NYS Collections

NYS Collection’s founders began their personal journey as friends and business partners in a much different context than today. From the moment their parents allowed them to cross the street on their own, two Brooklyn-born kids, Sal Babbino and Marc Behar, began a lifelong friendship.  It didn’t take long for them to go from childhood games & adventures to creating a business enterprise together.  At an early age they began their first business partnership and their first retail location selling the local newspaper for $0.25 each on a busy street corner in Brooklyn.  Later in life, at the young age of 25 years of age, Sal asked his best friend to join him in starting a new business called NYS Collection Eyewear.  Both Sal & Marc had learned over the years a simple philosophy: if you listen to your customers and deliver a quality product at an affordable price, customers will beat a path to your door. Now 23 years later and with over 120 million pairs sold, Sal & Marc continue to listen to their customers and deliver quality products at an affordable price.

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