Long Island Business And Community Leader Phil Andrews Is Selected A 2025 Icon Honors Award Winner

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Long Island Business News Announces Phil Andrews as a 2025 Icon Honoree

Phil Andrews SBA Award Winner (left) 100 Black Men Eastern NY (Right)
Has Won Many Community Awards And Is Now An Icon Honoree

Long Island Business News has selected Phil Andrews, President of Long Island African American Chamber of Commerce, Inc. and 100 Black Men of Eastern New York, Inc. as a 2025 Icon Honors recipient.

Icon Honors recognizes Long Island business leaders, over the age of 60, for their notable success and demonstration of strong leadership within and outside their fields. The honorees have moved their businesses and Long Island forward by growing jobs and making a difference in the community.

To be eligible for Icon Honors, honorees must have a long-standing commitment to the Long Island business community. Honorees must also have a sustained dedication to community service and mentoring. They may be in the workforce (or retired) and must hold (or have held) senior management-level positions with significant authority in decision-making for their organization. The winners were selected by the editors of Long Island Business News.

“The 2025 Icon Honors recipients are visionary leaders who make a difference for many of us on Long Island and beyond. Their professional achievements, community awareness and action are outstanding, and they are role models for all of us,” said Suzanne Fischer-Huettner, managing director of BridgeTower Media/Long Island Business News. “They also look to the future by mentoring the next generation of leaders. We at Long Island Business News congratulate this year’s honorees.”

The winners will be honored at a celebration on Thursday, Aug. 21, from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. at Crest Hollow Country Club, 8325 Jericho Turnpike, Woodbury. Registration and networking begin at 11:30 a.m., followed by the luncheon and awards celebration at Noon. The event hashtag is #LIBNevents.

Attendance is limited. This event will sell out. Winners and sponsors receive priority access. Sponsorship includes a table for guests, logo usage, multimedia marketing opportunities and more, depending on sponsor level. Only sponsors will be guaranteed a table for their guests. If space is available after the sponsorship deadline, a limited number of individual tickets will go on sale. To secure a sponsorship, contact Suzanne Fischer-Huettner at shuettner@bridgetowermedia.com. 

Winners will be profiled in a special section that will be inserted into the Aug. 22 issue of Long Island Business News and will be available online at LIBN.com.

For more information and updated sponsorship information about Long Island Business News’ 2025 Icon Honors, visit https://libn.com/event/libn-icon-honors/.

Get The Scoop On The 7th Annual Queens Book Fair

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7th Annual Queens Book Fair

Come To Mingle and Have Fun.

Live Music, Meet & Greet Authors, Giveaways, Book Winning Contest & Lots More…

To be a vendor and exhibit at the fair email info@beyondtheabuse.org.

Once your application approved, you will be contacted. A fee of $65.00 to secure each space will, then, be required to be made. Tables are limited…

Get The Scoop From Pierre Clark On Tips and Strategies To Get The Money To Start Your Business

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Tips and Strategies On

How To Get The Money to
Start Your Business

By Pierre Clark

Stats show that more than 60% of all small business startup funding for a business comes from the founders and personal friends of the founders.  So you'll have to raise the first startup cash yourself and demonstrate your business commitment and your concept's potential before investors will be interested. Here are 10 ways to raise up to $10,000 cash:

1. Host a fundraiser: Create an event, sell 100 tickets at $100 each.

2. Pre-sell your services or products. Sign up potential clients to contracts and collect downpayments on account from each of them.

3. Sell stock shares in your company. If you start a small business corporation in Illinois, you can sell up to $1 million in stock shares usually without registering the company as a public corporation.

4. Hook up with a non-profit organization, start a program built around your product or service and write a grants application to solicit funding though the non-profit.

5. Enter a business plan competition. The Miller Beer Urban Entrepreneur Competition gives out $25,000.00 in grants to business entrpreneurs under 30 who are starting their own businesses. Kool Cigarettes sponsored a similar competition and there are many others.

Hands-on History: Pirates at King Manor!

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Learn about the history of pirates and craft your own (recyclable) pirate spyglass! All ages welcome at the historic King's Manor.

Your Queens 10th Anniversary ” The Art of Royalty”

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“The Art of Royalty” is a regal experience taking the form of an immersive art gallery, honoring a decade of empowerment, education, and performance. This milestone event features:

• Visual art from local Black artists
• Mini-performances in dance, theater, spoken word, and music
• A historical timeline exhibit showcasing the journey of Your Queens, Inc.
• A live art auction and costume photo booth
• ️Delicious hors d’oeuvres served by staff in traditional African attire
• A special unveiling of a new Queen

Plus, we’ll honor 1–3 remarkable individuals who embody the spirit of royalty and community.

Get The Scoop On "Why America's Immigration Debate Is About More Than a Border"

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“Crossing Lines: Why America's Immigration Debate Is About More Than a Border"

By Venita Benitez, with collaboration from Microsoft Copilot

Let’s cut through the noise. America is in the thick of a storm over immigration, and everyone’s got an opinion—but not everyone has the facts. If you’ve ever asked yourself, “How the heck did we get here?”

You’re not alone. Here’s a real, no-fluff breakdown of what’s happening, why it’s still happening, and what the law actually says.

❗ Yes, Illegal Entry Is a Crime

Let’s start with the obvious: crossing the U.S. border without authorization is a federal crime. First-time? It’s a misdemeanor. If someone is caught and returns again? That’s a felony. That’s not opinion—it’s statute, straight from 8 U.S. Code §1325 and §1326.

No matter where you stand politically, it’s illegal. But that’s not where the debate ends… it’s where it begins.

🧑‍⚖️ Civil vs. Criminal—What’s the Real Difference?

Just because something’s illegal doesn’t mean it’s always criminally prosecuted.

Immigration law in the U.S. is a weird hybrid:

• Overstaying a visa = civil violation.
• Crossing the border unlawfully = criminal offense, but not everyone is prosecuted in criminal court.

Why? Because the system is buried in backlog, and the federal government doesn’t have the resources to prosecute every single case. So, a lot of immigration violations get handled like traffic tickets—processed through civil immigration courts, not criminal ones.

🔗 The 13th Amendment Exception—Slavery by Another Name?

Here’s where it gets real. The 13th Amendment abolished slavery—except as punishment for a crime.

The exact words: > “Neither slavery nor involuntary servitude… shall exist within the United States, or any place subject to their jurisdiction, except as a punishment for crime whereof the party shall have been duly convicted.”

So, what happens when someone crosses the border illegally and is criminally convicted? That exception clause kicks in. And under current law, low-cost or forced labor in detention centers becomes legal. That’s not just theory—it’s happening.

Migrants clean, cook, and maintain facilities for pennies per hour. Some call it “detention.” Others call it modern-day slavery.

Get The Scoop On Why This July 4th Independence Weekend And Thru-out History - Freedom Ain't Free

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On This July 4th Independence Day and Thru-out History We Learn - Freedom Ain't Free

By Kamau Austin

This July 4th, Independence Day we truly have to remember now more than ever: Freedom Ain't Free? Given these foreboding political times we have to see thru the lens of the call to defend our purported democracy.

This is against the backdrop on the recent Supreme Court decision that lower Federal Courts can't make decisions setting precedent or doing nation wide injunctions on court cases.

On this 4th of July, Brotha Rev. Corbett, is both a Pastor and Civil Rights Attorney, has some very sobering insights on our country's purported Democracy. He examines the dissent in a recent court case from Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson.  Checkout the ramifications of the recent Supreme Court Decision From the dire perspective of Justice Jackson: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d9Dxd6fhvaA&t=2381s .