Long Island Association

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The Long Island Association (LIA) is an organization representing businesses in the Long Island region. The LIA's members together employ two-thirds of Long Island's workforce.[ citation needed ] The LIA was founded in July 1926 as the Long Island Chamber of Commerce to promote business relocation from New York City. [1] The LIA headquarters remained in Manhattan until 1949; it is now based in Melville.

Former presidents included William J. Casey, later CIA Director under President Ronald Reagan, and James Lacrocca, former New York State Commissioner of Energy and Transportation. As of November 2023, it is led by Matt Cohen. [2]

In 2024, the LIA Foundation (charitable arm of the Long Island Association) launched the L.O.C.A.L. (Lifting Our Community Businesses Across Long Island) Small Business Grants program, providing $5,000 grants to 50 small businesses across Nassau and Suffolk counties. [3] In 2025, the program entered its second year, awarding $5,000 each to 40 small businesses and two grand prizes of $25,000 each, made possible through a partnership between the LIA Foundation and Optimum Business. [4]

References

  1. ↑ "History and Accomplishments". Long Island Association. Retrieved 7 November 2023.[ unreliable source? ]
  2. ↑ "Board". Long Island Association. Retrieved 7 November 2023.
  3. ↑ "2024 L.O.C.A.L. Small Business Grants – Optimum & LIA Foundation". Optimum Business.
  4. ↑ "Optimum Business and the LIA Foundation Announce Relaunch of L.O.C.A.L. Small Business Grants". Altice USA. February 26, 2025.


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