Newsday: Need Better Alerts for Extreme Weather
The following guest essay was published in the Wednesday, August 16th, 2023 edition of Newsday on page A27. You can read the original here. Maui wildfires show protecting the public means giving early, accurate warnings BY RICHARD MURDOCCO As climate change amplifies...
Quoted in Newsday: Feeling the Squeeze – Taxes on Long Island Making Home Ownership Unaffordable For Many
The following excerpts are from articles by Jonathan LaMantia, Rachel Weiss, and Craig Schneider. You can read the piece on housing costs and tax burdens, published in the August 2nd, 2023 edition here, and the piece on what will happen if affordability goes...
The Foggiest Idea Wins First Place Prize at 2023 PCLI Media Awards
For Immediate Release Media Contact: Richard Murdocco Rich@TheFoggiestIdea.org The Foggiest Idea Wins First Place Prize at the 2023 Press Club of Long Island Media Awards for Extreme Weather Coverage Storm and Policy Coverage Wins Recognition from Media Industry Peers...
Are Suffolk County’s Ambitious Sewer Plans A Stinky Proposition for Taxpayers?
The following was exclusively published by The Foggiest Idea on April 25, 2023. Interested in supporting The Foggiest Idea’s award-winning reporting and analysis? Click here. BY RICHARD MURDOCCO Because Suffolk County doesn’t have enough public sewers to handle all...
Quoted in TBR News Media: Parking pandemonium: Tensions swell as parking season takes off in Port Jeff
The following excerpts are from an article by Raymond Janis that was published in the March 23th, 2023 editions of TBR News Media group’s newspapers. You can read the entire piece here. ...Parking is a decades-old quandary in Port Jeff, confounding generations of...
Newsday Readers Respond to Murdocco: Ask Hochul to Find Open Housing Space
The following Letters to the Editor were written by readers and published by Newsday in the days following the publication of TFI's February 7th, 2023 op-ed entitled "Hochul must Get Local Input on Housing." You can read the original piece readers are discussing here....
Quoted in TBR News Media: LIRR Port Jefferson Branch Riders Face Decades of Electrification Woes
The following excerpts are from an article by Raymond Janis that was published on page A4 of the February 9th, 2023 editions of TBR News Media group’s newspapers. You can read the entire piece here. ... Throughout LIRR’s history as a public railroad company, North...
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. You can read the original here. Prodding a reluctant region to address a legitimate problem needs partnership BY RICHARD MURDOCCO Gov. Kathy Hochul's latest attempt to...
Is Hochul’s New Push For Long Island Housing Just Another Dense Idea?
The following was exclusively published by The Foggiest Idea on February 3rd, 2023. Interested in supporting The Foggiest Idea’s award-winning reporting and analysis? Click here. BY RICHARD MURDOCCO As her just unveiled $227 billion New York budget reveals, Gov. Kathy...
Quick Hits: LIRR’s Arrival at Grand Central – Momentous, Expensive, and Long Overdue
The following is a quick hit of reporting and editorial analysis from The Foggiest Idea on the local and regional developmental issues that matter. Published January 25th, 2023 BY RICHARD MURDOCCO The Long Island Rail Road's arrival to Grand Central Terminal is...
