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WLIW21 launches Long Island Business Report Tuesday, May 1 at 10:30 p.m. hosted by Emmy-winning journalist Jim Paymar
Features Long Island Association President Kevin Law, Executive Dean of the National Center for Suburban Studies at Hofstra University Lawrence Levy, and Rauch Foundation President Nancy Rauch Douzinas
WLIW21’s new local production Long Island Business Report premieres Tuesday, May 1 at 10:30 p.m. and provides an in-depth look at what needs to be done to make Long Island a better place to live and work by exploring the economic and business trends that impact the nearly 3 million people who call Nassau and Suffolk counties home. Anchored and executive produced by Emmy Award-winning journalist Jim Paymar ( Business Week, CNBC, WABC-TV, WCBS-TV, WNBC-TV), Long Island Business Report features area business leaders and industry experts discussing what is driving the economy and what is expected of Long Island going forward.
In the half-hour special, Executive Producer and Anchor Jim Paymar investigates the Fortune 1000 companies on Long Island, the cost of doing business, the cost of living, the state of Long Island’s infrastructure and the efforts to rebuild and revitalize its downtown areas. Guests Kevin Law, president of the Long Island Association; Lawrence Levy, award-winning journalist and executive dean of the National Center for Suburban Studies at Hofstra University; and Nancy Rauch Douzinas, president of the Rauch Foundation, discuss issues including the quality of life on Long Island, the economy and what must be done to improve Long Island’s business infrastructure.
Long Island Business Report continues WLIW21’s commitment to presenting the issues most important to Long Island residents and celebrating the Island’s unique people and places. Past programs include Hometown Huntington , Going
Green Long Island , Leaving Long Island , Shoreline Sonata: A Long Island Love Story , Gold Coast Mansions , Smart Growth: Long Island’s Future , and Visions ® of Long Island . The program will stream on WLIW21 Video after the premiere.
Long Island Business Report is a production of WLIW21 in association with WNET, the parent company of THIRTEEN and WLIW21, New York’s public television stations and operator of NJTV. For nearly 50 years, WNET has been producing and broadcasting national and local documentaries and other programs for the New York community.
Jim Paymar is Executive Producer and Anchor. Producer is Ally Gimbel. Associate Producer is Liz Muentes. Executive-in-Charge of Production is John Servidio.
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About WNET New York’s WNET is America’s flagship public media outlet, bringing quality arts, education and public affairs programming to over 5 million viewers each week. The parent company of public television stations THIRTEEN and WLIW21 and operator of NJTV, WNET produces and presents such acclaimed PBS series as Nature, Great Performances, American Masters, Need to Know, Charlie Rose and a range of documentaries, children’s programs, and local news and cultural offerings available on air and online. Pioneers in educational programming, WNET has created such groundbreaking series as Get the Math, Oh Noah! and Cyberchase and provides tools for educators that bring compelling content to life in the classroom and at home. WNET highlights the tri-state’s unique culture and diverse communities through NYC-ARTS, Reel 13, NJ Today and the new online newsmagazine MetroFocus.