Infrastructure Please
From a local village nestled in the hills of Long Island’s North Shore, all the way up to President Obama giving his State of the Union address, it seems like every policymaker is focusing on America’s crumbling...
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A Broader Mix of Housing, and Then Some
Recently, Ann Golob and Nancy Rauch-Douzinas, both from the Long Island Index, wrote individual op-eds on Long Island’s housing mix that appeared on the pages of LIBN and in the Huffington Post. The pieces, like many before...
Read MoreThe Foggiest Idea in Newsday: January 9, 2015
The following Letter to the Editor was published in the January 9, 2015 edition of Newsday on page A34. The online letter can be read here. While it’s notable that Long Island is moving forward on some of its larger-scale,...
Read MoreA Zero-Sum Game
It seems 2015 is hitting the ground running, with influential Long Islanders touting the need for more apartments, more sewers and the need to keep the region’s young people “downtown.” From the comments of panelists,...
Read MoreThe Big Questions of 2014
This was a busy year on Long Island. From pending megaprojects in Islip to the ever-changing roles of IDAs, the region is looking at a transformative 2015. Will Long Islanders learn from 2014 and it’s common themes? All too...
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