Newsday: A Myopic View of Long Island Development
The following op-ed was first published in the March 17, 2021 edition of Newsday on page A23. You...
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Newsday’s NextLI: What We Should Do About the Future
The following was written for nextLI, a project launched by Newsday that is funded by the Rauch Foundation. nextLI is managed by Newsday’s Opinion department with input from an advisory board made up of Long Islanders. It was...
Read MoreGetting Dense With Development Doesn’t Make That Much Sense
The following was first published exclusively on The Foggiest Idea on March 30, 2018. As Suffolk County Executive Steve Bellone touts his record of suburban transformation in a pair of identical op-eds in two different...
Read MoreLong Island Pulse: Dream Home – The Fate of the Single Family Sector
The following was published in the September 2017 edition of Long Island Pulse Magazine. You can read Pulse’s edited version here. The rise of mixed-use residential housing projects has surged in an effort to attract a...
Read MoreThe Long Island Press: Here’s How We Can Save the Future of Long Island
The following was published in the Long Island Press on March 3, 2017. You can read the original here. It used to be that local governments provided some semblance of logic behind development decisions. In Suffolk County,...
Read MorePushy Developers and Irrational Communities Put Long Island’s Future at Risk
The following was published in the Long Island Press on August 1st, 2016. You can read the original here. Some observers seem to think that the affordable housing situation here on Long Island is all doom and gloom because...
Read MoreWhat’s Next for the Long Island Index?
The following was published in the Long Island Press on April 22, 2016. You can read the original here. After providing significant analysis of our region’s various maladies for more than a decade, the Rauch Foundation is...
Read MoreThe Foggiest Idea featured on LongIsland.com
A recent LongIsland.com piece entitled “Rauch Foundation Releases Latest Long Island Index Report; Are We Better Off Then We Were a Year Ago?” cited my work on the subject. You can read the entire piece here. Long...
Read MoreLong Island Index’s Affordable Housing Strategy Comes Up Short
The following was published in the Long Island Press on February 12, 2016. You can read the original here. Recently, in a crowded conference room in Melville packed with developers, business leaders, municipal officials and...
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 More‘Cool Downtowns’ Won’t Cut It If Long Island’s Millennials Can’t Afford to Live, Work and Play Here
The following was written for the Long Island Press. You can read the original here. All too often when the subject is Long Island’s millennial population, the topic is only addressed rhetorically at best: “What do Millennials...
Read MoreIs Long Island’s Future Biomedical?
The Long Island Index, partnering with the Long Island Association, issued a new report yesterday that explores expanding the biomedical sector on Long Island, along with the creation of expanded housing opportunities to help...
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