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23rd AnnualState of Long Island

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PHOTO (left to right): Sheldon R. Sackstein, Chairman of Action Long Island, Suffolk County Executive Steve Bel-lone and Nassau County Executive Edward Mangano joined together in open discussion at The 23rd Annual State of Long Island.

23rd AnnualState of Long Island

Dear Action Long Island (ALI) Members and friends:We hope you and the over 400 other attendees enjoyed the ALI “23rd

Annual State of Long Island” on March 19th and found it to be a very positive experience for you, your company, and your guests. We all listened closely to our county Executives, Steve Bellone and Edward Mangano’s positions on their respective counties, and found them to be insightful and candid.

Many thanks to all who have contacted ALI with their wonderful feedback about the event thus far, and we look forward to hearing from all of you with suggestions for upcoming programs.

To our many member companies and event sponsors, we thank you so much for your continued support.

If you are not already a member, we hope you are now interested in joining ALI. If so, please feel free to contact us and let us know what specific issue areas are of greatest interest to you and your company? And, also how you could develop a very important and visible place for you and your company on one of our many Task Forces.

Shelly

Update: Action Long Island Celebrates23rd Annual State of Long Island

On a crisp Mid-March winter morning, over 400 members, friends and special guests of Action Long Island celebrated The 23rd Annual State of Long Island.

The lively event featured an open and frank conversation with Long Island polit-ical leaders Edward Mangano and Ste-ven Bellone, respective County Execu-tives of Nassau and Suffolk Counties.

Sheldon R. Sackstein, Chairperson of Action Long Island moderated a 45 min-ute investigative discussion into current Long Island issues including job creation, stabilizing property taxes, education-

al opportunities, transportation, energy, post 2009 worldwide economic melt-down and regional recovery from tropi-cal storms Sandy and Irene.

“Positive Action Long Island is the van-guard organization to lead positive Long Island initiatives for change and will con-tinue its more than three decade histo-ry of local involvement,” said Sackstein. “Action Long Island is exceedingly proud of our many accomplishments working together with local, state and national political, business, religious and organiza-tional entities,” further said Sackstein.

NEFCU, Long Island’s leading credit union, has proudly offered its affordable banking services to the Long Island community for over 75 years. The credit union offers a full array of consumer and business services with the best rates and lowest fees available in today’s marketplace. With over $2 billion in assets and over 160,000 members, NEFCU is headquartered in Westbury, NY and has

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branches and a shared branch network throughout Nassau and Suffolk Counties. NEFCU members also have access to the largest surcharge-free ATM network with over 55,000 ATMs worldwide.

For more information on NEFCU, visit www.myNEFCU.org, call 516-561-0030, stop by a local branch, or find us on Facebook at facebook.com/NEFCU.

Capital One Financial Corporation is one of the nation’s leading diversified banks, combining the best aspects of national scale lending and local banking.

Capital One’s Commercial Real Estate Group offers customized solutions to meet the needs of all types of real estate businesses on Long Island, including permanent and construction loans for multi-family housing, retail, office buildings, student housing, industrial and parking facilities, in addition to lending for

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REITs, Opportunity Funds and DUS Lenders. Capital One Bank’s team of experts

average over 20 years in the industry and offer clients a one stop banking solution, including cash management services, capital markets solutions and other banking services.

Capital One Bank is committed to investing in Long Island to help it grow and thrive. For more information, visit www.capitalone.com.

Babylon Supervisor Rich Schaffer and Industrial Development Agency (IDA) CEO Robert Stricoff have announced the Babylon IDA closed a record number of deals in 2013. More than 1,800 jobs were created as part of Babylon’s continued focus on job retention, job creation, and stablizing taxes.

“The partnership between the Town of Babylon and the Babylon IDA to provide commercial industries the incentives to

Industrial Development AgencyClosed Record Number of Deals

now call Bablylon their home continues to be successful,” stated Supervisor Schaffer. “The manufacturing industry on Long Island, which was once considered dormant is thriving in the Town of Babylon.”

Babylon’s Economic Development Committee Chairman Tony Martinez said, “By utilizing a wide-ranging of economic development tools, we have been able to lure valuable manufacturing companies that will contribute to our local economy.”

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