Public Comments: New Suffolk County Executive Can Fix the County’s Department of Planning
The following remarks were delivered to elected officials, policymakers, and members of the...
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Tag: Suffolk County Planning
Outsourcing Planning May Prove Costly to Suffolk in the Long Run
The following was first published on The Foggiest Idea on February 7, 2018. From a financial perspective, Suffolk County isn’t doing so well. Thanks to years of exorbitant budgets, declining sales tax revenues and what...
Read MoreFeatured in Newsday: Invite Input from Suffolk Planning Unit
The following Letter to the Editor was published in Newsday on October 16th, 2017. You can read the original here. It is troubling to continue to read in Newsday that the concerns of local towns are not being heard when it comes...
Read MoreWhat’s Next for the Long Island Index?
The following was published in the Long Island Press on April 22, 2016. You can read the original here. After providing significant analysis of our region’s various maladies for more than a decade, the Rauch Foundation is...
Read MoreDowntowns Are All the Rage These Days, But Some Places Can’t Handle the Development
The following was written for the Long Island Press, and published on March 9, 2016. You can read the original here. On Long Island these days, downtowns are happening places—at least in policy circles. From the governor’s...
Read MoreElephants in the Room
If you follow @TheFoggiestIdea on Twitter, you know that it has been a busy two days. Two events, one aimed at shaping the future of Long Island and the other to study where we have been/where we are going, were held. On Monday,...
Read MoreThe Foggiest Five: David Calone, Chairman of the Suffolk County Planning Commission
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 answers from David Calone, who is the chairman of the Suffolk County...
Read MoreWe’re Engaged! Now Let’s Leave Long Island?
The following was published on Long Island Business New’s Young Island on 3/20/13: Last Wednesday, I proposed to my girlfriend Arielle. Despite how much I ramble on about the aquifers, density and transit-oriented development...
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