around the world. These students, aged 14 to 18, utilize 120-pound robots to compete in alliance-style tournament rounds under this year’s challenge, dubbed CHARGED UPSM Presented by Haas. Long Island residents are encouraged to attend to support these local high school students.

The FIRST Long Island Regionals feature teams of high school-aged students competing in a cooperative tournament-style robotics competition. Guided by their mentors, students rely on their skills in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) to compete for honors and recognition that reward design excellence, competitive play and sportsmanship. This high-energy event further emphasizes the importance of high-impact partnerships between students, universities, businesses and communities.

In CHARGED UPSM Presented by Haas, two alliances are invited to process game pieces to bring energy to their community. The alliances do this by retrieving their game pieces from substations and placing them into the grid. Human players provide the game pieces to the robots from the substations. In the last moments of each match, alliance robots race to dock or engage with their charge station.

Each match begins with a 15-second autonomous period, during which time alliance robots operate only on pre-programmed instructions to score points by leaving their communities, retrieving and scoring game pieces onto the grid and docking on or engaging with their charge stations. In the final two minutes and 15 seconds of the match, drivers take control of the robots and score points by continuing to retrieve and score their game pieces onto the grid and docking on or engaging with their charge stations. The alliance with the highest score at the end of the match wins.

This year marks the 24th season of the FIRST Robotics Competition on Long Island by FIRST Long Island’s late Founder Fred Breithut, using his vision for the students of Long Island and the innovative program developed through FIRST. Mr. Breithut, a former educator, founded FIRST Long Island in 1984 to address the gap between the skills needed by Long Island’s business community and the relevant preparation provided by local school districts. In the first 15 years of its operation, FIRST Long Island formed over 100 successful partnerships between high schools and local businesses.

In 2000, the inaugural FIRST Long Island Regional FIRST Robotics Competition was held under a tent at Suffolk Community College’s Ammerman Campus in Selden, with 23 teams participating; it was the first-ever Regional FIRST Robotics Competition held in New York State. Since then, FIRST Robotics Competition on Long Island has grown tremendously. In 2018, FIRST Long Island hosted 78 teams, requiring two, rather than one, Regional events. In 2019, the Long Island Regional hosted 85 teams, with 17 competing from foreign countries—the most in the Regional’s history at that time.

The presenting co-sponsor of this year’s competition is Zebra Technologies, a technology development company that provides industry-tailored, end-to-end technological solutions for retail/ecommerce, manufacturing, transportation and logistics, healthcare and other industries. FESTO Corporation has also announced that, once again, it is sponsoring the competition, as the company has done since the initial FIRST Robotics Competition Long Island Regional took place two decades ago.

The event is free to the public. Those in attendance are encouraged to cheer on their home teams, visit the teams’ pit areas to see firsthand how these students are able to program, repair and operate their robots. Visitors can also meet with FIRST Long Island representatives, who can explain to them the different tournaments the organization presents and how one can form a team.

“The FIRST Long Island Regional is an amazing way for students to showcase their talents in the STEM fields,” says Larry Toonkel, Co-Director, FIRST Robotics Competition, FIRST Long Island. “We are very excited to see what all our Long Island teams bring to the table, and to host teams from across the state, the country and even the world at our tournaments.”

“We are certain that these dual events will provide an even greater level of exhilaration for participating teams and give our local teams an added opportunity to advance to the Championships,” adds Bertram Dittmar, Executive Director, FIRST Long Island. “With an increasing number of Long Island FIRST Robotics Competition teams joining each year, we plan to continue to double the events in our region. But, in order to accomplish this goal, we’ll need the continued support of our valued schools, families, volunteers and donors.”

FIRST Long Island is the title sponsor of the FIRST Long Island Regional FIRST Robotics Competition.

Captain of Innovation-level sponsors include Zebra Technologies, Optimum, Farmingdale State College School of Engineering Technology, FESTO Corporation, PMMI, PSEG, Hofstra University, Long Island University (LIU Post), Northrop Grumman, Canon USA, Investors Bank, School Construction Consultants, Schenck USA, SCOPE Education Services, STERI Technologies, Stony Brook University, Telephonics Corporation.

Friends of the Future-level sponsors include accessLinx, Inc.; Brookhaven Science Associates; Cradle of Aviation; The Dittmar Family; Engineers Joint Committee of Long Island (EJCLI); IEEE-Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers; The Stern Family.

The list of teams participating in the 2023 FIRST Long Island Regional FIRST Robotics Competition #1 (March 21-22), is as follows:

Team No.

Team Name

School/Organization

Hometown

28

Pierson Whalers

Pierson Middle/High School

Sag Harbor

329

Mohawks

Patchogue Medford Senior High School

Medford

333

MEGALODONS

John Dewey High School

Brooklyn, NY

334

TechKnights

Brooklyn Technical High School

Brooklyn, NY

369

High Voltage Robotics

Tech High School

Brooklyn, NY

496

Royals

Earl Vandermeulen High School

Port Jefferson

527

Red Dragons

Plainedge High School

Massapequa

545

ROBO-DAWGS

Island Trees High School

Levittown

569

Rambots 569

East Meadow Kiwanis & Home School

Westbury

810

The Mechanical Bulls

Smithtown High School (East & West)

Smithtown

870

TEAM R.I.C.E

Southold High School (Junior & Senior)

Southold

1155

SciBorgs

Bronx High School of Science

Bronx, NY

1468

Hicksville J-Birds

Hicksville High School

Hicksville

1546

Chaos, Inc.

Baldwin Senior High School

Baldwin

2027

Robotic Dragons

Westbury High School

Old Westbury

2161

Robocats

Walt Whitman High School

Huntington Station

2265

Fe Maidens

Bronx High School of Science

Bronx, NY

2347

Trial and Error

Walter G O’Connell Copiague High School

Copiague

2638

Rebel Robotics

Great Neck South High School

Great Neck

2869

Regal Eagles

Bethpage High School

Bethpage

2872

CyberCats

Wheatley School

Old Westbury

2875

CyberHawks

Cold Spring Harbor High School (Junior & Senior)

Cold Spring Harbor

3015

Ranger Robotics

Spencerport High School

Spencerport

3137

T-Birds

Connetquot Senior High School

Bohemia

3171

HURRICANES

Westhampton Beach High School

Westhampton Beach

3950

RoboGym Robotics

North Shore High School

Glen Head

4122

Ossining O-Bots

Ossining High School

Ossining

4458

Infernobotix

Center Moriches High School

Center Moriches

5016

Huntington Robotics

Huntington High School

Huntington

5959

Team Supreme

Bridgehampton School

Bridgehampton

5736

Kingsman Robotics

Kings Park High School

Kings Park

6401

8-bit RAMs

Clarkstown North High School

New City, NY

6423

Ward Melville Iron Patriots

Ward Melville Senior High School

East Setauket

6593

HyperDrive Robotics

Richmond Hill High School

Richmond Hill

6969

Cyborgs6969

Clarkstown South High School

West Nyack

7004

Ossining Owls

Ossining High School

Ossining

7497

MARAHO

Taipei Municipal ChengGong Senior High School

Taipei, TPE

7636

Robomania

National Experimental High School at Central Taiwan Science Park

Daya Dist., TXG

7673

Formosan Sika

Heng Yee Catholic High School

New Taipei City, NWT

7759

Bulldog Bytes

Irvington High School

Irvington

8267

Riptide Robotics 8267

Long Beach High School

Long Beach

8595

This Is How We Play

New Taipei City Ger-Jyh

New Taipei City, NWT

8760

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Syosset Braves Robotics

Syosset High School

Syosset

The list of teams participating in the 2023 FIRST Long Island Regional FIRST Robotics Competition #2 (March 24-25), is as follows:

Team No.

Team Name

School/Organization

Hometown

263

Aftershock

Sachem High School (North & East)

Ronkonkoma

271

Mechanical Marauders

Bay Shore Senior High School

Bay Shore

287

Floyd Robotics

William Floyd High School

Mastic Beach

329

Mohawks

Patchogue-Medford High School

Medford

353

POBots

John F Kennedy High School

Plainview

358

Robotic Eagles

Hauppauge High School

Hauppague

514

Entropy

Miller Place High School

Miller Place

527

Red Dragons

Plainedge Senior High School

Massapequa

533

The PSIcotics

Lindenhurst Senior High School

Lindenhurst

564

Longwood Robotics

Longwood High School

Middle Island

601

BayBots

Hampton Bays High School

Hampton Bays

694

StuyPulse

Stuyvesant High School

New York, NY

806

The Brooklyn Blacksmiths

Xaverian High School

Brooklyn, NY

870

TEAM R.I.C.E.

Southold High School (Junior & Senior)

Southold

871

Robotechs

West Islip Senior High School

West Islip

884

Mechanical Mules

Malverne Senior High School

Malverne

1468

Hicksville J-Birds

Hicksville High School

Hicksville

1554

Oceanside Robotics

Home School

Oceanside

1796

RoboTigers

Queens Technical High School

Queens

1803

Vikings

Paul D Schreiber High School

Port Washington

1880

Warriors of East Harlem

East Harlem Tutoring Program

New York, NY

2487

Mechanical Animals

Sayville High School

West Sayville

2601

Steel Hawks

Townsend Harris High School

Flushing

2638

Rebel Robotics

Great Neck South High School

Great Neck

2869

Regal Eagles

Bethpage High School

Bethpage

2872

CyberCats

Wheatley School

Old Westbury

2875

CyberHawks

Cold Spring Harbor High School (Junior & Senior)

Cold Spring Harbor

3204

Steampunk Penguins

Mary Louis Academy

Jamaica Estates

3419

RoHawks

Hunter College High School

New York, NY

3624

ThunderColts

Half Hollow Hills High School (East & West)

Huntington Station

4567

The Mechanized Mafia

Seaford High School

Seaford

4571

Rambots

Manhattan Center Science & Math

New York, NY

5099

Northport Robotics

Northport High School

Northport

5298

E-TECH CHARGERS

Energy Tech High School

Astoria

5599

The Sentinels

Benjamin N Cardozo High School

Bayside

5659

Team Supreme

Bridgehampton School

Bridgehampton

5736

Kingsmen Robotics

Kings Park High School

Kings Park

6636

Full Metal Beavers

Jamaica Gateway to the Sciences

Jamaica, NY

6806

Mineola Wild Reds

Mineola High School

Mineola

6911

SO BOTZ

Tappan Zee High School

Orangeburg

6969

Cyborgs6969

Clarkstown South Senior High School

West Nyack

7673

Formosan Sika

Heng Yee Catholic High School

New Taipei City, NWT

7717

Steam Punks

St.  Michael’s School

Santo Domingo, DR

8595

This Is How We Play

New Taipei City Ger-Jyh

New Taipei City, NWT

8739

Redhawk Robotics

High School for Construction Trades, Engineering & Architecture

Ozone Park

9016

Syosset Braves Robotics

Syosset High School

Syosset

9184

Zeta

Sevenoaks School

Sevenoaks, ENG

* Denotes a rookie team.

For more information on FIRST Long Island or the FIRST Robotics Competition, please visit www.firstlongisland.org.

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About FIRST® 

Accomplished inventor Dean Kamen founded FIRST® (For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology) in 1989 to inspire an appreciation of science and technology in young people. Based in Manchester, N.H., FIRST designs accessible, innovative programs to build self-confidence, knowledge, and life skills while motivating young people to pursue opportunities in science, technology, and engineering. With support from over 200 of the Fortune 500 companies and more than $30 million in college scholarships, the not-for-profit organization hosts the FIRST® Robotics Competition for students in Grades 9-12; FIRST® Tech Challenge for Grades 7-12; FIRST® LEGO® League for Grades 4-8; and FIRST® LEGO® League Jr. for Grades K-4. Gracious Professionalism® is a way of doing things that encourages high-quality work, emphasizes the value of others, and respects individuals and the community. To learn more about FIRST®, go to www.firstinspires.org.

About FIRST® Long Island
FIRST® (For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology) Long Island is a fully volunteer-run 501(c)(3) non-profit organization with the goal to enable students to find their passion, while preparing them for the challenges facing the 21st-century workforce.

FIRST Long Island evolved from School-Business Partnerships of Long Island (SBPLI). In 1984, Frederick Breithut had the vision and foresight to recognize the need to develop partnerships between local high schools and businesses. His goal was to provide students with practical experience and curriculum development, while helping the business community develop its future workforce, which resulted in the formation of over 100 partnerships. To further this mission, in 1999, SBPLI partnered with FIRST to administer and bring FIRST Robotics Competition (FRC) to Long Island. The Long Island robotics program featured just eight FRC high school teams culminating in the inaugural FRC Regional event. Since then, the FRC Long Island Regional has grown to two events with over 80 teams consisting of over 2,000 students competing each year. FIRST Long Island also hosts the FIRST LEGO League programs, in which over 2,000 elementary and middle school students from Nassau and Suffolk Counties take part each year. In 2016, the FIRST Tech Challenge was added to its roster of programs, roughly impacting another 500 students on Long Island.

Now doing business as FIRST Long Island, the organization seeks to expand its impact by strengthening relationships with students, volunteers, and sponsors while helping to connect students and alumni to internship and job opportunities. FIRST Long Island continues to use robots as the vehicle to “build students“ and prepare them for the future.

For more information about the programs, find out about volunteering, or to learn how to become a sponsor, visit www.firstlongisland.org.

Patrick D. Boyle Discusses “The Manufacturing Business Climate on Long Island” at LIMBA

On March 3, 2023, Patrick D. Boyle, Executive Director, IgniteLI, will be the guest speaker at LIMBA (Long Island Metro Business Action) at the Candlelight Diner, located at 56 Veterans Memorial Highway in Commack, starting at 8:30 a.m. During the presentation, he will address the topic “The Manufacturing Business Climate on Long Island.”

IgniteLI, the Manufacturing Consortium of Long Island, supports and advocates for the region’s manufacturing sectors. As its Executive Director, Mr. Boyle acts as the voice for industry and collaborates with other nonprofit organizations across the region to bring benefits, business and opportunity to Long Island’s industrial sectors.

Mr. Boyle previously served in the New York State Senate as the Director of its Veterans, Homeland Security and Military Affairs Committee and Deputy Chief of Staff for the Third Senate District. In these roles, he worked to ensure New York’s first responders could anticipate and react to threats or natural disasters by working with industry experts to craft meaningful legislation designed to bring real solutions. 

He also worked together with veterans’ groups to protect the governmental services they deserve. In addition, he led a team of governmental professionals who brought services to Long Island communities and worked with our counties, towns, villages and nonprofits to help them better serve their various constituents.

Prior to serving in the state Senate, Mr. Boyle served as the Executive Assistant to the Supervisor of the Town of Islip. There, he worked with the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), the U.S. Coast Guard, the American Red Cross and many other agencies and non-governmental organizations during Superstorm Sandy and the recovery period that followed. He became an intermediary between the Supervisor’s office and every level of government.

During this period, Mr. Boyle served as the President of LIincs (Long Island Incorporated), a Millennial-run think tank dedicated to supporting and promoting Long Island’s growth, sustainability and development while serving as the voice for all Long Islanders.

Mr. Boyle graduated from The Citadel, the Military College of South Carolina, with a Bachelor of Arts in International Relations and Military Affairs. He is currently a student at Long Island University’s Homeland Security and Terrorism Institute, where he is focusing on cybersecurity policy and emergency services.

For more information about upcoming LIMBA programs, visit https://limba.net/.

 

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About LIMBA 

Since 1968, LIMBA (Long Island Metro Business Action) has been Long Island’s catalyst for economic investment and improvement, sponsoring lively breakfast forums featuring Long Island business activists and government officials. Its mission is to promote and address issues that affect the quality of life on Long Island. For more information, call (631) 757-1698 or visit www.limba.net.

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