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Volume 44 Number 10 mmm% %$>, 2006
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Homeland Security Center Comes to Bethpage
Senator Dean Skelos joined by the
NYS Senate Delegation, Legislator
Edward P. Mangano, Northrop
Grumman Sector VP Duke Dufresne
and Long Island Forum for
Technology (LIFT) President Ken
Morrelly announced the New York
State Homeland Security Center of
Excellence will be located on the for­mer
United States Navy Property.
The Center will be constructed
with 21.1 million dollars in funds
secured by the New York State
Senate Long Island Delegation. The
project requires approximately five
acres of land which will be provided
by the US Navy and Nassau County.
The building is estimated at 65,000
square feet, providing space for twen­ty
corporate tenants. The project will
be constructed on the former Navy
Property and is tentatively sited for
the corner of Cherry Ave Extension
and South Oyster Bay Road.
The Homeland Security Center
will be managed by LIFT. The center
will enable companies and research
institutions to collaborate, deelop,
test, evaluate and deploy new home­land
security technologies and sys­tems,
such as those needed to detect,
prevent and respond to terrorist
attacks or natural disasters. The pur­pose
of the center is to focus and
accelerate the transfer of technology
into market driven products and sys­tems
to solve key problems in pro­tecting
our society against terrorist
events through collaboration with
industry leaders, increased communi­cation
with the Department of
Homeland Defense and effective use
of future grants for research and
development.
Northrop Grumman will make
cash and in-kind investments totaling
$15 Million over the next ten years
and serve as the Center's anchor ten­ant.
The investment includes hard­ware,
software, equipment, staff, uni­versity
research and prototype testing.
Tenants are expected to collaborate
and make similar investments.
The concept is similar to the
Small Business High Technology
Incubator located at Briarcliffe
College, which is managed by Long
Island Software Network (LISTnet)
and focuses on assisting small busi­ness
in the field of technology. The
Center for Excellence is on a larger
scale and will seek to assist compa­nies
develop and grow in the home­land
security sector. It is estimated
that the center will create or retain
290 research jobs locally and 2,160
product development jobs. Jobs that
will be indirectly created by the cen­ter
are estimated at 7,350, for a total
of 9,800 jobs throughout the state.
Senator Dean Skelos said, "This
historic initiative will create an envi­ronment
for innovation that will lead
new technologies and products
designed to keep us safe. The Center
will position Long Island as a global
leader in the homeland security
field." Senator Kemp Hannon said,
"...I am proud this facility will be
located in the 6t n Senatorial District,
in Bethpage". Senator Marcellino
commented this "...is a win-win for
Long Island..." Legislator Ed
Mangano said, He is "thrilled with
this type of reuse for the former Navy
Property, as it will create jobs,
strengthen our local tax base and
most importantly support homeland
security efforts". Legislator
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Duke Dufresne, Vice President of Northrop Grumman, Senator Carl Marcellino,
Senator Kemp Hannon and Legislator Edward Mangano pose at press confer­ence
announcing the proposed location of the New York State Homeland
Security Center of Innovation and Excellence for Applied Science
Mangano went on to state that as the
vision becomes clearer and an exact
location is sited, he will host a com­munity
forum and invite all those
involved with the project to speak
about the NYS Center for Innovation
and Excellence in Homeland
Security.
Duke Dufresne, VP Northrop
Grumman said "There are tremen­dous
technological capabilities spread
across New York State. The center
will be a homeland security solution
incubator that will bring together the
work of New York's industry, univer­sities,
and other research institutions
in a real time working environment."
Ken Morrelly, President of LIFT said
"... this visionary yet practicable
investment in the region is the kind
of support that only responsible and
responsive government can make."
Girls' Gymnastics Team Takes Championship
The Bethpage-Plainview Girls
Gymnastics Team successfully
defended its championship and
earned their 8th consecutive
county championship!! The
gymnasts were undefeated
throughout the season with 9 wins
and no losses. The team had many
accomplishments through the
season. Led by junior captain All-
State Brittany Hervey, the team
broke the Nassau County record
held by Sewanhaka by scoring a
175.3 at the Team Championships.
(Continued on page 4)