Quoted in Newsday: Hochul Plan for Denser Housing Near LIRR Stations Angers LI Republican Pols
The following excerpt is from an article by Jonathan LaMantia that was published in the Sunday,...
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Featured in Newsday: Long Island’s Millennial Exodus
The following Letter to the Editor was published in Newsday on September 11th, 2019. You can read...
Read MoreThe Foggiest Five: Steve Israel, Former U.S. Representative
The following are answers to The Foggiest Five, a set of questions asked to influential Long Islanders on the future of the region. This round features Steve Israel, who served as a Member of Congress from 2001 to 2017,...
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 MoreNewsday: Amazon Delivers Hope to Millennials
The following was published in Newsday on November 27th, 2018. You can read the original here. By Richard Murdocco While Queens braces itself for Amazon’s pending arrival, young professionals on Long Island dream of the...
Read MoreNY Daily News: When Amazon Comes, The Suburbs Must Adapt
The following was first published by the NY Daily News on November 21st, 2018. You can read the original here. By Richard Murdocco The region is unprepared for Amazon’s embrace of Queens. But it doesn’t have to be this way. With...
Read MoreNextLI: Resident Participation and Sound Planning Can Make for A Brighter Future on Long Island
The following essay was published by NextLI, an project launched by Newsday in order to discuss the future and foster consensus around ways to make the Nassau/Suffolk region competitive, affordable and welcoming. NextLI is...
Read MoreFeatured in LIBN: Transit-Oriented Hubs Not Suited for Every LI Community
The following was published in the November 25th edition of Long Island Business News. You can read the original here. Not every Long Island downtown is destined to become the “next Patchogue” or the “next Mineola,” and it’s...
Read MoreLong Island Suburbs: How Planners Should Treat Age Spots
The following was published on New Geography on 11/11/2014. You can find the piece here. The piece was adapted from my recent LIBN piece “Elephants in the Room”. Long Island is the birthplace of suburbia, from...
Read MoreThe Foggiest Idea in New York Magazine
In the October 7th issue of New York Magazine, Justin Davidson wrote a piece entitled “How Do You Fix Long Island?”. The work prompted me to pen the following response piece, which was published in the October 14th...
Read More#ThinkRegionally- Bertoli: Returning to Humanistic Planning
What follows is an entry written by Tullio Bertoli, Commissioner of Planning in the Town of Brookhaven. This is Bertoli’s second entry on The Foggiest Idea. RETURNING TO HUMANISTIC PLANNINGAnd the sublime comes downTo the...
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