In the News
Mark Grossman has been featured in a variety of news stories on the local, regional, and national level.
Below is a sampling of those articles.
STEM in Action: A Profile of Long Island
Washington STEM, June 1, 2012
Students in nearly a dozen low- and moderate-income Long Island school districts will have an opportunity to take an enrichment program in science and math starting this summer through an initiative offered by Farmingdale State College and its academic and business partners.
STEM Program to Aid Underserved Students
Newsday, January 16, 2012
Students in nearly a dozen low- and moderate-income Long Island school districts will have an opportunity to take an enrichment program in science and math starting this summer through an initiative offered by Farmingdale State College and its academic and business partners.
Sustainable Long Island’s 4th Annual Sustainability Conference
Networking Magazine, July 2010
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Mark J. Grossman: 50 or so Around 50
Long Island Business News, September 25, 2009
What was your best idea ever?
www.GiantMenorah.com. Every Jewish home should have one. Now I just have to figure out how to finance and market it.
What’s your biggest perk?
My office is 2 miles from home. I can go home for lunch, attend my daughters’ school events or run home for a tie if a surprise meeting pops up.
LI’s Workers Get New Rep
Long Island Business News, September 5, 2008
Mark J. Grossman was recently named by Gov. Paterson as the New York State Labor Commissioner’s Long Island Regional Representative.
Grossman, who was an aide to former Gov. Mario Cuomo, most recently served as a deputy to Brookhaven Supervisor Brian X. Foley. In addition, in 1994 he founded Grossman Strategies, a public relations firm in Bellport that is still in business.
Local Cable News Grows Up: LI Student Program Feeds Professional News Stations
Long Island Press, May 23, 2003
The show made its official broadcast debut on July 18, 1983 on Cox cable system, which reached only 8,000 viewers. Mark Grossman, the founding production manager, remembers how new it all seemed: “We were pioneers. We knew we were putting together something that hadn’t been done before.”
In fact, the concept of cable news itself was somewhat new to Long Island. At the time, Long Island sported seven separate cable companies, none of which did a news show. “News12 did not exist yet, and [channel] 21 had stopped doing a daily news show, so there was a period of time when LI News was the only cable TV news broadcast on Long Island,” Grossman says. “We knew we played a critical role on Long Island because there was a real void for a time period.” A study conducted by NYIT at the time revealed that the big networks did not cover Long Island much.
X-Rated No More
Newsday, March 30, 2003
Who’s Who in Public Relations
Long Island Business News, March 29, 2003
Mark Grossman, 46, had served as Long Island regional director for Gov. Mario Cuomo until he was defeated by Gov. George Pataki in 1994. The outcome of that race for governor led Grossman to move from politics to PR.
“It was a sad event personally and politically, but it wound up propelling me successfully into a new career,” says Grossman, CEO of Grossman Strategies in Bohemia.
You Hate Golf. Will You Ever Succeed?
New York Times, June 9, 2002
As head of a public relations and lobbying firm, Mark J. Grossman is constantly invited to golf outings with business leaders and politicians. He turns down every offer. “I don’t go because, basically, I don’t enjoy golf and I’m not good at it,” said Mr. Grossman, the chief executive of the firm, Grossman Strategies of Holtsville, N.Y., and a former Suffolk County aide to Mario M. Cuomo when he was governor. “I don’t know which comes first.”
Ringing Project Liberty’s Bell in Suffolk
Newsday, April 4, 2002
Grossman, chief executive of the Holtsville-based Grossman Strategies public and government relations firm, handles the Suffolk County marketing of Project Liberty, which provides free crisis counseling services to those in the metropolitan area who are having trouble coping with the Sept. 11 attacks.
The project is administered by the state Office of Mental Health and is sponsored by the Federal Emergency Management Agency and the Center for Mental Health Services. It’s a collaboration of local mental-health organizations to provide counseling services under the umbrella of Project Liberty.
Growth Strategies: Tales of Life After Politics
Long Island Business News, June 22, 2001
When Mario Cuomo lost the 1994 gubernatorial election, Mark Grossman – Cuomo’s then-Long Island regional director – found himself at a crossroad in his career. Or, as Grossman puts it, he was “politically displaced.” He’d spent six years as a top gubernatorial aide and had great respect for Cuomo. And the regular paychecks were something he’d grown accustomed to.
Expanding Grossman Firm Moving to Holtsville Site
Newsday, March 22, 1999
Mark Grossman is taking his government and public relations firm to the next level.
After four years of running Grossman Strategies out of his East Patchogue home, Grossman is moving into an 1,100-square-foot office suite in Holtsville on Waverly Avenue.
“It’s a perception issue,” Grossman said. “People seem to take you a little more seriously when you’re in a real office.”
Besides, business has been good.
PR Firm’s Founder Helps Simplify Gov’t Complexities
Newsday, August 2, 1999
President of Grossman Strategies, a public relations firm now in its new location on Waverly Avenue in Holtsville. Grossman began his career in public relations 4 1/2 years ago following a six-year stint as Long Island
regional representative for former Gov. Mario Cuomo.
Access This: Use Public TV for PR
PR Intelligence Report, July 26, 1999
“Producing a cable show is one of the best ways to communicate stories that aren’t exactly pitchable,” says Mark Grossman, founder of Grossman Strategies in Holtsville, N.Y. “If you’ve got a lot of information to share, but no real news hook, this works.”
That’s why he uses them for groups that always have ongoing activities to promote (social service agencies, community groups, hospitals, etc). Educational programs lend themselves well to this medium, as well. Just make sure there’s plenty of demonstrations to add a little action to show.
Since cable access stations supply free studio time and staff the production with volunteers, you just need to find a good host and a blank videotape. Factor in the cost of duplicating the video, and you’ll still only pay about $300, Grossman says.
Expanding Grossman Firm Moving to Holtsville Site
Newsday, March 22, 1999
Mark Grossman is taking his government and public relations firm to the next level. After four years of running Grossman Strategies out of his East Patchogue home, Grossman is moving into an 1,100 square-foot office suite in Holtsville on Waverly Avenue.
Long Islanders Give their Gripes to Grossman
Newsday, February 18, 1990
Long Islanders are big on complaints. In fact they’re No. 1 in the state. That’s the official word from ombudsman Mark Grossman, who’s on the receiving end for queries, problems, feedback and nasty things folks have to say of state representatives. He fields those complaints from Suffolk residents at 360-6582 in the State Office Building in Hauppauge.