Chairing the group is Richard J. Daly, CEO of Broadridge Financial Solutions; Michael Dowling, president and chief executive office of the North Shore – Long Island Jewish Health System; Dr. Stuart Rabinowitz, president of Hofstra University; Kevin Law, president of the Long Island Association; Jan Burman, president of the Association for a Better Long Island; Stanley M. Bergman, chairman and CEO of Henry Schein, Inc.; Jerry Kremer, former chairman of the Assembly Ways and Means Committee; John Kominicki, publisher of Long Island Business News; Linda Armyn, vice president for corporate development at Bethpage Federal Credit Union; Bob Gleason, New York regional vice president for Stop & Shop Supermarkets; and Marc Herbst, Executive Director of the Long Island Contractors’ Association. Edward Ambrosino has been appointed counsel to the group.

“One cannot assume that without prompt and effective post storm policies implemented by government that the business climate will be returned to normal in Nassau County and across Long Island,” Daly said. “Accordingly, this task force has one central mission. We are to provide elected officials with the information they need to construct and implement executive orders that protect the businessman and woman struggling to open their store, the entrepreneur who just lost his startup company, the tax bill that just arrived at the demolished, empty and dark home of a county resident. From our perspective, the real crisis has just begun.”