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...
Read Moreby Richard Murdocco | May 14, 2022 | Economic Development | 1
The following was exclusively published by The Foggiest Idea on May 15th, 2022. Interested in...
Read Moreby Richard Murdocco | Jan 17, 2021 | Media Appearances | 1
The following excerpt is from an article by Carl MacGowan that was published in the Sunday,...
Read Moreby Richard Murdocco | Nov 18, 2019 | Economic Development | 0
The following was exclusively published by The Foggiest Idea on November 18, 2019. Interested in...
Read Moreby Richard Murdocco | Jan 18, 2019 | Environmental Policy | 0
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 Moreby Richard Murdocco | Oct 3, 2017 | Economic Development, Environmental Policy, Housing | 2
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 Moreby Richard Murdocco | Jul 24, 2017 | Economic Development, Transportation | 2
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 Moreby Richard Murdocco | Jul 18, 2017 | News | 0
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 Moreby Richard Murdocco | Mar 17, 2015 | Economic Development | 2
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 Moreby Richard Murdocco | Apr 30, 2014 | Environmental Policy, Housing | 0
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 Moreby Richard Murdocco | Mar 25, 2014 | Economic Development | 0
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 Moreby Richard Murdocco | Dec 10, 2013 | Economic Development | 0
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...
Read Moreby Richard Murdocco | Feb 11, 2013 | Economic Development, Environmental Policy, Storms | 0
An empty Long Island Expressway, westbound, near Exit 56 on 2/10/13The following was published on...
Read MoreQUICK 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.
In celebration of the @MTA @LIRR FINALLY coming to @GrandCentralNYC, check out TFI’s exclusive look at the project from back in 2018 when the cavernous station was under construction. This is a long overdue and historic moment for NY/LI https://www.thefoggiestidea.org/2018/07/31/into-the-depths-an-exclusive-look-at-east-side-access/
Wondering about the future of the former CA campus in Islandia? #GetaFoggyIdea from @newsday's @SarinaTrangle
Investors bought the former CA Technologies headquarters at enough of a discount that they have time to test the demand for a palatial office park, largely as is, before falling back on a more sweeping plan to redevelop it: http://shorturl.at/kntBP
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