Sondock Is Wrong On Water Protection
Recently, Clifford Sondock wrote a letter to the editor in Newsday regarding Long Island's groundwater. The letter can be read below in italics, as well as here on Newsday.com. My response follows. Why the alarm over Long Island's water supply? There is no water...
Water Worries? Not With Sound Planning
The following was written for LIBN's Young Island: There has been much talk in the press and social media about in recent weeks about “What’s In the Water”, protecting our sole-source aquifer system and Superfund sites. It’s enough to make your head spin. Water...
Here’s the Pitch
The following was written for LIBN: Recently, I wrote a piece on Suffolk County Executive Steve Bellone’s Connect Long Island proposal, which would deploy buses on critical north/south corridors and employment hubs. The project, if implemented, would be a regional...
Newsday Letter: Stewardship of LI water quality
The following was published on page A37 of Newsday on September 16th, 2013. Recognition should be given to the environmental community for its effort to bring awareness to Nassau and Suffolk counties' declining water quality ["New plan to cut nitrogen pollution,"...
New York is Still Here
The following was written for Long Island Business News. You can read the original here. It has been 12 years since the terrorist attacks on Sept. 11, 2001. In those 12 years, downtown Manhattan, as well as New York City as a whole, has been reshaping itself in ways...
Think Regionally
Recently, it was announced that the Long Island Regional Planning Council (LIRPC) was given a lifeline by New York State and both Nassau and Suffolk Counties in the form of grant funding. This is good news for the region.While the LIRPC is not a perfect entity, its...
LIBN’s Voices From The Basement Apartment Event
On October 3rd, Long Island Business News is hosting a panel discussion that will look at the issues faced by Long Island's Young Professionals.On Long Island, all issues faced by not only our young professionals, but all Long Islanders are linked to our economy,...
Rethinking the Long Island/New York City Relationship
The following was written for LIBN's Young Island:Recently in LIBN, former Suffolk County Executive Steve Levy wrote an interesting Op-Ed calling for the creation of Long Island’s very own metropolitan planning organization to act as a conduit for federal moneys...
As Syosset Saga Shows, Best Plans are Public.
Well, after months of being blitzed by ads, fliers, neon wristbands, signs and even promises of free ice cream (really?...just…no, c’mon. Even Bob’s Discount Furniture mocks offering free food as an incentive), the voters in the Town of Oyster Bay have spoken. The...
Don’t Double Back on the LIRR Double Track
The following was written for LIBN's Young Island: Some Long Islanders don’t know a good thing when it falls into their laps.Recently, it was reported that Long Islanders are concerned about the traffic impacts that the Long Island Rail Road’s double track project,...
