Featured in Newsday: Ronkonkoma Hub Needs Local Input
The following Letter to the Editor was published in Newsday on December 7th, 2021. You can read...
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Featured in Newsday: Target Long Island Growth to Transit Hub Areas
The following Letter to the Editor was published in Newsday on August 24th, 2021. You can read the...
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Featured in Newsday: Pandemic’s Impacts on Development Still Unknown
The following Letter to the Editor was published in Newsday on October 4th, 2020. You can read the...
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Featured in the New York Daily News: Single-Family Zoning in NYC is Necessary
The following Letter to the Editor was published in the New York Daily News on September 30, 2019....
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Featured in the Wall Street Journal: Urban Planning Transcends Political Fads
The following is an expanded version of what was published in the Wall Street Journal on September...
Read MoreQuoted by Greater Port Jeff: Developers Look to Add Two Pieces to Port Jeff’s Uptown Puzzle
The following excerpt is from an article by Lon Cohen that was published by Greater Port Jeff on April 24, 2019. Richard Murdocco of The Foggiest Idea was quoted throughout. You can read the entire piece here. “It’s refreshing...
Read MoreAfter Half A Century Of Living in the Past, Smithtown Finds the Time Is Right for a Change
The following was published exclusively on The Foggiest Idea on March 29th, 2019. Want to support The Foggiest Idea’s award-winning coverage of the issues that matter? Click here. By Richard Murdocco In 1961, John F. Kennedy was...
Read MorePublic Comments: Smithtown Comprehensive Plan Update, February 2019
The following comments were submitted on February 27, 2019 to elected officials in the Town of Smithtown regarding updates to the town’s comprehensive plan, the first such update since 1961. The letter was reprinted as an...
Read MoreThe Real Deal: Politicians Walk A Fine Line Out East
The following was published in the special Hamptons edition of The Real Deal Magazine in June 2018. You can read the original here. Interested in supporting The Foggiest Idea’s award-winning reporting and analysis? Click...
Read MoreSyosset Park is Not a Super Mall, But the New Project Still Faces a Tough Sell
The following was written exclusively for The Foggiest Idea, and published on June 4, 2018. Interested in supporting The Foggiest Idea’s award-winning reporting and analysis? Click here. By Richard Murdocco As the...
Read MorePublic Comments: Economic Development Committee, May 2018
The following comments were submitted on May 30, 2018 to the members of the Suffolk County Legislature’s Economic Development Committee. Interested in supporting The Foggiest Idea’s award-winning reporting and...
Read MoreQuoted in Newsday: Civic Groups on Long Island Join Forces to Fight Development
The following excerpt is from an article by Valerie Bauman that was published as the cover story of the Monday, May 7th edition of Newsday. You can read the entire piece here. ‘Platform will grow’ One of the...
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Looks like more storms are coming through too…
This afternoon’s thunderstorm was serious business - In one of the loudest sounds I’ve ever heard, lightning split a 75-year old Tulip tree! @NWSNewYorkNY
I used to love riding the M3s to Manhattan (when the AC was working!)
Some interesting points...
1. Commuters interviewed didn't seem to mind the retro M3s returning
2. The @LIRR kept the M3s in storage, almost as if it was in anticipation of the M9s being further delayed.
Meanwhile on that slender riotous island …
https://www.newsday.com/long-island/transportation/lirr-m3-train-cars-m9-ygpbfp8a
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