Public Comments: Melville Employment Center Plan Needs Updated Goals and Community Input
The following remarks were delivered to elected officials and policymakers in the Town of Huntington on December 7th, 2022. Interested in supporting The Foggiest Idea’s award-winning reporting and analysis? Click here. To Supervisor Edmund Smyth and Members of the...
Quick Hits: For the First Time in Years, Are The Political Tides Shifting in New York?
The following is a quick hit of reporting and editorial analysis from The Foggiest Idea on the local and regional developmental issues that matter. Published November 3rd, 2022 BY RICHARD MURDOCCO This past summer, headlines about the upcoming 2022 midterm elections...
Sandy’s Biggest Legacy – Better Forecasts
The following was exclusively published by The Foggiest Idea on November 1st, 2022. This piece was honored with a first place prize for weather reporting by the Press Club of Long Island in their 2023 PCLI Media Awards competition. Interested in supporting The...
Quoted in TBR News Media: Uptown Port Jeff Undergoes Transformation
The following excerpts are from an article by Raymond Janis that was published as the cover story of the Sunday, October 27th, 2022 editions of TBR News Media group's newspapers. You can read the entire piece here. "Richard Murdocco is an adjunct professor in the...
Quoted in Newsday: Lindenhurst Program for Sandy-Damaged Properties Shows Mixed Results, Residents Say
The following excerpt is from an article by Denise Bonilla that was published on Newsday.com on Tuesday, October 25th, 2022. You can read the entire piece here. Richard Murdocco, adjunct professor of environmental policy at Stony Brook University's School of...
Featured in Newsday: Long Island Must Unite To Avoid Flood Risks
The following Letter to the Editor was published in Newsday on September 18th, 2022. You can read the original version here. For decades, planners have warned of Long Island’s vulnerability to storms. Jun-Kai Teoh’s op-ed, “Mapping flooding risks for Long Island”...
Quick Hits: Ronkonkoma Arena Scrapped?, Severe Drought Across Long Island
The following is a quick hit of reporting and editorial analysis from The Foggiest Idea on the local and regional developmental issues that matter. Published September 2nd, 2022 By Richard Murdocco A representative of Chicago-based developer Jones Lang LaSalle told...
Featured in Newsday: East Hampton Affordable Rental Project Starts Construction
The following is excerpt of a Newsday article by Jonathan LaMantia that was published in the Monday, August 18th, 2022 edition of the paper on page A27. You can read the entire original piece here. Suffolk County supported the project with $2.2 million in subsidies,...
Gotham Gazette: Stepping Up Suburban Housing Easier Said Than Done
The following was published by the Gotham Gazette on July 5th, 2022. You can read the original version here. Interested in supporting The Foggiest Idea’s award-winning reporting and analysis? Click here. To housing advocates, the solution to the New York City region’s...
As Featured in Newsday: Concerns About $2.8 Billion Ronkonkoma Project
The following is both an interview conducted by Shari Einhorn for NewsdayTV, and the accompanying Newsday article by Carl MacGowan that was published in the Monday, July 4th, 2022 edition of the paper on page A2. You can read the entire original piece here, and watch...
