Letter to the Editor: A Rush To Action By The County
The following appeared in the Suffolk Times/Riverhead News-Review in December 2015. The original can be read here. I am writing in response to The Suffolk Times’ recent editorial entitled “County Planning ‘Alliance’ Should Be Put On Hold.” The editorial is correct in...
The Foggiest Idea on WCBS 2 News – LIRR Parking Woes
The following was recorded on November 30, 2015. You can view the original on CBS 2 here. Many thanks to Carolyn Gusoff for speaking with me. The text of the video is copied below. BAY SHORE, N.Y. (CBSNewYork) — With the new year will come new fees for people who park...
As Heartland Shows, Money and Planning Aren’t In the Same Zone
The following was written for the Long Island Press - You can read the original here. When the shovels finally break through the virgin dirt, the press cameras click, the blue ribbon parts and the courteous applause swells. It is in this very moment that land, once...
Gardens of Eden: 5 of Long Island’s 20th Century Planned Communities
The following was written for Untapped Cities in November 2015. You can read the original here. If you close your eyes and picture Long Island’s suburbia, the neatly manufactured streets of Levittown often spring to mind – the manicured lawns, freshly smoothed...
What Long Island’s Current Drought Means For Future of our Fresh Water Supply
The following was written for the Long Island Press. You can read the original here. Water, water everywhere, but not a drop to drink. It is a problem more befit an ancient mariner marooned on a desert island in the middle of a salty sea than a modern Long Islander...
When The Public Funds Sports Stadiums, Fans Win, Taxpayers Lose
The following was written for the Long Island Press. The original can be read here. When the Cubs made the final out last week in Chicago, long-suffering Mets fans back home were ecstatic. The line for Modell’s Sporting Goods in Plainview stretched across the shopping...
‘Cool Downtowns’ Won’t Cut It If Long Island’s Millennials Can’t Afford to Live, Work and Play Here
The following was written for the Long Island Press. You can read the original here. All too often when the subject is Long Island’s millennial population, the topic is only addressed rhetorically at best: “What do Millennials Want?” “Why Are Millennials Different?”...
Nassau Should Quit Playing Games With the Nassau Hub
The following was written for the Long Island Press. You can read the original here. As the New York Islanders get ready to face off against the Chicago Blackhawks this Friday in Brooklyn, die-hard Nassau hockey fans like County Executive Ed Mangano can be forgiven...
Letter to the Editor – Newsday 10/9/15
The following was published in Newsday on October 9, 2015 as a Letter to the Editor. You can read the original here. Newsday's editorial "#transform LI: A smart bet on science" [Sept. 27], wisely praises the renewed regional approach policymakers, stakeholders and...
Five Years of #SoundPlanning
On this date five years ago, I started The Foggiest Idea with the goal of "making Long Island's complex land use issues approachable to the public." My first piece was published in my local hometown paper, the Three-Village Times Beacon Record, and was entitled...
