Quick Hits: Ronkonkoma Arena Scrapped?, Severe Drought Across Long Island
The following is a quick hit of reporting and editorial analysis from The Foggiest Idea on the...
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Tag: Long Island Regional Planning Council
Featured in Newsday: 50 Years of the Long Island Expressway – Love or Hate, It’s ‘Hard to Imagine’ Long Island Without It
The following is both an interview conducted by Steve Langford for NewsdayTV, and the accompanying...
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Can JLL’s $2.8 Billion Midway Crossing Pitched For Ronkonkoma Really Get Off The Ground?
The following was exclusively published by The Foggiest Idea on May 15th, 2022. Interested in...
Read MoreQuoted by CBS 2 New York: Potential Sports Arena Project in Suffolk County Takes a Step Forward
The following was recorded on May 30, 2018. You can view the original on CBS 2 here. The story published by CBS 2 New York is copied below. Lawmakers have given an initial green light to a developer to come up with plans...
Read MoreNewsday: Long Island Must Get Back to Regional Thinking
The following was published on page A27 of the April 30, 2018 edition of Newsday. You can read the original version here. New development proposals are not considering their broader effects. Long Island’s municipalities must...
Read MoreEnough With the Hype – Just Make Rental Apartments Available and Affordable
The following was written for the Long Island Press, published on January 29, 2016. You can read the original here. The piece was also translated into Spanish by La Tribuna USA. You can read the translated text here. Long...
Read MoreCuomo Has Great Big Plans For New York But Actions Must Speak Louder Than His Words
The following appeared in the Long Island Press on January 19, 2016. You can read the original here. A third track for the LIRR, a deepwater port for Shoreham, a refurbished Penn Station, a new Jacob Javits Convention Center, an...
Read MoreLong Island Suffers When Nassau and Suffolk Can’t Get Their Act Together
The following was written for the Long Island Press. The original can be read here. Up until last week’s piece on the Nassau Coliseum, the focus of my work for the Long Island Press has been mostly a critical look at recent...
Read MoreThink Regionally
Recently, it was announced that the Long Island Regional Planning Council (LIRPC) was given a lifeline by New York State and both Nassau and Suffolk Counties in the form of grant funding. This is good news for the region.While...
Read More"Experts" on Affordable Housing
Recently, Newsday published a letter to the editor of mine on the Long Island Regional Planning Council’s approach to tackling the region’s affordable housing issues. The letter can be read here.
Read MoreThe Foxes Are Watching the Hen House
The following was published on LIBN’s Young Island: It was very exciting to read that the Long Island Regional Planning Council (LIRPC), an entity that I often criticize for not actually getting anything done, started up a...
Read MoreLong Island Still Needs Regional Planning
The following was published in the 7/24/11 edition of Newsday, on Page A39. The online version can be seen here:http://www.newsday.com/opinion/letters/letter-li-still-needs-regional-planning-1.3047992My name is Rich Murdocco,...
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