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Editor's Letter

Welcome to the Fall edition of Road Warriors!

Last February, I attended the Building and Construction Trades Council’s annual conference, where I networked with hundreds of workers attached in one way or another with organized construction labor....
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LICA Hosts Annual Legislative Breakfast

Features
On September 27, 2024, the Long Island Contractors’ Association hosted its annual legislative breakfast at the Hilton Long Island Hotel in Melville, New York....
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The Road to Recovery is Paved with Long Island Sand

Features
The year 1956 would prove to be quite consequential when two seemingly innocuous events occurred: the Long Island Council on Alcoholism and Drug Dependence...
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Providing Effective Support for Behavioral Health and Substance Use in Construction

Features
The behavioral health crisis facing construction is intimidating—the industry has the highest rate of overdose deaths and the second-highest rate of suicides compared to...
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Frank Barker: A Life of Service and Community Impact Through Hope House Ministries

Features
Mr. Frank Barker has spent the better part of his life-giving back to his community and to those in need. In 1984, the Barker...
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Workers Need More Than Hardhats to Protect Their Heads

Features
While hardhats and safety helmets protect heavy construction personnel from head injuries, they don’t shield workers from anxiety, depression, and other mental health challenges...
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Emergency Heavy Construction Maintenance Project: Ourselves

The Driver's Seat
The construction industry has long been a symbol of resilience, innovation, and hard work, known for achieving the seemingly impossible. Yet, behind the machinery...
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Welcome to the Fall edition of Road Warriors!

Editor's Letter
Last February, I attended the Building and Construction Trades Council’s annual conference, where I networked with hundreds of workers attached in one way or...
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Governor Paterson: Hempstead’s Prodigal Son

Features
The first thing you notice about David Paterson—or the third thing, after you take note of his blackness and his blindness (as noted in...
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Q&A: Ain’t No Party Like a Political Party

Features
Election years are never boring, especially during presidential years. Especially when Donald Trump is running. Yet this year, with a catastrophic debate performance by...
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Consequential Election

Features
Now that the two political parties have named their presidential candidates, I hear frequent questions about whether they will be a factor in races...
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Support Assemblyman Steve Stern’s Bill: Long Island Deserves Its Own MPO

The Driver's Seat
This year marks thirty years since the first section of the Long Island Expressway’s High-Occupancy Vehicle (HOV) lanes opened. Since then, we have seen...
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Political Perspectives

Features
My time as the Chairman of the Senate Transportation Committee is just beginning, but the work to modernize and build new infrastructure across the...
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Apprenticeship

Features
As I write, I’m in my hotel room at a conference. A big conference. In a city far away from home. In the company...
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Welcome to the election edition of Road Warriors!

Editor's Letter
It’s election season, and no matter where you go, you cannot help but run into an ad, a political commentary on social media, a...
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Meeting Changing Rider Needs Through Innovation & Technology

Features
By CEO of NICE Bus, Jack Khzouz Running one of the largest suburban public bus systems in North America, NICE Bus (Nassau Inter-County Express) continues...
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Track Changes

Features
By Jaime Franchi It's the early 1990s in Queens, NY. Jamaica railway station, where ten branches converge into one location, is teeming with commuters, coming...
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Revitalizing Communities Through Transit-Oriented Development

Features
By Kevin Law, Executive Vice President, Partner at TriTec Transit-oriented development (TOD) is crucial in reshaping Long Island's infrastructure and economy, and TRITEC Real Estate...
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Financial Planning In Heavy Highway And Heavy Civil Industries

Features
By Kevin Conlon, CLU, CLTC, Financial Advisor at Charter Oak Financial In the heavy highway and heavy civil industries, attracting and retaining skilled professionals is...
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All Aboard!

Features
By Marc Herbst After building the region’s most significant transit improvements in the last century, the Long Island heavy construction industry refuses to rest on...
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Political Perspectives

Features
By Assemblywoman Jodi Giglio What Albany Could Learn from Construction Unions In the long drive from Long Island to the State Capitol, I have often thought...
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