Nassau OKs tax breaks for lighting R&D base
Photo credit: Newsday / J. Conrad Williams Jr. | WAC Lighting Co. plans to hire 228 over 13 years at its future facility, the U.S. offices of eyewear firm Luxottica in Port Washington. (Dec. 6, 2011)
A manufacturer of energy-efficient lighting will more than quadruple its local workforce by opening a research and development facility in Port Washington in exchange for tax breaks from Nassau County, officials said last night.
Wangs Alliance Corp., known as WAC Lighting Co., plans to move its headquarters from Garden City to a 145,000-square-foot building on Harbor Park Drive owned by eyeglass...
