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The Cost of Housing

The following was written for LIBN's Young Island: Just when you think you’re out, they pull you back in. This week’s piece was going to be on an issue other than affordable housing and the brain drain on Long Island (such as the apparent demolition of Inisfada and...

Our Flawed Housing Policy is the Real Brain Drain

The following was written for LIBN's Young Island: I’ve written about the topic of affordable housing  multiple times on Young Island. It’s both our greatest regional failure, and the key to our success in the 21st century. Yet, for such an important topic, there is...

Long Island is All Clammed Up

It is important to remember that many of the land use issues discussed each week have real impacts to the lives of Long Islanders, and failure to heed economic and environmental warning signs can lead to real consequences. If we fail to protect our water system, the...

Cause…and Effect

In a recent LIBN Op-ed, Michael Watt describes “urban nodes”, a planning concept traditionally attributed to Kevin Lynch’s Image of the City, which broke down the most important elements of a city. According to Lynch, a node is a main focal point within the area....

Press Release Celebrating the New Foggiest Idea

Long Island Planner Launches TheFoggiestIdea.Org New site offers Long Island residents accessible, approachable information on land use and development processes  SYOSSET, NY – If you live, work, develop, protect or represent Long Island, www.TheFoggiestIdea.org is...

An Expensive Mistake

Elected officials, bureaucrats and self-proclaimed “advocates” line up- their prop shovels ready. The event is covered by the press. During the stump speeches, which can be given by even a remote connection to the project, words like “hope”, “revitalization” and...

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