What Long Island’s Current Drought Means For Future of our Fresh Water Supply
The following was written for the Long Island Press. You can read the original here. Water, water everywhere, but not a drop to drink. It is a problem more befit an ancient mariner marooned on a desert island in the middle of a salty sea than a modern Long Islander...
When The Public Funds Sports Stadiums, Fans Win, Taxpayers Lose
The following was written for the Long Island Press. The original can be read here. When the Cubs made the final out last week in Chicago, long-suffering Mets fans back home were ecstatic. The line for Modell’s Sporting Goods in Plainview stretched across the shopping...
‘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 Want?” “Why Are Millennials Different?”...
Nassau Should Quit Playing Games With the Nassau Hub
The following was written for the Long Island Press. You can read the original here. As the New York Islanders get ready to face off against the Chicago Blackhawks this Friday in Brooklyn, die-hard Nassau hockey fans like County Executive Ed Mangano can be forgiven...
Letter to the Editor – Newsday 10/9/15
The following was published in Newsday on October 9, 2015 as a Letter to the Editor. You can read the original here. Newsday's editorial "#transform LI: A smart bet on science" [Sept. 27], wisely praises the renewed regional approach policymakers, stakeholders and...
Five Years of #SoundPlanning
On this date five years ago, I started The Foggiest Idea with the goal of "making Long Island's complex land use issues approachable to the public." My first piece was published in my local hometown paper, the Three-Village Times Beacon Record, and was entitled...
Big Changes Are In The Air As Developers Shift Their Focus on Long Island
The following was written for the Long Island Press. You can read the original here. The development winds are shifting across Long Island. Have you felt them? From Elmont to Montauk, municipalities are embracing concepts that, if introduced with a straight face 10 or...
The Foggiest Idea Quoted In the Journal of Light Construction
Recently, The Foggiest Idea‘s Richard Murdocco was quoted in the Journal of Light Construction's piece entitled Long Island Windstorm Spotlights Vulnerable Grid written by Ted Cushman. The piece was in the August 10, 2015 edition of the magazine. An online version of...
The Foggiest Idea Quoted in the Syosset Jericho Tribune
Recently, The Foggiest Idea's Richard Murdocco was quoted in a Syosset-Jericho Tribune piece entitled Trucks Take Over Local Road by Betsy Abraham and Steve Mosco. The piece was in the September 4, 2015 edition of the paper. An online version of the article can be...
Overwhelming the Water
The following was written for the September 2015 Issue of Boating Times Long Island. The original can be read here. The gentle lapping of the water against the shoreline is a sound many Long Islanders cherish. Some pay exorbitant amounts of money to live where they...
