Light Rail, Brownfields at Top of Chairman's List: CSI Gets A Formal School of Business

By TIM RONALDSON
Business Trends
If Bob Moore had his way, a light rail on
the North and West shores would help ease
the pain of the nightmare that has become
Staten Islands daily traffic.
With an estimated 2.2 cars per household
already on the road, and the possibility of an-
other 40,000 cars adding to that pool based on
upcoming developments, Moore says finding
a solution to the transit problem is essential.
If we dont start now, were going to turn
around in four or five years and we wont be
able to move, said Moore, the chairman of
the Staten Island Economic Development
Corporation.
We need mass transportation before the
entire Island grinds to a halt.
After pitching separate ideas for a light
rail, the SIEDC and the Chamber of Com-
merce have since joined forces to lobby for
what theyre calling the Staten Island Re-
gional Light Rail solution a mass transit
system with legs on the North and West
shores that would meet up and travel over
the Bayonne Bridge. If such a project were
approved, Moore said it would instantly rank
fifth or sixth in the country in terms of rider-
ship.
There are more than 20 tunnels that go
under the East River, and Staten Island is
asking for one mass transit project that
would connect it to New Jersey.
Were asking for one little light rail sys-
tem to go over the Bayonne Bridge, Moore
said. The more we keep the idea bubbling,
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At the Staten Island Economic Development Corporation's annual All-Member Dinner at
Angelina's Ristorante in Tottenville, SIEDC Board of Directors members Bob Moore, Stan-
ley Friedman, and Ralph Branca got together for a quick photo.
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By TIM RONALDSON
Business Trends
As students return to campus
this fall, they will see a change at
the College of Staten Island.
The schools department of
business, previously a part of the
Division of Humanities and So-
cial Studies, has now become its
own, distinct School of Business.
With Dr. Susan Holak as its first-
ever dean, the School of Business
is a culmination of years of plan-
ning in response to the changing
face of the college.
Given the size of the college,
its growth and the new programs
that are coming on board, and the
needs of the community, the
structure of two divisions is not
optimal for us anymore, Holak
said.
The college has been experi-
encing a natural transformation
over the last few years, and the of-
ficial move to a separate School of
Business follows that. More than
14,000 students now attend CSI,
and a new, expanded format will
allow the school to accomplish
even more than it already has.
Were better able, in this
structure, to keep up with the
many things going on in our dis-
ciplines and bring that into the
classrooms, Holak said.We have
a lot of students. There are now
more people to handle all the
things that happen in a day. This
CSI gets
a formal
School of
Business
please see CSI, page 21 please see SIEDC, page 19
Light rail, brownfields at top of chairmans list
2 BUSINESS TRENDS SEPTEMBER 2013
By BILLY SPARKLE
Imagine it's 2 a.m., you're sit-
ting on your couch watching TV,
and a commercial comes on with
the narrators voice saying: Are
you overwhelmed? Frustrated?
Full of anxiety over how you're
going to get it done? You know
what it is - that project you've
been working on, expanding your
business by adding some new
clients, or improving some aspect
of your personal life... Have you
been feeling stuck; like it is
too big for you; like you cant han-
dle it while at the same time,
you can't walk away from it ei-
ther because it is too com-
pelling to you?
If this sounds like you, then
you may be struggling with Pro-
ject Elephantitis. This is a con-
dition that occurs when the proj-
ect one is working on seems too
BIG to handle. A person becomes
overwhelmed and then either
freezes and cant seem to do
anything, or the person throws
himself into busy work which,
while it keeps him active, doesnt
actually produce any worthwhile
results.
So how does one get out of
this? Theres an old adage that
states: the way to eat an elephant
is one-bite-at-a-time. Similarly,
the way to fulfill a giant project is
one-TASK-at-a-time.
That seems simple enough,
doesnt it? Yet, I cannot tell you
how many encounters Ive had
where a person was attempting to
eat a proverbial elephant in just
one bite.
So the next time youre over-
taken by a case of Project Ele-
phantitis (signified by overwhelm
sometimes coupled with a severe
dose of busy-work), Chunk it
down. Isolate a small, simple task
that you can easily accomplish.
Then pour yourself fully into that
one task (this is called single-
tasking).
By the inch its a cinch; by the
yard its hard. By breaking large
projects into small, simple tasks
we gain power by concentrating
our energy on those simple tasks.
We then start seeing results (one
small task complete, another
small task complete, etc.). And
these small victories spur us on to
continue engaging in additional
tasks. Before we know it (by tak-
ing just one bite at a time), weve
ended up eating an entire ele-
phant.
Dont let what you cant do get
in the way of what you can do.
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SEPTEMBER 2013 BUSINESS TRENDS 5
Capital One Bank hosts grand re-opening
After suffering catastrophic damage during Superstorm Sandy, the Capital One Bank branch on Hylan
Boulevard in Dongan Hills hosted a grand re-opening to show off its renovated digs. A host of local digni-
taries and friends of the bank turned out to celebrate. Pictured, from left, are Capital One Regional Exec-
utive Ed Montesdeoca, Branch Manager Michele Novack-Abugosh, and Market President Ed Waterfield.
in our opinion
Welcome back, everyone!
W
elcome back from the sum-
mer. We say this with a
wink. But its an unspoken
rule that the business community
does take a bit of a break during July
and August to allow everyone to
recharge their batteries. Thats why
so many business-related fraternal
and service organizations refrain
from meeting over the summer
months.
So unless you are a seasonal busi-
ness and summer is your high season,
chances are you have been taking it a
little slower these past couple of
months, perhaps taking some time off
the job. And your business associates
and customers have justified this for
you by being less available themselves.
It all goes back to the good old
school days, when for two glorious
months it was no more pencils, no
more books, no more well, you get
the picture.
Of course, as adults, many of us are
taking that time off to watch over our
offspring, who are out of school and
require supervision. But the concept
remains the same.
Now here it is, September. Were all
back, with pencils freshly sharpened,
ready to tackle the fourth quarter.
Here are a few things well be follow-
ing closely as 2013 winds down:
The election. After 12 years under a
Bloomberg administration, New York
City is poised to begin a new era, with
a new mayor. All candidates pay lip
service to the importance of small
business to this city. But when it
comes time to set policy, will they fol-
low through?
The sale of the International Speed-
way Corp. property. This large indus-
trial parcel of land on the West Shore,
once remediated, could be a source of
serious stimulation for our local econ-
omy. So far, the buyers have been
mum regarding their specific plans.
Well be watching.
Development at the Teleport. The
NYC Economic Development Corp.
has put out a Request for Expressions
of Interest for the development of 80
acres at this site. Could this be the be-
ginning of something big in an area
that has languished for far too long?
These are interesting and exciting
times for business on Staten Island.
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Situation
I appreciate the feedback, comments,
suggestions and ideas that readers have af-
forded me since starting this column in
2006. This article will review some recent
conversations with readers.
1.) An important secret in buying a com-
puter printer or photocopier: Check on the
pricing of the toner/ink before making the
purchase decision. Sometimes a seemingly
great deal on a printer is offset by expen-
sive disposables. Check Amazon.com for
best buys on manufacturer branded, OEM
and recycled toner/ink before buying.
2.) How to improve your Linkedin pro-
file: Google it. Check with www.career-pio-
neers.com and others for ideas to improve
your profile. From a professional perspec-
tive, your Linkedin profile should look
great. Common errors include: not having
a professional photo (or no photo at all) and
just listing your jobs instead of summariz-
ing your skills and quantifying results. Try
to complete as much of your profile as pos-
sible. Many of my colleagues will not re-
spond to a Linkedin request that they dont
know unless it looks amazing. As we get
more and more requests to link, it may
serve all of us well to be more selective.
3.) Have separate email addresses for
your different needs. You may choose to
have a yourname@gmail.com for personal
use, an info or yourname@yourbusi-
ness.com for customers, and a
vendors@business.com to get updates from
both new and established business ven-
dors. Some have suggested a
youname@yahoo.com for casual use
when someone you dont know asks you for
an email address.
4.) Use Dropbox! For those who dont
know about Dropbox, go to dropbox.com
now. It is a free app that you can install
on almost any computer and mobile device
which allows you to drag up, store and
download up to 2 Gb of data (videos, pho-
tos, etc.) and make them available for
download to those you choose to share the
data with your own personal cloud. It is a
great way of sharing and sending large
files with others.
While the app is free, you can purchase
larger amounts of storage for a minimal
monthly or annual fee. You can also use
this service as a temporary website for
project management or as a quick and easy
way to get content to and from your iPhone
or iPad. Rated M; a must have!
5.) Small business owners must take
time to meet with the machine gun sales-
man. A metaphor about generals who lost
wars by continuing to fight with the tried
and true rifles, using expert marksmen, be-
cause they didnt take the time to learn of
the new technology from the machine gun
salesman which made their efforts and
armies completely obsolete.
Creative destruction is going on all
around us at a dizzying pace, and if we
dont take time, at least weekly, to hear
from salespeople with cheaper, faster, bet-
ter and newer tools and services, we too
will always be on the defensive and playing
catch-up.
While larger organizations understand
this concept and have a purchasing depart-
ment for meeting with and learning from
vendors, most small to medium sized com-
panies do not, and even consider salespeo-
ple an interruption or irritation in their
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Contact him at
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By ROBERT CUTRONA
Mayor Bloomberg has set an
ambitious objective that will ben-
efit the long-term fiscal health of
New York City while also protect-
ing the sustainability of our city
employees health benefits. The
objective is to reduce the citys
rapidly rising health care costs by
finding less expensive health in-
surance for the citys 300,000-plus
current employees, and 200,000 re-
tirees.
During the 11 years since
Bloomberg took office, the citys
annual health insurance costs
have doubled to $6.3 billion.
Under the pending Affordable
Care Act, costs will continue to
increase. So, one would think
that far-sighted and good-inten-
tioned leaders would support
Bloombergs worthy objective, as
it would serve to safeguard the
city employees health benefits
over the long term and, at the
same time, help the citys overall
financial condition. This is not
the case, however. Consistently
myopic, the Municipal Labor
Committee, a coalition of NYC
unions, obtained a temporary re-
straining order stopping the city
from seeking less expensive cov-
erage.
Understand, Bloombergs ob-
jective is not to reduce or curtail
the recipients health insurance
benefits in any way, but to main-
tain the current level of cover-
age(s) at a lesser cost.
As usual, the unions are blind
to the future welfare of their
members and the common good.
You would think that with the es-
calating negative attitudes to-
ward unions along with attendant
nation-wide erosion of support,
union leaders would be more co-
operative. Moreover, with many
benefit programs under-funded,
the prudent direction would be to
seek ways of prolonging the pro-
grams while spending less.
Beyond ignoring the best inter-
ests of their constituents - their
rank and file members - the
unions also do a disservice to the
overall middle class. Their in-
transigence will move New York
City one step closer to Detroit,
where health and other benefits
are in real jeopardy because of
the recent bankruptcy filing.
Many in our city depend on these
health insurance benefits; short
sightedness on safeguarding
them should not be an option.
Robert Cutrona, president of
Project One Services, is a director of
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By JOHN J. VENTO
Every business needs an ac-
counting system. Just what kind
of system it should be depends on
what the business does and how
large it is.
The only real hard and fast
rule is that your accounting
records and filing system have to
be adequate to support the in-
come and expenses that you show
on your income tax returns.
Aside from filing your income
tax return, your bookkeeping sys-
tem and the resulting reports it
generates should provide you
with enough useful information
to allow you to make intelligent
business decisions. You can start
a small business with a very sim-
ple record system. As your busi-
ness grows, your system can be
changed to provide new and im-
proved reports.
If your system is too cumber-
some for easy use, the chances are
you will not keep timely records
and will lose out on good manage-
ment information.
Lets suppose you have started
a new restaurant. It would serve
no purpose to have a profit and
loss statement with so much de-
tail that you can tell the cost of
pepper, for example. At most, it
would seem that grouping all
spices in one account may be
adequate or, better yet, just part of
food costs. On the other hand,
the cost of coffee should not be
lumped into food costs since it
will be a major item with a sepa-
rate price on the menu. Keeping
track of major food categories
may be useful when negotiating
prices with vendors.
If your current accounting sys-
tem is not giving you reports that
assist you in making profitable
business decisions, make some
changes. Once you know what re-
ports you need on a regular basis,
the accounting system can be de-
signed to give those reports with
the least amount of effort.
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Customer Appreciation Day at Pandora
The Pandora store in the Staten Island Mall hosted a Customer Appreciation Day, where visitors were
treated to DJ music, giveaways, refreshments and bracelet restyling and explored the new summer 2013
styles. Here, the Pandora team gathers for a group shot.
RCSF to award green grants
The Richmond County Savings
Foundation will be awarding
grants to not-for-profits on Staten
Island who engage in green ini-
tiatives that improve the environ-
ment. The total pool of grants
will be $100,000. Businesses, indi-
viduals and community groups
are encouraged to partner with
local not-for-profits and submit
proposals. The priority deadline
is Dec. 1, 2013. The first round of
awards will be announced Janu-
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and the more we keep the pres-
sure on the officials, we wont be
asking what happened?
But mass transit isnt the only
major development that is on
Moores mind.
One of his biggest concerns is
rehabilitating the Islands brown-
fields.
The West Shore desperately
needs this redevelopment, he
said, and the SIEDC is working
hard to make it beneficial for
property owners to help. It put in
a $400,000 grant application with
the states Brownfield Opportuni-
ty Areas Program to incentivize
property owners that have brown-
fields to redevelop.
The issue for these property
owners, as it stands now, is that
the amount of property taxes the
land owners are paying are out
of whack with what it would
cost to redevelop, Moore said, so
its essential that an incentive in
some financial form is given.
The SIEDC has tried hard, in the
last five or six years, to find a po-
tential buyer for a chunk of this
land in need of remediation, with
no success.
When the taxes are at a point
where its cheaper to pay the
taxes than it is to remediate the
property, we need to be innova-
tive, Moore said.
Successful brownfields remedi-
ation on the South Shore gives
Moore and the SIEDC confidence
that the same can happen on the
West Shore.
These remediated properties,
and the businesses it spurs, could
help support the future develop-
ment of the recently-sold former
NASCAR site. Early last month,
the International Speedway Cor-
poration announced that it sold
its 676-acre parcel of land in
Bloomfield to Staten Island Ma-
rine Development, LLC, for $80
million.
It just took far too long,
Moore said of the property, on
which the ISC had intended to
build a NASCAR stadium that
would seat 80,000 fans. The devel-
opment of this property is long
overdue.
As Moore understands it, the
site would be used for commer-
cial or industrial developments,
based on the current zoning, uti-
lizing the waterfront, rail and
highways.
Its good that theyre coming.
Its certainly going to increase the
property value, Moore said.
Developing at least part of the
land would be a good thing for
Staten Island, and its effects could
be far-reaching.
Moore said the SIEDC is also
trying to form two Business Im-
provement Districts an Industri-
al Business Improvement District
on the West Shore and one thats
further along in the process on
the South Shore.
There are 16 industrial zones
in New York City, 15 of which get
tax credits, leaving Staten Is-
lands as the only one without
this incentive.
The SIEDC and the South
Shore LDC recently signed a con-
tract to hire an executive director
of the new BID, and they have
what they believe are enough
merchants that would agree to
vote to convert their current mer-
chants association to a formal
taxing BID.
A merchants association does-
nt have the ability to tax mer-
chants, which makes it difficult to
improve the area from a visual
standpoint or market it to poten-
tial visitors.
You cant do much without
taxes, Moore said.
It becomes a demonstration
project. You really want to show
the businesses what the benefits
of being a business improvement
district are.
Moore believes the SIEDC is
able to be as influential as it is be-
cause of its employees, and the
proof is in the pudding with
where former employees are now.
Employees such as Vin Lenza, the
former deputy director of the
SIEDC and current executive di-
rector of the Staten Island NFP
Association; Steve Grillo, the
SIEDCs director of projects who
left to work for Con Edison, then
returned; and Laura Liberto, who
has moved up the ladder to her
position now as senior vice presi-
dent at the SIEDC, make the or-
ganization what it is.
I think the employees are
given fairly considerable amount
of responsibility. They tend to
come to us at a young entrepre-
neurial age, and theres no time to
sit there as someones assistant
for many years, Moore said.
You get all that experience right
away here.
Its not surprising, then, that
many of our (employees) move
onto (influential positions at)
other organizations.
The best compliment for the
organization, and the manage-
ment of the organization, is to be
known as a place that develops
employees and that its employees
become coveted employees for its
members.
Moore wants a light rail
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ERIKA HELLSTROM
Richmond University Medical Center
Richmond University Medical
Center has added local fundraiser
Erika Hellstrom to its executive
team. Hellstrom joins RUMC as
vice president of development
and executive director of the
RUMC Foundation. She previous-
ly worked at Eden II Programs,
overseeing the agency's fundrais-
ing and marketing. She recently
aided the autism agency by man-
aging their capital campaign,
raising $7.2 million of the $7.5
million goal and securing $1 mil-
lion to complete the initial outfit-
ting of the new building. Prior to
Eden II, she was director of devel-
opment and alumni relations for
the College of Staten Island,
CUNY.
Her community involvement is
highlighted as a director on the
Brooklyn Home For Aged Men
Board and as an active member of
the Staten Island Not For Profit
Association. Hellstrom holds an
MBA from Wagner College and a
CUNY undergraduate degree.
CYNTHIA SCARINCI
College of Staten Island
College of Staten Island Ac-
counting Professor Cynthia Scar-
inci, CPA, was awarded the Dr.
Emanuel Saxe Award in Educa-
tion at the New York State Society
of Certified Public Accountants
116th Annual Election Meeting
and Dinner.
The award is named for
Emanuel Saxe, a well-known New
York CPA who was a Dean Emeri-
tus and a member of the Baruch
College faculty for 31 years. It
highlights outstanding service
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focus areas of accounting and fi-
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and marketing, which will also
include international business
and information management.
Holak said this structure would
give the college more capability to
help keep up with the large stu-
dent population and deal with the
dynamics of each discipline.
In addition, the move to a for-
mal School of Business will help
CSI in its path to receive accredi-
tation through the Association to
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obtain if that structure is not in
place.
This structure puts us in posi-
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its one were ready for and that
were taking steps to pursue,
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school, and AACSB certainly
helps that.
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year, while actual accreditation
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In the meantime, the School of
Business will continue to change
its face with new signage, brand-
ing and a redesigned website, as
well as the creation of its first
Business Executive Committee.
Holak said the committee will be
comprised of alumni as well as
representatives from throughout
the Staten Island business com-
munity who can represent differ-
ent skill sets from different sec-
tors.
The committee, which the
school is hoping to build up slow-
ly over time, would help develop
strategic partnerships with local
businesses.
I feel that we absolutely need
to have this type of board, she
said.
Under the new structure, the
Small Business Development
Center, housed at CSI, will move
into the School of Business, re-
porting to Holak, and be a part of
the larger college family, allowing
for much more collaboration for
internship and research opportu-
nities for both students and facul-
ty.
I think we (the SBDC office)
really shine, Holak said. We do
very, very well in terms of all the
metrics that (Director) Dean (Bal-
simini) addresses in terms of job
creation and job saving.
In the aftermath of Super-
storm Sandy, Balsimini and the
SBDC were able to facilitate a fac-
ulty member connecting with
businesses throughout the Island
to provide real-time support for
people in need.
Data collection like that can
then be analyzed in the colleges
High Performance Computing
Center, which, Holak said, can
process simulations and massive
amounts of data, and is the most
powerful data setup from here to
northern New York.
At the Center, students learn to
work with large data sets. In one
example, a faculty member is
leading a class to analyze a mas-
sive set of data related to taxi trip
records trip and fare details that
can give an insight into peoples
consumption, transportation
services and the need for future
transportation planning and im-
plications.
This is an area that we al-
ready have a track record with
and are really expanding now,
Holak said. This is an area that
were really collecting our forces
and expertise and are really ex-
panding as an area were honing
in on.
Holak believes the School of
Business will continue to build on
CSIs progress over the last few
years in the areas of research and
internationalization. For many
years, the college has had a full
service center for promoting and
facilitating study abroad and ex-
changes.
Through a partnership with a
school in France, students come
to CSI to receive a masters de-
gree.
What CSI provides to students
is the proximity and easy access
to Manhattan while still having a
traditional looking campus, and a
school thats doing some very dy-
namic things.
Theres a lot of interest in the
campus, now that we have the
School of Businessbecause we
have the best of many worlds,
Holak said. We have an entity
where were a pretty engaged and
caring faculty, and we try to nur-
ture programs.
CSI gets a business school
CSI

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