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High-tech firm to relocate HQ to Port site
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Agilant to create 255 jobs over 5 years BY LU K E TOR R A N C E Agilant Solutions Inc., an IT services and technologies provider, is moving its national headquarters from Manhattan to Port Washington. The move was announced Friday by the oďŹƒce of Nassau County Executive Ed Mangano, who said the company was lured to the area by the Industrial Development Agency. “This is a huge coup for Nassau County and my economic development team deserves kudos for not just helping to keep Agilant in New York State, but bringing what ultimately will be more than 400 high-paying jobs to Nassau County,â€? Mangano said in a statement. The tech company, formerly known as ASI System Integration, will move to a 72,500-square-foot warehouse and oďŹƒce building located at 3 Seaview Blvd. Agilant plans to spend $2.6 million on renovations to the structure and will begin occupying the building
in January. The renovations will include oďŹƒces, a technology lab, call center, help desk and warehouse space. The ďŹ rst people to move into the new space will be 163 Agilant employees relocated from the old New York City headquarters and another oďŹƒce in New Hyde Park. But the county said the company plans to create 255 permanent jobs at the Port Washington oďŹƒce over the next ďŹ ve years. In addition to the new jobs, Mangano’s oďŹƒce said that the Agilent’s move to Port Washington would bring $217.3 million in total economic beneďŹ t to Nassau County and net tax revenues of $1.38 million to aected tax jurisdictions. His oďŹƒce also said that additional ďŹ nancial assistance to lure Agilant was provided by the state’s Empire State Development Corp. and New York Rideshare 511 is negotiating a transportation assistance program with the company. In order to help lure the comContinued on Page 22
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Keys and other assorted items at whit & whim in Port Washington, one of several local stores that will participate in this week’s Small Business Saturday. See story on page 13.
Evidence is strong: Mangano prosecutors in a “conspiracy to solicit and receive bribes and kickbacksâ€? from an unnamed co-conspiraNassau County Executive tor, federal prosecutors argued Edward Mangano and former in court documents ďŹ led last Oyster Bay Town Supervisor week. In the papers, prosecutors John Venditto were involved
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argued that the conspiracy lasted from January 2010, when Mangano ďŹ rst took oďŹƒce, through February 2015. A businessman asked Mangano to help secure millions of dollars Continued on Page 22
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