Good point ...

"The state lists eight industrial development agencies here: the two counties, five towns - Babylon, Brookhaven, Hempstead, Islip and Riverhead - and the City of Glen Cove. But we don't have a unifying force to promote and market the region as a whole, to act as Switzerland, focusing neutrally on the needs of the whole Island. Our eight IDAs do cooperate, but they also compete. They don't harmonize as one voice, repeating loudly: Think of Long Island as a great place to do business.

"If you can get a single one for both counties, you could be a very potent force in economic development circles," says Gerald Gordon, a New York City native who runs the Fairfax County Economic Development Authority in Virginia"

Good point.

What is needed however is a methodology for achieving this "unified" vision.

"One Long Island" is a suggested path for achieving these results.