rent Island amber ew York n Cham- has iring his own for the Ist Develop- k History ACC 1e Annual enefit siness it of the Inc. t the 100 ., his ef- nentoring evement, ted emy. As k Public ac., he is COMMERCE, INC. keenly aware of the impact of public relations and has used it as a tool to empower the community. Andrews has received many proclamations from no- table political officials including offices from New York State Assembly, Nassau and Suffolk county executives, Long Island mayors, senators, New York City elected officials and a variety of other elected offices. Andrews’ work has been featured in. multi-platform publications includ- ing Long Island Business News, Black Star News, The New York Beacon, Am- sterdam News, Minority Business Re- view, The Network Journal, Amsterdam News, New York Trend Newspaper, Our World Media, WABC Here Now, TD Ameritrade Network, International Grapevine TV show, a Newsday Cover Story titled “Lifting A Generation,” Positive Community Magazine, a Cision Global Interview “Behind the Headlines, Huffington Post, WLIW TV 21 and NBC’s Positively Black. He’s also fea- tured in 15 Years of Minority Business 6| LONG ISLAND BUSINESS NEWS | HALL OF FAME 2021 | LIBN.COM PHIL ANDREWS ONG ISLAND AFRICAN AMERICAN CHAMBER OF Development, a book published by Robert Adams. Andrews is listed in Who’s Who in Black America and the International Who's Who. He has been named to City and State Magazine’s Top Power List on Long Island on two separate occasions. In 2019, LIAACC established an endowment at Nassau Commu- nity College supporting older women returning to school. In 2019 the New York District Office of the United States Small Business Administration named Andrews as the 2019 Small Business Champion for 14 counties in downstate New York which in- cludes New York City, Long Island and the downstate counties of Duchess, Or- ange, Putnam, Rockland, Sullivan, Ul- ster and Westchester. In 2021 Andrews was named to Long Island Business News’ 2021 Power List of Long Islanders. Andrews is the founding president of the newly formed African American Small Business Foun- anc the Nu ap] the RRR