Quoted in TBR News Media: LIRR Port Jefferson Branch Riders Face Decades of Electrification Woes
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Featured in Newsday: Target Long Island Growth to Transit Hub Areas
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Featured in Newsday: High-Speed Rail On Long Island? Not So Fast
The following Letter to the Editor was published in Newsday on May 11th, 2021. You can read the...
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New Moynihan Train Hall Offers Hopeful Start to the New Year
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NYSDOT Responds: Grade Crossing Eliminations on Route 347 Would Likely Cost Over $140 Million
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Public Comments: To Solve Traffic Woes, Eliminate Grade Crossing at NYS Route 347 and Middle Country Road
The following comments were submitted on September 16, 2020 to the New York State Department of...
Read MoreFeatured in Newsday: Understanding the Region’s Future Needs
The following Letter to the Editor was published in Newsday on September 17th, 2018. You can read the original version here. “Double track finally on track” [Editorial, Aug. 23] is correct to highlight just how critical the Long...
Read MoreInto the Depths – An Exclusive Look At East Side Access
The following was published exclusively by The Foggiest Idea on August 1st, 2018. Interested in supporting The Foggiest Idea’s award-winning reporting and analysis? Click here. By Richard Murdocco Gazing at the vast expanse of...
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The following op-ed was written for Crain’s New York, and published on May 25th, 2018. You can read the original here. Interested in supporting The Foggiest Idea’s award-winning reporting and analysis? Click here. The...
Read MoreLong Island Pulse: Off the Rails
The following is a variation of a piece that was written for the May 2018 print edition of Long Island Pulse. You can read the version that appeared in Pulse here. As the sun rises over the tree line, the bits of light able to...
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Temperature records across the NY region are falling one after another with this latest February warm spell.
Our climate sites at Islip and JFK have already broken record high temperatures for 2/16 with readings of 63°. Islip breaks the record of 59°, set in 2018, and JFK breaks the record of 61°, set in 1976.
Other Records:
NYC: 71 (1954)
BDR: 57 (2018)
LGA: 69 (1954)
EWR: 74 (1954)
#YIMBY Twitter may not have liked what I had to say on #housing in my latest @NewsdayOpinion op-ed, but @Newsday readers agree - #LongIsland needs local input on #housing. You can read a sampling of their published thoughts here: https://www.thefoggiestidea.org/2023/02/14/newsday-readers-respond-to-murdocco-ask-hochul-to-find-open-housing-space/
Many thanks to Raymond Janis of @TBRNewsMedia for taking the time to talk to myself, @EdRomaine @NYAssemblyBrown and others about the prospect of the @MTA electrifying the @LIRR's Port Jefferson Branch. You can read his piece here: https://tbrnewsmedia.com/port-jeff-branch-riders-face-potentially-decades-more-electrification-woes/ #LIRR #GetaFoggyIdea