Are Suffolk County’s Ambitious Sewer Plans A Stinky Proposition for Taxpayers?
The following was exclusively published by The Foggiest Idea on April 25, 2023. Interested in...
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Public Comments: Melville Employment Center Plan Needs Updated Goals and Community Input
The following remarks were delivered to elected officials and policymakers in the Town of...
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Quoted in Newsday: The Future of Long Island’s Malls
The following excerpt is from an article by Tory Parrish that was published in the Sunday, October...
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Is Suffolk’s Proposal to Charge Water Consumers to Help Pay for Septic Upgrades All Wet?
The following was exclusively published by The Foggiest Idea on March 1st, 2021. Interested in...
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Public Comments: Suffolk County’s Subwatersheds Wastewater Plan
The following comments were submitted on September 4th, 2019 to the Suffolk County Department of...
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As Suffolk Wages War On Nitrogen, Other Threats to Region’s Waters Demand Attention
The following was published exclusively on The Foggiest Idea on January 30th, 2019. Want to...
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 MoreWithout a Lid on Unchecked Development, Long Island’s Water Quality Will Only Get Worse
The following was written exclusively for The Foggiest Idea, and published on June 12, 2017. With each flush of the toilet in Suffolk County, the quality of Long Island’s water supply seems to go further down the drain....
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The Real Deal: New Infrastructure Investment May Bolster Development
The following was originally published in The Real Deal’s Long Island Market edition in...
Read MorePublic Comment: Long Island Commission for Aquifer Protection’s State of the Aquifer Report, October 13, 2016
The following was submitted to the Long Island Commission for Aquifer Protection on October 13, 2016. My name is Richard Murdocco. I am the founder and publisher of The Foggiest Idea, and am land use columnist who writes...
Read MoreSomething Smells Rotten at the Ronkonkoma Hub
The following was originally published on the Long Island Press on February 9, 2016. You can read the original here. Long Islanders may have to wait just a little longer if they were expecting transformative growth at the...
Read MoreWhat Long Island’s Current Drought Means For Future of our Fresh Water Supply
The following was written for the Long Island Press. You can read the original here. Water, water everywhere, but not a drop to drink. It is a problem more befit an ancient mariner marooned on a desert island in the middle of a...
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