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Featured in the New York Daily News: Single-Family Zoning in NYC is Necessary

by Richard Murdocco | Sep 30, 2019 | Housing, Media Appearances | 0

The following Letter to the Editor was published in the New York Daily News on September 30, 2019....

Long Island Pulse: The Future of Transit on Long Island

by Richard Murdocco | Mar 9, 2017 | Transportation | 1

The following op-ed was published through Long Island Pulse Magazine on March 9, 2017. You can read the original piece here. Between the crash of Long Island’s housing market in 2008, and a lack of cheap vacant land, Long...

The Long Island Press: Here’s How We Can Save the Future of Long Island

by Richard Murdocco | Mar 3, 2017 | Economic Development, Environmental Policy, Housing | 0

The following was published in the Long Island Press on March 3, 2017. You can read the original here. It used to be that local governments provided some semblance of logic behind development decisions. In Suffolk County,...

Public Comment: The LIRR Third Track

by Richard Murdocco | Jan 18, 2017 | Public Comments, Transportation | 0

The following will be presented to the MTA at the final round of public hearings for the LIRR’s Third Track Draft Environmental Impact Statement. You can find out more about the public hearings here. My name is Richard...

Building For The Day That May Never Come

by Richard Murdocco | Jun 4, 2014 | Economic Development | 0

Long Island’s policymakers are betting on an uncertain future – one we may never see. With the increased pressure to build transit-oriented developments around Long Island’s train stations we are building to accommodate the...

Here’s the Pitch

by Richard Murdocco | Sep 22, 2013 | Transportation | 0

The following was written for LIBN: Recently, I wrote a piece on Suffolk County Executive Steve Bellone’s Connect Long Island proposal, which would deploy buses on critical north/south corridors and employment hubs. The project,...

Connect Long Island: Right Project, Wrong Sales Pitch

by Richard Murdocco | May 1, 2013 | Transportation | 0

The following was published by Long Island Business News on May 1st, 2013:I’ve been hearing a lot about Connect Long Island, County Executive Steve Bellone’s plan to tie current and proposed transit-oriented development...

Millennials and Driving

by Richard Murdocco | Apr 25, 2013 | Transportation | 0

The following was published on 4/25/13 on Long Island Business NewsI’ve seen articles from a diverse set of sources ranging from the New York Times to new-agey New Urbanist publications speculating why young professionals...