The residential markets are doing well. Jersey City, Westchester, northern Manhattan - are areas of interest to the millennial population, offering good transportation - the key; more affordable prices, and amenities.

The catering-event businesses are tough! Parties are fun; caterers-planners work to make sure clients and guests are having a good time! Not-for-profits, corporations rely on their skills for special foods, design, service for their special events

White Plains, New Rochelle, Yonkers, Stamford-cities "open for business," with cooperation from local boards, they are developing mixed-use communities, cultural space, attractive to empty nesters, and inviting to younger transit-oriented residents.

The commercial market in LIC continues to grow, as entrepreneurs with high-end products, artists, computer designers move into industrial space. Headquarters to major corporations, Fortune 500 manufacturers and tourism energize LIC's hotel business.

Health Care today, a "different world" to practitioners and patients, includes a new vocabulary: Ambulatory Care Centers, Family Health Centers, Urgent Care Centers, Virtual Urgent Care, Electronic Records. Members of NYU Langone Health-here to explain.

NY's 51st Governor, Hugh Carey and family, loved Shelter Island, spending long summer vacations there. Perhaps this affection inspired Governor Carey to sign, in 1976, the New York Farm Winery Act, thus becoming the inspiration for the great wines of NY.

How to keep seniors living on Long Island; how to attract newcomers/young people to Long Island? Panelists agree there are opportunities to do both. Good jobs, quality of life opportunities, affordable housing, transportation promote future growth.

How to keep seniors living on Long Island; how to attract newcomers/young people to Long Island? Panelists agree there are opportunities to do both. Good jobs, quality of life opportunities, affordable housing, transportation promote future growth.

The Tax Reform Act-concentrating in this show-on small business and real estate, tax experts agree, the corporation gets most of the benefits. Guests discussed the new section 199A; the 20% tax deduction for QUALIFIED business (what is/is not qualified).

Tax experts, asked who will benefit from the new Tax Reform Act, agreed that it will be "really good for corporations." The new Standard Deduction may help individuals. Other changes discussed: the 529 Plan, $10,000 cap on mortgage, state & local taxes.