CSI among nations

most underrated
Business Insider, which aggre-
gates, reports and analyzes the
top news stories across the Web,
teamed with the academic rank-
ing and review service Niche, to
compile a list of the countrys
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Oftentimes, these schools
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ception that a college is better if
its tough to get into, Business
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leges challenge that myth, and
are smart and potentially safe
options for student applicants.
The College of Staten Island,
was the only college chosen in
New York State, one of 50 nation-
wide, to be included in the rank-
ings.
CSI, home to nearly 15,000 stu-
dents, was named for the first
time as one of "Americas Best
Colleges in the North" by U.S.
News & World Report in 2013, and
one of Americas Best-Bang-for-
the-Buck Colleges by Washing-
ton Monthly magazine in 2012.
Staten Island Museum
launches Blue Star
The Staten Island Museum an-
nounced the launch of Blue Star
Museums, a collaboration among
the National Endowment for the
Arts, Blue Star Families, the De-
partment of Defense, and more
than 2,000 museums across Amer-
ica to offer free admission to the
nations active duty military per-
sonnel including National Guard
and Reserve and their families
from Memorial Day through
JULY 2014
FROM THE CHAMBER
I love litter!
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IN OUR OPINION
Rootin for the home team
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Staten Island Arts has moved its headquarters into the new Culture Lounge and Artist Market recently opened
at the St. George Ferry Terminal. Culture Lounge exhibits both international and local artists, including visual
artists, poets, musicians, writers, and performers. The Artist Market sells a curated selection of art and craft
works made by local artists and designers. Pictured, from left, are Staten Island Arts Board Secretary Donna
Maxon, SI Chamber of Commerce President Linda Baran, Borough President James Oddo, Staten Island Arts
Executive Director Melanie Cohn and Board President Patrick Jordan, and Kim Seggio of the Richmond County
Savings Foundation.
New Culture Lounge puts Staten Island Arts on display
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By TIM RONALDSON
Business Trends
When the New York Wheel opens in a cou-
ple of years, it will become a landmark for
New York City.
At almost 60 stories, or 630 feet, it will be
the tallest observation wheel in the world.
And since it is expected to accommodate
up to 30,000 visitors per day and more than 4
million per year, The Wheel will also be a
huge economic boon for St. George, Staten Is-
land and New York City as a whole.
The economic impact numbers are
huge, said Richard Marin, the president &
CEO of The Wheel.
Projections and studies dont always tell
please see WHEEL page 22
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Time: 6:30 p.m.
Location: Bella Vita Caf, 1919 Hylan
Blvd.
For information, call 718-816-5991
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THURSDAY, JULY 10
Time: 7:00 p.m.
Location: Giulianas, 4105 Hylan
Blvd.
For information, call 718-608-1640
NYS WOMEN, INC.
(STATEN ISLAND)
TUESDAY, JULY 15
Time: 6:30 p.m.
Location: LiGrecis Staaten, 697
Forest Ave.
For information, call 718-226-6462
CHAMBER: BUSINESS
BEFORE HOURS
WEDNESDAY, JULY 16
Time: 8:00 a.m. 9:30 a.m.
Location: Greenbelt Nature Ctr.,
700 Rockland Ave.
For information, call 718-727-1900
CON ED & SCORE: SAVE
MONEY & ENERGY
FRIDAY, JULY 18
Time: 7:00 a.m. 9:00 a.m.
Location: Hilton, 1100 South Ave.
For information, call 718-727-1221
JCC: GOLF
& TENNIS CLASSIC
MONDAY, JULY 21
Time: 10:30 a.m.
Location: Richmond County Coun-
try Club
For information, call 718-475-5246
24-7
NETWORKING SALES
MONDAY, JULY 28
Time: 9:00 a.m.
Location: Z-One Restaurant, Rich-
mond Ave.
For information, call 973-697-8872
WORLD OF WOMEN
MONDAY, JULY 28
Time: 7:00 p.m.
Location: Mansion Grand, Mansion
Ave.
For information, call 718-948-8175
SIEDC: GOLF OUTING
MONDAY, JULY 28
Location: Richmond County Coun-
try Club
For info, call 718-477-1400 x815
RICHMOND UNIV. MED.
CTR.: CLAM BAKE
WEDNESDAY, JULY 30
Time: 7:00 p.m.
Location: Vanderbilt at South
Beach
For information, call 718-818-2103
NEW DAY
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THURSDAY, JULY 31
Time: 7:00 p.m.
Location: SI Univ. Hosp., Seaview
Ave.
For information, call 347-265-1161.
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EXPANSION
ENT and Allergy Associates
ENT and Allergy Associates
announced an expansion of its
Staten Island office: relocation to
1 Teleport Drive from its previous
address at 1887 Richmond Ave.
The new, much larger office in-
cludes 16 exam rooms, three of
them for allergy. The in-house au-
diology suite includes two audiol-
ogy booths, an advanced audiolo-
gy testing room and a Hearing
Aid Dispensary. To enhance the
range of available services,
ENTA also announced that its
four-bed Sleep Lab will be housed
at the same new location.
All of ENTAs Staten Island
board certified physicians will be
relocating to the new office, in-
cluding Otolaryngologists Abra-
ham I. Sinnreich, MD, Mark E.
Carney, MD, John P. Dodaro, MD,
and Shawn C. Ciecko, MD, FACS,
and Allergist/Immunologist
Dorothy Chau, MD. A Board-Cer-
tified pediatric Otolaryngologist
will enhance the physician roster
after the move. Staten Island
ENTAs doctors will continue to
work with their Audiologists,
Harriet Friedman-Wilson, Au. D.,
CCC-A, F-AAA and Beata Contri,
Au.D., CCC-A, F-AAA.
PRISCILLA MARCO
Historic Tappen
Park Community Partnership
Priscilla Marco of Staten Is-
land's Historic Tappen Park Com-
munity Partnership was among
the graduates of the fourth class
of the Neighborhood Leadership
program. Neighborhood Leader-
ship provides individuals work-
ing to strengthen New York Citys
commercial corridors with the
tools, experiences and networks
they need to develop new ways to
lead change in their organiza-
tions and communities. To be eli-
gible for the program, leaders
must be dedicated management
staff of nonprofit organizations
that serve commercial districts in
New York City, such as Business
Improvement Districts, local de-
velopment corporations or other
non-profit organizations whose
work focuses on commercial revi-
talization activities. Upon gradu-
ation, participants are eligible to
receive a capacity-building micro
grant, made possible by the Surd-
na Foundation, to support their
change project and make it a real-
ity. For more information on the
Neighborhood Leadership Pro-
gram, visit the websites
www.coronewyork.org or
www.nyc.gov/neighborhoods.
NEW OFFICIALS
New York State Society
of Certified Public Accountants
The New York State Society of
Certified Public Accountants
elected Cynthia
Scarinci, CPA, of
Princes Bay, as a
vice president.
Scarinci is an ac-
counting profes-
sor at the College
of Staten Island
School of Busi-
ness. Scarincis
one-year term
began June 1.
She joined the
NYSSCPA in 1990
and is a current
member of the So-
cietys Board of
Directors as a
chapter represen-
tative for the Stat-
en Island Chapter. She is a past
member of the Societys Awards
Committee. She is a past presi-
dent, president-elect and vice
president of the Societys Staten
Island Chapter. She is also a past
chapter trustee and member of
the chapters Executive Board.
Scarinci is the education chair for
the Staten Island Chapter. As
such, she coordinates the annual
Accounting Education Night and
World of Accounting events for
the chapter.
She is currently the coordina-
tor of the Accounting Career Fair
and Curriculum Committee rep-
resentative for the Accounting
and Finance Department of the
School of Business as well as the
NYSSCPA campus liaison. Scar-
inci was recently elected to a
three-year term on the Board of
Directors and the Finance Com-
mittee for the Staten Island
Greenbelt Conservancy. She is the
author of numerous articles re-
lated to small business for vari-
ous academic journals. Scarinci
received her Bachelor of Science
in business administration and
MBA in finance from Pace Uni-
versity.
NYSSCPA also elected
Rosemarie Giovinazzo-Barnickel,
CPA, as a director as a chapter
representative for the Staten Is-
land Chapter. Giovinazzo-Bar-
nickel is a sole practitioner and
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in our opinion
Rootin for the home team
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S
ummers here and people across
the country are enjoying the na-
tional pastime. From Little
League to the major leagues, folks are
engaging in the quintessentially
American game of baseball. The very
word evokes images of a relaxing day
full of sunshine, and maybe a hot dog
or two.
But dont let that laid-back image
mislead you. Yes, baseball is certainly
that a form of recreation. But it is
also big business, nowhere more so
than right here. New York is well
known to be the home of not one but
two major league teams the Yankees
and the Mets as well as the Baseball
Hall of Fame in upstate Cooperstown.
What is less known is that New York
is also home to 13 minor and inde-
pendent league teams scattered
throughout the state. Officials in Al-
bany want to change that.
Realizing the potential to increase
tourism revenue by raising awareness
of the States substantial baseball of-
ferings, the Senate and Assembly have
recently passed legislation that would
implement the Empire State Baseball
Trails Program.
As of this writing, it awaits ap-
proval from the governor.
The legislation states, minor
league and independent league teams
are small businesses themselves, and
could help to draw in-state and out-of-
state tourists to their respective areas
of New York, thereby increasing hotel,
restaurant and other tourist-related
small businesses. It is, therefore, the
intent of this legislature to system-
atically promote New York minor
league and independent league base-
ball as a tourist attraction. It seeks to
do so through the creation of itiner-
aries to aid travelers along baseball
trails, which also link together other
attractions and venues along said
trails in order to attract visitors with a
simple and efficient travel plan.
If this program is implemented and
proves successful, Staten Island cer-
tainly stands to gain. With the Baby
Bombers in residence at Richmond
County Bank Ballpark, the Brooklyn
Cyclones just a short hop over the
bridge, and the major league NY Yan-
kees and NY Mets nearby, this area is a
baseball lovers dream. So with a nod
to the movie Field of Dreams, we ask -
If they build it (the Empire State Base-
ball Trails Program), will they come
(to Staten Island)? We sure hope so.
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Publisher
TIM RONALDSON
Executive Editor
STEVE COPPOLA
Director
RICHARD GRADO
Director
ROBERT CUTRONA
Director
LAWRENCE RAMPULLA
Director
DAN McDONOUGH, JR.
Chairman
Business Trends is mailed each month to the
business and community leaders of Staten
Island. To be added to the mailing list, e-
mail janet@sibiztrends.com. To submit a
news release, email news@sibiztrends.com.
For advertising info, call 718-556-4200 or
email janet@sibiztrends.com.
By TOM SCARANGELLO
I drove home from work one rainy night
and parked in front of my house and as I
walked across the street I saw a big wet
wad of paper in the street. So naturally,
being a good neighbor, I picked it up. It was
a napkin, a sanitary napkin! So after wash-
ing my hand for an hour I started to think,
how could that end up there? What has
happened to my Island?
Borough President Jimmy Oddo has
been thinking about it, too, and he actually
has an idea that could make a real differ-
ence. He has some big plans for his time in
office and if he accomplishes half of what
he aspires to he will be one of the most suc-
cessful Borough Presidents in Staten Is-
land history. But he also has some very
simple ideas for improving every Staten Is-
lander's quality of life on an everyday
basis. One of my favorites is his Clean Up
Staten Island initiative. Its a six-point
plan that includes a three-pronged ap-
proach to make Staten Island a cleaner
place to work and live.
First, do your part. That means clean up
in front of your home and business. It will
make you feel better about your neighbor-
hood, and your customers will notice it,
too.
Secondly, volunteer! There will be organ-
ized clean ups of designated areas on Stat-
en Island and you and your staff can volun-
teer to help with those efforts.
You can even call in to the program and
designate a place that needs clean-up and
the program will coordinate an effort to get
it done.
Donate! You can sponsor the program as
well by just sending money knowing that
your donation will go towards making Stat-
en Island a cleaner place. The Staten Is-
land Chamber of Commerce is assisting by
collecting these donations and helping the
BPs office coordinate clean-up projects.
So let me share what I have been doing
to help out the clean up initiative in my
corner of the world. Every morning I walk
my 10-year-old chocolate (yeah, brown)
lab named Gello (sorry, Pudding was
just too obvious). While he sniffs around
and marks his territory I look forlitter!
I dont just see garbage on the ground
and make a mental note that my neighbor-
hood is disgusting and people are gross. I
mean I do that, too, but now that our BP
has challenged me to do something about it
I actually pick it up! Thats right I bring
two bags with me, one for my brown dog's
brown logs, and one for garbage I find
along the way.
I used to think walking Gello was a drag
(and if he saw a squirrel before I did it
often was) but now its an adventure. I get
the usual stuff like half-full water bottles,
empty beer cans (they are always empty),
crushed soda cans, napkins, candy wrap-
pers, etc. But I live across from a public
school so I also get homework assignments,
teacher notes home that never made it
home, class reports, science projects, re-
port cards (only bad ones), and, of course,
the occasional drawing of the mean
teacher with a big hairy mole on her face.
Please help make Staten Island a cleaner
place. Call the Chamber of Commerce at
(718) 727-1900 or Borough President Oddos
office at (718) 816-2000 for assistance in how
to do your part.
Tom Scarangello, a principal with Scaran
Heating, Air Conditioning and Plumbing, is
chair of the Small Business Committee of the
Staten Island Chamber of Commerce.
I love litter!
FROM THE CHAMBER
MONDAY
Bus. Outreach Ctr of SI/WBCLDC
Small Bus. Counseling
MWBE/BOC Capital: WBCLDC, 705
Forest Ave., 2nd Fl. By appointment
only. For info, call 718-816-4775.
Kiwanis Club of Richmond Co.:
LaFontana Restaurant, 2879 Amboy
Rd. 7 p.m. Call 718-420-1966.
College of S.I., Small Bus. Dev. Ctr.
Business Counseling: CSI, 2800
Victory Blvd. 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. No
charge. For info, call the SBDC at
718-982-2560.
TUESDAY
SI Business Friends: 7:30 - 8:45
a.m. Hilton Garden Inn, 1100 South
Ave. For information, call Dr. Richard
Bove at 718-938-5978 or visit
www.sibfnetwork.com.
Bus. Outreach Ctr of SI/WBCLDC
Small Bus. Counseling
MWBE/BOC Capital: WBCLDC, 705
Forest Ave., 2nd Fl. By appointment
only. For info, call 718-816-4775.
Direct120.com, Ultimate Think
Tank: Lorenzos, 1100 South Ave. For
info, visit www.direct120.com.
Kiwanis Club of South Shore:
LaFontana, 2879 Amboy Rd. 7:30
p.m. For info, call 718-370-2770.
SCORE Business Counseling: S.I.
Bank & Trust, 1550 Richmond Rd. 9
a.m. to noon. No appointment nec-
essary. No charge. For info, call 718-
727-1221.
Business Guild I of the S.I. Cham-
ber of Commerce: Hilton Garden
Inn, 1100 South Ave. 7:45 a.m. Mem-
bers and invited guests only. Call
Michael Anicito at 646-606-2111.
Business Network Intl. (BNI) Net-
work Alliance Chapter: Z-One
Lounge, 1821 Richmond Ave. 7 to
8:30 a.m. For info, call Timothy
Houston at 718-981-8600.
Rotary Club Staten Island: LiGre-
cis Staten, 697 Forest Ave. 12:30 to
1:30 p.m. Members and guests wel-
come. For info, call 718-370-3140.
College of S.I., Small Bus. Dev. Ctr.
Business Counseling: Chamber of
Commerce, 130 Bay St. 9 a.m. No
charge. Call 718-982-2560.
College of S.I., Small Bus. Dev. Ctr.
Business Counseling: CSI, 2800
Victory Blvd. 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. No
charge. Call the SBDC at 982-2560.
WEDNESDAY
Bus. Outreach Ctr of SI/WBCLDC
Small Bus. Counseling
MWBE/BOC Capital: WBCLDC, 705
Forest Ave., 2nd Fl. By appointment
only. For info, call 718-816-4775.
Richmond County Referral Source:
Comfort Inn. 7:00 to 8:15 a.m. For
info, email jcmexp@aol.com
Staten Island Business Council:
Lorenzos at Hilton Garden Inn, 1100
South Ave. 7 a.m. Members and
invited guests only. For info, call 347-
855-4488 or send an e-mail to
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WEEKLY MEETINGS
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info@sibizcouncil.com.
Bucks Business Network: Hamp-
ton Inn, 1120 South Ave. 7:45 a.m.
For info, call 718-351-2557 or visit
www.sibucks.com.
Kiwanis Club of Brighton: Jodys
Club Forest, 372 Forest Ave. 7:30
p.m. For info, call 718-348-0505.
Kiwanis Club of North Central:
LiGrecis Staten, 697 Forest Ave.
7:30 p.m. Call Len Bosso at 718-442-
7804.
Rotary Club of Gateway: The Lake
Club, 1150 Clove Rd. 7:15 p.m. For
info, call 718-447-1509.
SCORE Business Counseling:
Chamber of Commerce, 130 Bay St.
9 to 11:30 a.m. Appointment neces-
sary. No charge. Call 718-727-1221.
E.L.I.T.E. (Executive, Leadership,
Interactive, Team, Effort) Net-
working Group: 1110 South Ave. 8
a.m. New members welcome. For
info, call 347-273-1375.
College of S.I., Small Bus. Dev. Ctr.
Business Counseling: CSI, 2800
Victory Blvd. 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. For
info, call 718-982-2560.
THURSDAY
Bus. Outreach Ctr of SI/WBCLDC
Small Bus. Counseling
MWBE/BOC Capital: WBCLDC, 705
Forest Ave., 2nd Fl. By appointment
only. For info, call 718-816-4775.
Richmond Business Connections:
Annandale Terrace, 801 Annandale
Road. 8 a.m. For information, call
Ron Cutrone at (718) 727-5100.
Kiwanis Club of Staten Island:
LiGrecis Staten, 697 Forest Ave.
7:30 p.m. For info, call 718-967-4345
or kiwanisclubofstatenisland.com.
Rotary Club of South Shore: Man-
sion Grand, 141 Mansion Ave. 12:15
p.m. For info, call 718-987-2061 or
visit southshorerotary.org.
Rotary Club Mid-Island: New Dako-
ta Diner, 921 Richmond Ave. 7:30 to
9:00 a.m. Call 718-981-0700.
SCORE Business Counseling: SI
Bank & Trust, 1550 Richmond Rd. 9
a.m. to noon. No appointment nec-
essary. No charge. Call 718-727-1221.
Rotary Club of North Shore: LiGre-
cis Staten, 697 Forest Ave. 7 p.m.
For info, call Chris Williams at 718-
442-9047.
Business Network Intl. (BNI) High
Achievers Chapter: PKs Restau-
rant,1281 Arthur Kill Rd. 7 to 8:30
a.m. For info, call Timothy Houston
at 718-981-8600.
Business Guild II of the S.I. Cham-
ber of Commerce: Hilton Garden
Inn, 1100 South Ave. 7:45 to 8:45
a.m. Members and invited guests
only. For info, call Dovid Winiarz at
718-983-9272.
Business Guild III of the SI Cham-
ber of Commerce: Hilton Garden
Inn, 1100 South Ave. 8 a.m. New
members welcome. Call Nick Testa
at 646-823-4494.
College of S.I., Small Bus. Dev. Ctr.
Business Counseling: CSI, 2800
Victory Blvd. 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. For
info, call 718-982-2560.
Community Emergency Response
Team (CERT): 7 p.m. For info. and
locations, call John Tidona at 448-
7160 or portrichcert@yahoo.com.
FRIDAY
Bus. Outreach Ctr of SI/WBCLDC
Small Bus. Counseling
MWBE/BOC Capital: WBCLDC, 705
Forest Ave., 2nd Fl. By appointment
only. For info, call 718-816-4775.
SATURDAY
SCORE Business Counseling: St.
George Library, 5 Central Ave. 10
a.m. to noon. Appointment neces-
sary. No charge. Call 718-442-8560.
SCORE Business Counseling: Rich-
mondtown Library, 200 Clarke Ave.
10 to 11:30 a.m. Appointment neces-
sary. For info, call 718-668-0413.
8 BUSINESS TRENDS JULY 2014
Weekly Meetings
MEETINGS
Continued from page 7
correction
A story in last months Busi-
ness Trends incorrectly identi-
fied Lyle Foxman as the webmas-
ter for the JCC of Staten Island
and the organizer of the Staten Is-
land Netpreneurs. He is the CEO
of NetLab Inc.
Visit us on the Web at
www.sibiztrends.com.
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STEVE WHITE/Business Trends
The Staten Island Chamber of Commerce graduated the first class from its Young Entrepreneurs Acade-
my. The educational program takes students in grades nine through twelve through the process of start-
ing and running real businesses over the course of a full academic year. By the end of the class, students
own and operate fully functioning businesses that can be carried on after graduation. Pictured with the
graduates is Joe Doolan of TD Bank, a major sponsor of the program.
First YEA class graduates
Labor Day 2014. Leadership sup-
port has been provided by
MetLife Foundation through Blue
Star Families. The program pro-
vides families an opportunity to
enjoy the nations cultural her-
itage and learn more about their
new communities after a military
move. The complete list of partic-
ipating museums in available at
arts.gov/national/blue-star-mu-
seum.
New program to help
immigrant biz owners
In celebration of Small Busi-
ness Week, Deputy Mayor for
Housing and Economic Develop-
ment Alicia Glen and Depart-
ment of Small Business Services
Commissioner Maria Torres-
Springer announced the Immi-
grant Business Initiative. Funded
by a $250,000 contribution from
Citi Community Development,
the program will work with Com-
munity Based Organizations to
find and execute solutions to help
immigrant-owned businesses
start, operate and grow.
SBS will solicit ideas and
choose up to five proposals for
new city services to help immi-
grant-owned businesses. The Im-
migrant Business Initiative will
also fund the design and execu-
tion of business services in five
languages Chinese, Russian,
Haitian-Creole, Spanish and Ko-
rean. These services will include
business education courses and
one-on-one counseling, as well as
other solutions identified by the
five community partners. The Ini-
tiative also creates a community
based marketing campaign to
raise awareness of free services
available to help immigrant-
owned businesses start, operate
and grow. Services are expected
to be available this fall.
Trip Advisor honors 3
Nicotra Group entities
The Nicotra Group announced
that three of its entities the
Hilton Garden Inn Staten Island,
Lorenzos Restaurant, Bar &
Cabaret, and the Hampton Inn &
Suites Staten Island have been
awarded the TripAdvisor 2014
Certificate of Excellence.
The Certificate of Excellence
recipients represent the top 10
percent of businesses listed on
TripAdvisor, the world's largest
travel site. The award is given to
hospitality businesses that have
received praise and recognition
in reviews by TripAdvisor travel-
ers. According to TripAdvisor,
winners of the award range from
one-room bed and breakfasts to
6,000-room hotels, from bakeries
to Michelin-star restaurants, and
from hidden attractions to world-
renowned parks and museums.
Bridge Financial Group
is now MetLife
MetLife Premier Client Group,
New York South (formerly Bridge
Financial Group) officially an-
nounced its new name. The finan-
cial services firm chose to change
its name to emphasize the
strength of its parent company
and better represent the breadth
of resources its representatives
offer to the local community. With
more than 100 advisors in the
greater New York City area,
MetLife Premier Client Group,
New York South currently pro-
vides holistic financial planning
and solutions to more than
100,000 households.
Victory State Bank
assets increase $27.4M
Victory State Bank stockhold-
ers recently received a 2013
roundup from the financial com-
panys holding company, VSB
Bancorp, Inc. at an annual meet-
ing. The bank, which had stable
earnings in 2013, experienced a
variety of positive results that
combined to produce a successful
year in which total assets in-
creased by $27.4 million to $297.1
million. During 2013, deposits in-
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creased by $27.9 million to $268.6
million.
During the meeting, the banks
President Ralph Branca, and
Chaim Farkas, were re-elected as
directors for additional three-
year terms.
TD Bank launches online
TD Helps initiative
TD Bank recently introduced
TD Helps, an online social com-
munity providing financial infor-
mation and guidance to U.S. con-
sumers. TD Helps is a managed
community where people can ask
questions about a wide range of
personal finance topics and re-
ceive answers from knowledge-
able TD Bank specialists and
other consumers. From first-time
home buying to planning for re-
tirement, and everything in be-
tween, TD Helps specialists guide
consumers on their personal fi-
nancial journeys.
Specialists answer all ques-
tions submitted to TD Helps, and
if a question cannot be published
for privacy or other reasons, the
TD Helps program team will re-
spond to the consumer privately
within 24 hours via email. All an-
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before they are published. To
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SIUH receives
commendation
The Commission on Cancer of
the American College of Sur-
geons has granted Three-Year Ac-
creditation with Commendation
to the cancer program at Staten
Island University Hospital. To
earn voluntary CoC accredita-
tion, a cancer program must meet
or exceed 34 CoC quality care
standards, be evaluated every
three years through a survey
process, and maintain levels of
excellence in the delivery of com-
prehensive patient-centered care.
Three-Year Accreditation with
Commendation is only awarded
to a facility that exceeds standard
requirements at the time of its
triennial survey.
As a CoC-accredited cancer
center, SIUH takes a multidisci-
plinary approach to treating can-
cer as a complex group of dis-
eases that requires consultation
among surgeons, medical and ra-
diation oncologists, diagnostic ra-
diologists, pathologists, and other
cancer specialists that results in
improved patient care.
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The Executive Women's Council of the SIEDC hosted a seminar featuring prominent women in business
at the annual SI Economic Conference at the Hilton Garden Inn. Pictured, from left, are SIEDC Board
member Pamela Coppola-Columbia, Gina Schlagel of Staten Island University Hospital, Assistant Com-
missioner of the New Jersey Dept. of Environmental Protection Michelle Siekerka, surgeon Dr. Cynara
Coomer and Gail Castellano of Richmond County Savings Bank.
EWC hosts seminar at SI Economic Conference
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Childhood Memories was the theme of the annual Employee Appreci-
ation dinner hosted by Victory State Bank at The Vanderbilt, South
Beach. Standing with Employee Events Committee participants are
Joseph LiBassi, far left, Victory States board chairman, and Ralph
Branca, far right, president and CEO of the bank. Seated, from left,
are Maria Biggica, Diane Kish, and Rosmerys Perez. Standing, from
left, are Richard Boyle, Laura Humphries and Jo Ann Mauro.
Victory State Bank employee dinner
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Local information technology businesses Telehouse Data Center and Digital Edge welcomed students
from Ralph McKee Career and Technical High School for a tour of their facility and a presentation on the
employment opportunities that exist in the telecom and IT industries. Telehouse and Digital Edge are lo-
cated in the Teleport property in Bloomfield.
Telehouse welcomes local students
Special to Business Trends
National Grid and St. Adalbert School partnered on Leading with
Safety where students, teachers, and staff participated in a safety
expo and hands-on demonstration. The initiative is designed to en-
gage school students in natural gas safety and damage prevention.
William Abell, supervisor, National Grid Customer Meter Services
(back row), provided students with an opportunity to try on some of
the required safety equipment worn by National Grid gas crews in-
cluding insulated gloves, safety glasses, hardhat, high visibility jack-
et and steel toe boots.
National Grid, St. Adalbert partner
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consultant and her three-year
term began June 1.
Giovinazzo-Barnickel joined
the NYSSCPA in 1989 and is a
member of its Staten Island
Chapter. She is a current member
of the Societys Strategic Plan-
ning Task Force. She has previ-
ously served as society vice presi-
dent, director-at-large and Execu-
tive Committee member. She is a
past chair of its Audit and Mem-
ber Benefits committees. She is a
past member of the Annual Lead-
ership Conference, Awards, Leg-
islation, NC Petitioners and Nom-
inating committees.
She is also a past member of its
Chapters Task Force. She has pre-
viously served as a Staten Island
Chapter president, president-
elect, vice president, secretary
and Executive Board member.
She is the current chair of the
chapters One on One Program
and Public Relations committees.
She is a member of the chapters
Education, COAP and Sponsor-
ship committees.
Giovinazzo-Barnickel graduat-
ed from Pace University with a
Bachelor of Science in business
administration in Certified Pub-
lic Accounting.
NEW OFFICERS
The Womens Guild of the Staten
Island Mental Health Society
The Women's Guild of the Stat-
en Island Mental Health Society
installed its newly-elected officers
for 2014-2015 at a dinner meeting
at Ninos Restaurant in Gras-
mere. The Guild is celebrating 45
years as the Societys fundraising
arm. The officers are: Vivian
Carbonaro, president; Fran
Habib, president-elect; June
Dellavalle, vice president; Marie
Mondello, recording secretary;
Karen Peragine, corresponding
secretary; Carol Romano, histori-
an; and Dorothy Liquori, publi-
cist. Founded in 1969, the Guild
meets monthly to plan, carry out,
and support fundraising events to
benefit the SIMHSs programs
for children with special needs,
including its annual Spring
Luncheon and $10,000 Raffle. The
Guild also sponsors activities
with the children who receive the
Societys services.
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Hoteliers Lois and Richard Nicotra hosted their quarterly Employee
Appreciation Luncheon at Nicotra's Ballroom's Tea House Garden in
Bloomfield. Staffers celebrated anniversaries ranging from one year
to 15 years at the Nicotra-owned Hilton Garden Inn, Hampton Inn &
Suites Staten Island, Nicotra Group, COMMONS caf, Lorenzo's
Restaurant, Bar & Cabaret, Above, Nicotra's Ballroom and The Cor-
porate Park of Staten Island.
Nicotra employee luncheon
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most respected companies of its
kind in the New York metropoli-
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number of vendors and mer-
chants to share in their success.
The newly introduced Dome
Savings Club gives businesses the
opportunity to expand their cus-
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Dome Savings Clubs Offer
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nominal one-time set-up fee,
which includes a place on the
clubs online Offer Board, is the
only cost. This is a winning situ-
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Michael Motelson, president of
Dome Property Management.
ALL PARTIES BENEFIT
Here's why:
(1) The businesses in the Dome
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marketing incentives that work
best for them, such as dollars-off
or percentage-savings discounts,
free gifts or services, or other
strategies that have successfully
worked for them in the past. They
will enjoy a huge audience com-
prised of well over 10,000 potential
customers at over 100 Dome-man-
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included in the clubs online mar-
keting efforts.
(2) Homeowners and communities
under Domes management bene-
fit from the dollars they save on
top-quality products and services.
(3) Dome Property Management,
notably Staten Islands premier
property management company,
benefits from directly interacting
with the business community and
providing a greatly appreciated
advantage to the many condo com-
munities it services.
Founded in 1987, Dome Proper-
ty Management manages over 100
condominium and homeowners
association communities, mostly
on Staten Island, and is the
biggest such operation in the bor-
ough. Dome provides comprehen-
sive property management servic-
es to many types of properties and
complexes, from under 10 to more
than 500 units, and includes many
building types and individually
owned homes. For now, the Dome
Savings Club is being marketed
solely to its Staten Island condo
communities.
DISTINGUISHED
MEMBERS
Time Warner Cable was the first
to participate in the club, with an
offer to supply participating
condo residents a savings of more
than $60 per month with bulk-rate
pricing. Additional members
include national companies, such
as Wells Fargo Home Mortgage,
and reputable local merchants,
such as Jealan Fireplaces. Even
Dome itself has joined in by offer-
ing preferred pricing and
enhanced services to the residents
of participating communities.
Now that the word is out, it is
likely representatives of the auto-
motive, banking, medical, finan-
cial and restaurant industries will
soon come on board. Dome should
also expect to hear from numer-
ous home-services businesses,
such as landscaping, contracting,
plumbing, electrical, woodwork-
ing, painting, multi-service and
product suppliers, and others.
Given the assortment of com-
munities and properties we man-
age, and the many goods and serv-
ices they and their residents con-
sume, businesses offering a wide
array of products and services
can benefit from participating,
said Enid Motelson, senior vice
president of Dome Property Man-
agement.
SOLID REPUTATION
IS A MUST
If you are interested in participat-
ing in the Dome Savings Club as a
merchant or vendor, be aware that
not every business will qualify.
Only businesses with a stellar
reputation for product, customer-
service and integrity will be con-
sidered, Michael Motelson said.
By simply providing a discount to
Domes customers in these tough
economic times, quality mer-
chants, service providers and ven-
dors can strengthen the loyalty of
their existing customers and
attract and build relationships
with new prospects.
For additional information,
Dome Property
Management may be reached at
718-605-2500,
e-mail at DomeProp@
DomeGroup.com, and
visited online
at www.DomeGroup.com. The
Dome Savings Clubs Offer
Board can be found at
www.DomeGroup.com/dscOffers.
The company is headquartered at
109 Winant Place,
Staten Island, NY 10309.
Current Participants:
Dome Savings Club connects businesses
to thousands of potential customers for free
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Richmond University Medical Center unveiled a new Comprehensive Psychiatric Emergency Program. Li-
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Staten Island attorney/songwriter Jon D'Agostino fulfilled a 10-year dream with the launch of Demolition
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ture of whats about to come, un-
less, of course, the results are
staggering, and two recent stud-
ies that were conducted on The
Wheel showed such results.
As part of its EB-5 financing
application which allows devel-
opers to use immigrant investor
capital to promote economic
growth in a particular area or re-
gion they had to show that the
project created 10 jobs for every
one green card it planned to use.
An independent study on The
Wheel showed that, by the United
States Citizenship and Immigra-
tion Services standards, more
than 5,000 jobs will be created, in-
cluding ongoing construction and
operational jobs as well as sec-
ondary and tertiary jobs.
It was high relative to the
amount of EB-5 financing they
were looking to dotwice as high
as what we needed, Marin said.
The impact of The Wheel wont
just be felt at the structure itself,
though. It is expected to attract
millions of visitors to the North
Shore each year, and those are
visitors The Wheels principals
value significantly for the sur-
rounding area.
Even though construction has-
nt begun on The Wheel, the team
is already partnering with local
organizations such as Historic
Richmond Town, the Postcards
9/11 Memorial, the Snug Harbor
Cultural Center, the Staten Island
Zoo and Childrens Museum and
the National Lighthouse Muse-
um. It has also committed to giv-
ing at least $50,000 per year for 10
years to the North Shore Founda-
tion for the benefit of local com-
munity non-profits.
The Wheel has also partnered
with Statue Cruises, which fer-
ries 5 million visitors to the Stat-
ue of Liberty each year. Statue
Cruises conducted a survey that
asked its riders whether theyd
pay extra money to stop at The
Wheel once its constructed.
Marin said he would have been
more than happy had 20 percent
of the responses come back posi-
tive. Instead, the survey showed
that 89 percent of riders said they
would want to visit The Wheel,
and 70 percent said they wanted
to go just for the planned light
show at night.
It was a huge endorsement of
what were doing, Marin said.
The lions share of them said
they wanted to come to the
Wheel.
Visitors come to New York City
for an average of 2.7 days, Marin
said. That first day is typically
spent at Manhattans famous
landmarks such as Times Square
and the Empire State Building.
That second day, though, is up for
grabs, and Marin believes The
Wheel, and its partnerships with
organizations such as Snug Har-
bor and the St. George Theatre,
can capture that second day.
Were trying to get a full pro-
gram lined up so people would
want to come here for a full day,
he said. Coming out here for a
full day is really meaningful, be-
cause if they come for a full day,
theyre going to do the culturals.
We want to own the night.
Were trying to create a set of
activations for this site that have
everything from food to festivals
to concerts, so theres stuff going
on day and night and really
brings this whole North Shore
area alive.
Marin said the majority of
funding for the site is set, and
theyre just waiting for final ap-
proval to move forward. The proj-
ect is on schedule for site prepara-
tion in September or October,
with construction planned for De-
cember.
Once the project is underway,
Marin said the team will go out to
bid for local content, contractors,
businesses and groups, but
theyre not at that point just yet.
For now, their focus is getting that
first shovel in the ground so the
project can be completed by its
early 2017 projected opening.
From an economic impact
standpoint, this is the centerpiece
of the North Shore redevelop-
ment, Marin said. The truth of
the matter is that its quite signifi-
cant that The Wheel is here.
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