The following excerpt is from an article by Lon Cohen that was published by LongIsland.com on February 27th, 2020. Richard Murdocco of The Foggiest Idea was quoted throughout. You can read the entire piece here. The...
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The following was exclusively published by The Foggiest Idea on February 5, 2020. This piece was...
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The following op-ed was first published in the December 6th, 2019 edition of Newsday on page A25....
Read MoreThe following op-ed was published in the July 29, 2019 edition of the New York Daily News. You can read the original version here. The power broker’s legacy is far more complex than most people now assume By Richard...
Read MoreThe following are answers to The Foggiest Five, a set of questions asked to influential Long Islanders on the future of the region. This round features Patrick Halpin, who served on the Suffolk County Legislature, in the New...
Read MoreThe following Letter to the Editor was published in the October 14-20 edition of Long Island Business News. The State Supreme Court’s ruling accurately captures the original intent of the PDR law, which sought to preserve...
Read MoreThe following are answers to The Foggiest Five, a set of questions asked to influential Long Islanders on the future of the region. This round features answers from Dr. Chris Gobler, who is a professor within SUNY Stony...
Read MoreThe Foggiest Five is a series of questions that have been asked to people of influence in land use and policymakers across Long Island. The series will be featured on The Foggiest Idea regularly. Many thanks to Andy Freleng of...
Read MoreOne county sprang up in the shadows of old money estates and from the soils of the vacant plains, while the other saw a steady march of growth east across the pitch pine forests and rocky coastline. In the present day, it’s hard...
Read MoreJust because it keeps on being repeated, doesn’t mean it’s true. Multiple groups frequently call for more apartments to be built on Long Island, claiming that the creation of these units will plug the hemorrhaging tide of young...
Read MoreThe following was published on Long Island Business New’s Young Island on 3/27/13:Long Island needs County-level government. Why? Because no other level of government is as good at long term planning as the Counties are. Not...
Read MoreThroughout the course of our daily lives, it is easy to forget that we live on an Island. Yes, the name of the Nassau-Suffolk region is “Long Island”, and yes, it is indeed long (118 miles to be exact). Did you ever...
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