Quick Hits: Remnants of Ida Tear Through New York Region With Record Rains, Killing 43
The following are quick hits of reporting and editorial analysis from The Foggiest Idea on the...
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Quick Hits: Builders To Target Shopping Centers, Empty Big Box Stores for New Housing
The following is a quick hit of editorial analysis from The Foggiest Idea on the local and...
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Exclusive to TFI: Should Long Island Give Industrial Development Agencies the Business?
The following was exclusively published by The Foggiest Idea on November 20, 2020. Interested in...
Read MoreThe Real Deal: The Marvelous Macy’s Makeover …Maybe
The following was first published in The Real Deal Magazine’s August 2019 Tri-State edition. You can read the original here. The seas of parking surrounding the Manhasset store presents a new opportunity for development —...
Read MoreThe Real Deal: The Start of a New Industrial Era for Long Island Developers?
The following is an extended version of a story that was first published in The Real Deal’s June 2019 Tri-State Magazine. You can read the original version here. A mixed-use project’s pivot to warehouse space might make...
Read MoreThe Foggiest Idea Wins Two 1st Place Awards at 2018 PCLI Media Awards
For Immediate Release Media Contact: Richard Murdocco Rich@TheFoggiestIdea.org The Foggiest Idea Wins Multiple Awards at the 2018 Press Club of Long Island Media Awards Real Estate Columnist/Urban Planner’s Work Wins...
Read MoreLong Island Pulse: Driving Forces of Long Island Development
The following is an edited version of a piece that was first published as cover story for the March 2018 edition of Long Island Pulse Magazine. You can read the original version here. For decades, planners on Long Island have...
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 MoreWhat’s Next for the Long Island Index?
The following was published in the Long Island Press on April 22, 2016. You can read the original here. After providing significant analysis of our region’s various maladies for more than a decade, the Rauch Foundation is...
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The Foggiest Idea in Newsday: Be Realistic, Honest About Long Island’s Future
The following appeared in Newsday in both print, on page A23, and online, on March 2nd, 2015. You...
Read MoreBuilding As-of-Right
There seems to be a development controversy being covered in the newspaper every other day now. The coverage of these hearings essentially goes as follows: Residents Raise Concern over Proposal in Anytown Residents from Anytown...
Read MoreThe Foxes Are Watching the Hen House
The following was published on LIBN’s Young Island: It was very exciting to read that the Long Island Regional Planning Council (LIRPC), an entity that I often criticize for not actually getting anything done, started up a...
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