You Can’t Build Your Way Out of an Economic Hole…But You Can Zone It
The following piece was published on Long Island Business New’s Young Island on 4/2/13:The following is the conversation held at every regional summit on Long Island:Advocate: Let’s keep our young people from leaving! There’s a…Brain Drain!Public: How do we stop...
Response Letter to the Cleaner, Greener Long Island Plan
The following was sent on 3/28/13 in response to New York State's call for public input on the Cleaner, Greener Communities Plan for Long Island. It was submitted via the State's online comment portal. Hello,My name is Richard Murdocco, and I am writing to provide...
How Suffolk County Bought the Farm
The following was published on Long Island Business New’s Young Island on 3/27/13:Long Island needs County-level government. Why? Because no other level of government is as good at long term planning as the Counties are. Not even New York State, or our local townships...
We’re Engaged! Now Let’s Leave Long Island?
The following was published on Long Island Business New’s Young Island on 3/20/13: Last Wednesday, I proposed to my girlfriend Arielle. Despite how much I ramble on about the aquifers, density and transit-oriented development (As you can tell, I am a fun date), she...
A Look to the West: We Need to Save Flushing Meadows Park
The following was published on Long Island Business New’s Young Island on 3/13/13:In case you haven’t noticed…my writing typically focuses on planning issues on Long Island. From Montauk, to Elmont, the issues that plague our aging suburbs can be transposed to...
Everything You Wanted to Know About Sewers but were Afraid to Ask
The following was published on Long Island Business News' Young Island on 3.6.13. The post can be found hereSewers are important. It may be gross to think about, but what we do with our poop is an important component to planning for Nassau and Suffolk’s futures. On...
The Foggiest Idea in Newsday
Recently, Newsday published my writing twice. The first was as their top tweet for February 22nd, 2013:The tweet was in regard to the vulnerability of Fire Island post-Sandy.The second instance was on February 24th, 2013 in a letter to the editor:The letter to the...
The Art of Balance: Land Uses for Long Island’s Remaining Acreage
Throughout the course of our daily lives, it is easy to forget that we live on an Island. Yes, the name of the Nassau-Suffolk region is "Long Island", and yes, it is indeed long (118 miles to be exact). Did you ever actually stop and actually think about what living...
The Dream is Unraveling, but Long Island Can be Saved
The following was written for Long Island Business News, and published on 2/20/13. The piece can be read online here Newsday famously wrote that in 1978, Long Island was at a crossroads. They told their readers that we, as a region, can either protect our environment,...
Nemo Found Us and the System Failed
An empty Long Island Expressway, westbound, near Exit 56 on 2/10/13The following was published on Long Island Business News' Young Island on January 30th, and can be read here Long Island must prepare for future extreme weather events that have become the reality in...
