OSA Phara to leave LI for Westchester

In a severe blow to Long Island 's decades-long effort to become a center for biotechnology, OSI Pharmaceuticals Inc.

[do it do it]

good job...

[NY Sucks]

Another disaster for our politicians ! NY is UNFRIENDLY to business ! NY Sucks

[Will]

Way to go jack@$$, shouldn't you be arguing non-senseitically about who controls the NY Senate. Somebody didn't get their pockets lined so they killed a deal. Can anyone say Kate Murray's continued and baffling refusal to allow the Lighthouse project to move forward?

[dont care]

thats just great. guess pols could not convince OSI to stay - I mean, its not like the Rt 110 Business corridor has any vacant buildings/land.

[Just Saying]

I'm afraid this is just the first of many, as Long Island's high taxes and cost of living are forcing many businesses to make tough decisions.

[Annoyed Long Islander]

Politicians don't care about us people. I say we give them all term limits on our own.

Vote every politcian out in the next election. Who care is if you are DEM or Repub. Just vote for the new person.

Fed up with BS here and in DC

[Scott]

Just so you all know Sen. Charles Fuschillo Jr. (R-Merrick) was the legislator that they were referring to in the article.

[Don in Tennessee]

Tennessee moves up to No. 2 spot as best for business

Tennessee is the nation’s second best state for business, according to Site Selection, a leading economic development industry magazine.

The state moves up from No. 6 in the annual rankings. North Carolina took the top spot.

The rankings are determined by a state’s success in expanding and attracting business facility activity, and by several criteria important to corporate site selectors, including workforce, transportation infrastructure and ease of doing business with regulators and government officials.

[Annoyed Long Islander]

Just wait till the CAP and TRADE goes thru!! Then watch the companies line up and leave.

Call your congress person and tell them no!!!!!!!

FYI Cap & Trade is a Hugh tax on energy!!(electric, gas, oil, etc)

Cap & Trade already passes the house and going to senate.

If this passes, LI will be a ghost town,

[DITTO FOR US]

Dumb NY politicians did the same thing to my company; and I took the move with them.

Best thing I ever did in my life. I live like a middle class person now, and we now have some extra money to put away every month.

Get out of NY now, while you can. It is a terrible place to raise a family.

NY Sucks wrote:

Another disaster for our politicians ! NY is UNFRIENDLY to business ! NY Sucks

[fotoguy]

Another tax ratable & jobs lost. Stupid politicians need to keep their mouths shut. They spew nothing but nonsense

[Don in Tennessee]

Most civil engineers know that when a bridge collapses there are warning signs, including metal groaning and rivets popping. Just a few at first and then more and more in rapid succession.

Well folks the rivets are popping now.

[Thanks]

Scott wrote:

Just so you all know Sen. Charles Fuschillo Jr.(R-Merrick) was the legislator that they were referring to in the article.

was wondering who the incompetent imbecile is; unfortunately we elect these morons because anyone that would be qualified to run the government doesn't want anything to do with it.

[FormerNYPD]

Another political disaster. It amazes me how NY politics just destroys growth for the State. I wonder who's big mouth opened and ruined this deal.

[XXX]

Westchester is still in NY. It all boils down to who wants it more.

[bob]

never heard of it

[Life On Long Island]

LIRR, LIE, Cablevision, traffic, congested, taxes, rude people, illegal people...what more do you need to know...LONG ISLAND SUCKS !!

I didn't include politicians because they're all crooked a***holes. Does it really make a difference if you vote?

[enough]

Idiot politician as usual. We need to get rid of all them.

[Steve]

Did everyone e-mail this article to Fuschillo?

[Ray]

so who is the "legislator"???