Gotham Gazette: Stepping Up Suburban Housing Easier Said Than Done
The following was published by the Gotham Gazette on July 5th, 2022. You can read the original...
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Editor’s Note: Capitol Insurrection Is The Dangerous Culmination of Divisive Politics
The following was written in response to the insurrection at the U.S. Capitol on January 6th, 2021. By Richard Murdocco The storming of the U.S. Capitol Building was a treasonous and disgraceful act, and those who both...
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Public Comments: Gyrodyne/Flowerfield DEIS, January 2020
The following comments were formally submitted on January 7th, 2020 to members of the Town of...
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America’s Communities Must Come Together
The following was written for Inside Sources, and published on October 30, 2019. The piece was...
Read MoreNewsday’s NextLI: What We Should Do About the Future
The following was written for nextLI, a project launched by Newsday that is funded by the Rauch Foundation. nextLI is managed by Newsday’s Opinion department with input from an advisory board made up of Long Islanders. It was...
Read MoreThe Trouble with Thinking Regionally Comes When It’s Time To Act
The following was written for the Long Island Press, published 12/11/15. You can read the original here. “Think regionally.” An easy concept to grasp, but for Long Island, exceedingly difficult words to act upon. After decades’...
Read MoreParanoid Planning Opponents Invoke UN’s Agenda 21 to Block Good Ideas for Growth
The following was written for the Long Island Press. The original piece can be read here. In an age when local government can barely fix a pothole, some people insist on claiming that the United Nations is actually driving...
Read MoreInfrastructure Please
From a local village nestled in the hills of Long Island’s North Shore, all the way up to President Obama giving his State of the Union address, it seems like every policymaker is focusing on America’s crumbling...
Read More…Isn’t Good Enough
The following was written for Long Island Business News’ Young Island. There is an unofficial motto that hangs over Nassau and Suffolk Counties… You see it many editorial and opinion columns, non-profit whitepapers and...
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