A 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 MoreAuthor: Richard Murdocco
The 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...
Read MoreThe Rise and Fall of LI’s Speed Cameras
Outrage. Deception. Money-making scheme. These are some of the more polite terms tossed around regarding Nassau County’s fundamentally flawed speed camera program, which was unanimously passed by the County Legislature and...
Read MoreAn Exceptional Vision Indeed
Recently, Nancy Rauch Douzinas wrote a piece for the Huffington Post that celebrates an LIBN op-ed penned by Long Island’s county executives Steve Bellone and Ed Mangano concerning the notion of maximizing the region’s economic...
Read MoreHyperlocal? Not Exactly
Vision Long Island’s Eric Alexander recently argued on LIBN’s pages for a continuation of the smart growth movement’s hyperlocal approach as the be-all, end all solution that works for Long Island. Alexander cites the...
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