Long Island Pulse: Future of Retail on LI Raises Concerns
The following was written for Long Island Pulse Magazine, and published on April 17, 2017. You can read the original here. As reports of pending doom in the retail sector thanks to changing consumer habits continue to swirl, what can be said about the future of retail...
Long Island Pulse: Small Village, Large Impact
The following column was written for Long Island Pulse Magazine on March 30, 2017. You can read the original here. The opening of the Jake’s 58 Casino in the Village of Islandia, a tiny municipality that was incorporated in 1985 and spans a mere 2.2 square miles,...
Future of Everything: What’s the Future of Cities?
The following was published as part of The Future of Everything's Ask the Thought Leader series on March 15, 2017. You can read the original here. “Cities of the future are likely to look very similar to the cities of today, with adaptations to accommodate the latest...
Long Island Pulse: The Future of Transit on Long Island
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 Island’s real estate development community had...
The Real Deal: New Infrastructure Investment May Bolster Development
The following was originally published in The Real Deal's Long Island Market edition in March 2017. You can read the original version here. Cuomo finds funds to update Long Island’s transit and utilities. With news of New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s plan to provide state...
The Real Deal: Getting to Yes in the Land of No
The following was the cover story for The Real Deal's Long Island Market Report, published March 2017. You can read the original story here. In June 2018, this piece was recognized with a 1st place award in the prestigious Narrative - Real Estate category by the Press...
The Long Island Press: Here’s How We Can Save the Future of Long Island
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, planners worked with elected officials to...
Long Island Pulse Magazine: Restoration Comes to Riverhead
The following was written for Long Island Pulse Magazine, and was published online on February 22, 2016, and published in the March 2017 print edition. You can read the original online version here. Riverhead, located at the mouth of the Peconic River on the North...
Featured in Local Coverage: The LIRR Third Track
In February 2017, local journalist John Friia featured my perspective alongside those of elected officials, transit officials, and residents regarding the Long Island Railroad's Third Track project. You can watch the segment below:
Letter to the Editor: Define “Affordable Housing” Realistically
The following Letter to the Editor was published in Newsday on January 30th, 2017. You can read the original letter here. Kudos to Newsday for highlighting the disconnect between what is actually affordable for Long Island's renters and what is being called...
