Can JLL’s $2.8 Billion Midway Crossing Pitched For Ronkonkoma Really Get Off The Ground?
The following was exclusively published by The Foggiest Idea on May 15th, 2022. Interested in...
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Quoted in Newsday: New Life for Old Central Islip Psychiatric Center
The following excerpt is from an article by Carl MacGowan that was published in the Sunday,...
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Is Now The Right Time for a Convention Center in Suffolk County?
The following was exclusively published by The Foggiest Idea on November 18, 2019. Interested in...
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 MoreHuntington’s Headaches Over Islip’s Heartland Project Shows How Much Suffolk Planning Is Hurting
The following was first published on The Foggiest Idea on October 2nd, 2017. Something is rotten in the Town of Islip, and the stench seems to be wafting toward the neighboring Town of Huntington. What’s troubling is that Islip...
Read MoreDon’t Compare Wolkoff’s Heartland Mega-Project Approval With Progress on LIRR’s Third Track
The following was written exclusively for The Foggiest Idea, and published on July 24, 2017. Within the same week, two of the biggest and potentially most transformative development projects in Long Island history won key...
Read MoreBREAKING NEWS: Town of Islip Approves First Phase of Heartland Town Square
July 18, 2017 – Islip, NY, 7:00 PM After over a decade and a half of anticipation, it only took fifteen minutes for the Town of Islip’s Town Board to unanimously approve the first phase of Heartland Town Square, a $4...
Read MoreHeartland Town Square Proposal Is Too Big For Only Islip Town Board’s Approval
The following was written for The Long Island Press on March 17, 2015. You can read the piece here. Could one small township have the power to approve the largest development project in Long Island’s history? That seems to be...
Read MoreShoveling Against the Tide
Hey gang, studies are showing that the brain drain is hitting Long Island. Let’s keep these young people! How? Let’s build cool downtown apartments. Put them right by the train station. Let’s give ‘em Wi-Fi for their iPads and...
Read MoreBeyond Islip
Is the fate of the region in the Town of Islip’s hands? Recently, the Town of Islip’s Planning Board approved Islip Pines, Serota’s longstanding development proposal for a 136 acre tract of land along Sunrise Highway. For...
Read MoreThe Age of the Mega-Project
The Age of the Mega-Project The times, they are a’ changing. Long-stalled projects within the Town of Islip (and across Long Island) are getting new life thanks to pro-growth government incentives, focused implementation and the...
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Nemo Found Us and the System Failed
An empty Long Island Expressway, westbound, near Exit 56 on 2/10/13The following was published on...
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QUICK HITS: @MTA @LIRR Arrival at Grand Central - Momentous, Expensive, and Long Overdue https://www.thefoggiestidea.org/2023/01/25/quick-hits-lirrs-arrival-at-grand-central-momentous-expensive-and-long-overdue/ After decades of planning and billions of dollars, the 1st train will leave at 10:45 AM and speed towards Grand Central, ushering in a momentous new era for New York.
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ALL-NEW from TFI - @LasVegasSands Rolls the Dice on #LongIsland: https://www.thefoggiestidea.org/2023/01/13/is-las-vegas-sands-casino-plan-a-good-bet-for-long-islands-future/ "Have we gone so low in our suburban slump that our only aspirations for the Nassau Hub are for it to become the next Atlantic City?" #GetaFoggyIdea