Quoted in Newsday: $400M Mastic Beach plan to revitalize downtown with housing, restaurants, shops unveiled
The following excerpt is from an Newsday article by Carl MacGowan that was published November...
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Tag: downtown redevelopment
The Foggiest Five: Steve Israel, Former U.S. Representative
The following are answers to The Foggiest Five, a set of questions asked to influential Long Islanders on the future of the region. This round features Steve Israel, who served as a Member of Congress from 2001 to 2017,...
Read MoreFeatured in Newsday: LI Needs High Paying Jobs and Low Rents
The following Letter to the Editor was published in Newsday on October 16, 2016. You can read the original here. I appreciated Newsday’s balanced reporting on the issue of Long Island’s downtown redevelopment, but...
Read MoreDowntowns Are All the Rage These Days, But Some Places Can’t Handle the Development
The following was written for the Long Island Press, and published on March 9, 2016. You can read the original here. On Long Island these days, downtowns are happening places—at least in policy circles. From the governor’s...
Read MoreThe Trouble with Thinking Regionally Comes When It’s Time To Act
The following was written for the Long Island Press, published 12/11/15. You can read the original here. “Think regionally.” An easy concept to grasp, but for Long Island, exceedingly difficult words to act upon. After decades’...
Read MoreA Former County Executive’s Take on Things
The following was published on newgeography.com, based off of my LIBN piece “A Former County Executive’s Take on Things”. That piece served as the foundation of this New Geography piece, expanding on the...
Read MoreIt’s Academic
Recently, Vision Long Island shared an interesting article from the Wall Street Journal on Long Island’s blossoming downtown redevelopment scene. In their post, the nonprofit commented that ”some of the regional commentary...
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