Newsday: Hochul Must Get Local Input on Housing
The following op-ed was published in the Tuesday, February 7, 2023 edition of Newsday on page A23....
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Tag: Town of Islip
Can JLL’s $2.8 Billion Midway Crossing Pitched For Ronkonkoma Really Get Off The Ground?
The following was exclusively published by The Foggiest Idea on May 15th, 2022. Interested in...
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Quoted in Newsday: New Life for Old Central Islip Psychiatric Center
The following excerpt is from an article by Carl MacGowan that was published in the Sunday,...
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Is Now The Right Time for a Convention Center in Suffolk County?
The following was exclusively published by The Foggiest Idea on November 18, 2019. Interested in...
Read MoreNewsday: Long Island Must Get Back to Regional Thinking
The following was published on page A27 of the April 30, 2018 edition of Newsday. You can read the original version here. New development proposals are not considering their broader effects. Long Island’s municipalities must...
Read MoreSuffolk’s New Arena Selection Shouldn’t Have Come As A Surprise
The following was first published on The Foggiest Idea on April 16, 2018. After Suffolk County’s sudden announcement on April 8 that it had accepted a proposal to build a 17,500-seat arena on a 40-acre stretch of vacant land...
Read MorePublic Comments: Elwood Orchard, April 2018
The following comments were submitted on April 9, 2018 to the Town of Huntington regarding a proposal to build a large retail center in the Dix Hills/Elwood area. To Supervisor Chad Lupinacci and members of the Huntington Town...
Read MoreFeatured by Student Journalist: Heartland Town Square Development Hits Roadblock
Editor’s Note: Over the years with The Foggiest Idea, I’ve prided myself on speaking with journalism students who have reached out to me asking about the impacts of real estate development in communities across the...
Read MoreRechlers’ Sayville Golf Course Project Puts Community Concerns in the Rough
The following was first published on The Foggiest Idea on November 7, 2017. If the mega-developer cousins Gregg and Mitchell Rechler have their way, what was once a quiet golf course in Sayville bordered by a spattering of...
Read MoreLIBN: Long Island Faces Big Challenges as Amazon’s Second Home
The following was published in the October 20th, 2017 edition of Long Island Business News. On paper, the inherent strengths of Long Island should make our region the number one contender in the national contest to woo Amazon,...
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 MoreHuntington’s Headaches Over Islip’s Heartland Project Shows How Much Suffolk Planning Is Hurting
The following was first published on The Foggiest Idea on October 2nd, 2017. Something is rotten in the Town of Islip, and the stench seems to be wafting toward the neighboring Town of Huntington. What’s troubling is that Islip...
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