Quick Hits: Years After Sandy Struck, City Looks to Build on Staten Island Wetlands
The following are quick hits of editorial analysis from The Foggiest Idea on the local and...
Read Moreby Richard Murdocco | Oct 29, 2020 | Quick Hits | 1
The following are quick hits of editorial analysis from The Foggiest Idea on the local and...
Read Moreby Richard Murdocco | Sep 24, 2020 | Public Comments, Transportation | 0
Last week, The Foggiest Idea penned an open letter to the New York State Department of...
Read Moreby Richard Murdocco | Sep 19, 2020 | Transportation | 0
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...
Read Moreby Richard Murdocco | May 10, 2019 | Economic Development, Editorial, Environmental Policy, Housing | 1
The following was written for nextLI, a project launched by Newsday that is funded by the Rauch Foundation. nextLI is managed by Newsday’s Opinion department with input from an advisory board made up of Long Islanders. It was...
Read Moreby Richard Murdocco | Sep 24, 2018 | Economic Development, Environmental Policy, Housing | 0
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 Moreby Richard Murdocco | Jun 1, 2018 | Media Appearances | 0
The following was recorded on May 30, 2018. You can view the original on CBS 2 here. The story published by CBS 2 New York is copied below. Lawmakers have given an initial green light to a developer to come up with plans...
Read Moreby Richard Murdocco | Apr 30, 2018 | Economic Development, Editorial | 0
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 Moreby Richard Murdocco | Apr 13, 2015 | Economic Development | 0
The following was written for the Long Island Press. The original piece can be read here. After decades lost in strife, the barren Cerro Wire property in Syosset may finally get a transformation the community can embrace. Now...
Read Moreby Richard Murdocco | Aug 14, 2013 | Transportation | 0
The following was written for LIBN’s Young Island: Some Long Islanders don’t know a good thing when it falls into their laps.Recently, it was reported that Long Islanders are concerned about the traffic impacts that the...
Read Moreby Richard Murdocco | Feb 6, 2013 | Transportation | 0
The following was published on LIBN’s Young Island on 2/6/13. The piece explored the Long Island Index’s report calling for investing in the Long Island Railroad, and concentrating growth around transit hubs. I feel...
Read MoreQUICK HITS: @MTA @LIRR Arrival at Grand Central - Momentous, Expensive, and Long Overdue https://www.thefoggiestidea.org/2023/01/25/quick-hits-lirrs-arrival-at-grand-central-momentous-expensive-and-long-overdue/ After decades of planning and billions of dollars, the 1st train will leave at 10:45 AM and speed towards Grand Central, ushering in a momentous new era for New York.
In celebration of the @MTA @LIRR FINALLY coming to @GrandCentralNYC, check out TFI’s exclusive look at the project from back in 2018 when the cavernous station was under construction. This is a long overdue and historic moment for NY/LI https://www.thefoggiestidea.org/2018/07/31/into-the-depths-an-exclusive-look-at-east-side-access/
Wondering about the future of the former CA campus in Islandia? #GetaFoggyIdea from @newsday's @SarinaTrangle
Investors bought the former CA Technologies headquarters at enough of a discount that they have time to test the demand for a palatial office park, largely as is, before falling back on a more sweeping plan to redevelop it: http://shorturl.at/kntBP
ALL-NEW from TFI - @LasVegasSands Rolls the Dice on #LongIsland: https://www.thefoggiestidea.org/2023/01/13/is-las-vegas-sands-casino-plan-a-good-bet-for-long-islands-future/ "Have we gone so low in our suburban slump that our only aspirations for the Nassau Hub are for it to become the next Atlantic City?" #GetaFoggyIdea