The Coliseum’s Sudden Closure Could Mean Game Over for the Nassau Hub
The following was exclusively published by The Foggiest Idea on June 30, 2020. This piece was...
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Finally, Progress at the Nassau Hub?
The following was first published exclusively by The Foggiest Idea on September 15th, 2018. Interested in supporting The Foggiest Idea’s award-winning reporting and analysis? Click here. By Richard Murdocco After decades of...
Read MoreIslanders’ Return to LI Puts Taxpayers on Thin Ice
The following was first published by The Foggiest Idea on March 6, 2018. The Island Now/Blank Slate Media reprinted the piece in the March 16, 2018 edition of their papers. You can read their version here. On a stretch of track...
Read MoreBelmont Should Stake Claim to the Islanders
The following was published exclusively on The Foggiest Idea on May 23, 2017. When Long Island’s folk hero Billy Joel opened the newly refurbished Nassau Coliseum during the venue’s inaugural concert, many wondered if the...
Read MoreAs Seen in the Long Island Press: Hicksville Hopes for a Redo, But Politics Could Still Get in The Way
The following was published in the Long Island Press on December 9th, 2016. You can read the original here. The gymnasium was packed at Hicksville High School last month when a new plan to rezone the central business district...
Read MoreLong Island May Never Be Fully Prepared for the Next Bad Hurricane
The following was published in the Long Island Press on June 12, 2016. You can read the original here. The 2016 Atlantic hurricane season may have officially begun June 1, but there’s already been significant activity. Recently...
Read MoreWhether It’s the MTA or the Fed, Is Long Island Taking the Train to Nowhere?
The following was written for the Long Island Press on January 8, 2016. Spencer Rumsey, Senior Editor of the Long Island Press, worked with me on the column as well . The original can be read here. The federal government is...
Read MoreNassau Should Quit Playing Games With the Nassau Hub
The following was written for the Long Island Press. You can read the original here. As the New York Islanders get ready to face off against the Chicago Blackhawks this Friday in Brooklyn, die-hard Nassau hockey fans like County...
Read MoreDead Fish Piling Up on Long Island’s Shores Are a Warning Shot for County Execs
The following was written for the Long Island Press. You can read the original here. Long Island’s water quality crisis was on display in a very public way throughout the month of June, when tens of thousands of fish began...
Read MoreLong Island Suffers When Nassau and Suffolk Can’t Get Their Act Together
The following was written for the Long Island Press. The original can be read here. Up until last week’s piece on the Nassau Coliseum, the focus of my work for the Long Island Press has been mostly a critical look at recent...
Read MoreDespite Hype, Nassau Coliseum is a Monument to Poor Planning
The following was written for the Long Island Press. The original piece can be read here. Could change finally be coming to one of Nassau’s most underutilized sites: the Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum, and the 77-acre sea of...
Read MoreThe Rise and Fall of LI’s Speed Cameras
Outrage. Deception. Money-making scheme. These are some of the more polite terms tossed around regarding Nassau County’s fundamentally flawed speed camera program, which was unanimously passed by the County Legislature and...
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