Quoted in TBR News Media: Uptown Port Jeff Undergoes Transformation
The following excerpts are from an article by Raymond Janis that was published as the cover story...
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Tag: Downtown revitalization
Fixing What Ails East Farmingdale is Still Up in the Air
The following was written exclusively for The Foggiest Idea, and published on July 12th, 2018. Interested in supporting The Foggiest Idea’s award-winning reporting and analysis? Click here. By Richard Murdocco The area bounded...
Read MoreLong Island Pulse Magazine: Restoration Comes to Riverhead
The following was written for Long Island Pulse Magazine, and was published online on February 22, 2016, and published in the March 2017 print edition. You can read the original online version here. Riverhead, located at the...
Read MoreDowntowns Are All the Rage These Days, But Some Places Can’t Handle the Development
The following was written for the Long Island Press, and published on March 9, 2016. You can read the original here. On Long Island these days, downtowns are happening places—at least in policy circles. From the governor’s...
Read MoreTransit-Oriented Growth is No Universal Cure-All for Villages on Long Island
The following was written for the Long Island Press – the original version could be read here. On the North Shore, the Village of Bayville is looking to keep young professionals on Long Island, and so it plans to allow...
Read MoreElephants in the Room
If you follow @TheFoggiestIdea on Twitter, you know that it has been a busy two days. Two events, one aimed at shaping the future of Long Island and the other to study where we have been/where we are going, were held. On Monday,...
Read MoreA Convenient Narrative
Often, I’ve written regarding the merits of diversification. In order to succeed, Long Island needs to take a holistic look at its regional economy, and work to diversify industries beyond the retail and hospitality sectors. The...
Read MoreCommon Sense
When it comes to policymaking on Long Island, it’s time for some common sense. We say that our taxes are too high, that our roads are too congested and yet we let invested groups shape the very policies that drive all of these...
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