Public Comments: Amendments to Smithtown’s Draft Comprehensive Plan
The following remarks were delivered to elected officials and policymakers in the Town of...
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Quick Hits: Hauppauge Schools Pushes Back Against Rezoning, Housing Supply Pushed to the Brink
The following are quick hits of editorial analysis from The Foggiest Idea on the local and...
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NYSDOT Responds: Grade Crossing Eliminations on Route 347 Would Likely Cost Over $140 Million
Last week, The Foggiest Idea penned an open letter to the New York State Department of...
Read MoreSmithtown Matters: Traffic Tie-Ups Are Not An Easy Fix in Smithtown. With Future Development, They Are Likely to Get Worse
The following was written for Smithtown Matters, a local news site that focuses on issues within the Town. You can read the original piece here. By Richard Murdocco As Smithtown’s beleaguered road networks shoulder burdens that...
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Public Comments: To Solve Traffic Woes, Eliminate Grade Crossing at NYS Route 347 and Middle Country Road
The following comments were submitted on September 16, 2020 to the New York State Department of...
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The Latest Updates on Tropical Storm Isaias for the New York Metro Region
During times of emergency, The Foggiest Idea consolidates the reports of various news outlets to...
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Hauppauge Industrial Park Rezoning Rubs Residents the Wrong Way
The following was exclusively published by The Foggiest Idea on June 16, 2020. Interested in...
Read MorePublic Comments: Proposal to Allow Residential Uses in the Long Island Innovation Park at Hauppauge
The following remarks were given to elected officials and policymakers in the Town of Smithtown during a public hearing conducted over the video conference platform Zoom on May 21st, 2020. Interested in supporting The Foggiest...
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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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Public Comments: Changing Dynamics of Retail in Town of Smithtown
The following comments were submitted on October 18th, 2019 to the Smithtown Board of Zoning...
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...
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