Is Suffolk’s Proposal to Charge Water Consumers to Help Pay for Septic Upgrades All Wet?
The following was exclusively published by The Foggiest Idea on March 1st, 2021. Interested in...
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Pine Barrens Nearly Saved, But That Doesn’t Mean It’s Out of the Woods
The following was exclusively published by The Foggiest Idea on February 5, 2020. This piece was...
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Newsday: A Flawed View of Long Island Zoning Rules
The following op-ed was first published in the December 6th, 2019 edition of Newsday on page A25....
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Public Comments: Suffolk County’s Subwatersheds Wastewater Plan
The following comments were submitted on September 4th, 2019 to the Suffolk County Department of...
Read MorePublic Comments: Proposed Remediation of the Grumman Plume, June 2019
The following comments were submitted on June 10, 2019 to the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation. Interested in supporting The Foggiest Idea’s award-winning reporting and analysis? Click here. To the New...
Read MoreLatest Efforts to Clean Up Polluted Waters May Be A Drop in the Bucket
The following was published exclusively on The Foggiest Idea on January 18, 2019. Want to support The Foggiest Idea’s award-winning coverage? Click here. But If We Do Nothing, Region Will Be Up A Creek Without a Paddle By...
Read MoreQuoted by Karl Grossman: Suffolk is Suffocating
The following is an excerpt from a column written by Karl Grossman, and published on May 26, 2018. The column appeared in publications across Long Island, including the Shelter Island Reporter. You can read the entire piece...
Read MoreNapoli: Cuomo Acts to Protect Long Island Water Supply (Sponsored Post)
The following a sponsored post written by an advertiser. For more information on the separation between sponsored content and The Foggiest Idea’s reported work and data-driven analysis, click here. By Paul J. Napoli In a...
Read MoreNew York City’s Plan to Reopen Queens Wells Puts Nassau Residents Up a Creek
The following was first published on The Foggiest Idea on August 8, 2017, and later published by The Island Now on August 10, 2017. You can read the piece on The Island Now here. New York City, which consumes almost a billion...
Read MoreWithout a Lid on Unchecked Development, Long Island’s Water Quality Will Only Get Worse
The following was written exclusively for The Foggiest Idea, and published on June 12, 2017. With each flush of the toilet in Suffolk County, the quality of Long Island’s water supply seems to go further down the drain....
Read MoreThe Real Deal: Getting to Yes in the Land of No
The following was the cover story for The Real Deal’s Long Island Market Report, published March 2017. You can read the original story here. In June 2018, this piece was recognized with a 1st place award in the...
Read MorePublic Comment: Long Island Commission for Aquifer Protection’s State of the Aquifer Report, October 13, 2016
The following was submitted to the Long Island Commission for Aquifer Protection on October 13, 2016. My name is Richard Murdocco. I am the founder and publisher of The Foggiest Idea, and am land use columnist who writes...
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