Karl Grossman: East vs. West – The Two Sides of Suffolk County
The following was written by Karl Grossman, longtime journalist on Long Island, and a contributor to the Foggiest Idea and other regional publications. Grossman's views do not reflect those of the Foggiest Idea, or of Richard Murdocco. The Suffolk County Legislature...
Paranoid Planning Opponents Invoke UN’s Agenda 21 to Block Good Ideas for Growth
The following was written for the Long Island Press. The original piece can be read here. In an age when local government can barely fix a pothole, some people insist on claiming that the United Nations is actually driving development policies across the globe in its...
Letter to the Editor – Crain’s New York Business: Queensifying Long Island
The following appeared in the May 25th, 2015 edition of Crain's New York Business. The original piece can be read here. "A surprising solution for city’s housing dilemma” (May 4) correctly addresses a growing regional cohesion forming across Nassau and Suffolk...
Transit-Oriented Growth is No Universal Cure-All for Villages on Long Island
The following was written for the Long Island Press - the original version could be read here. On the North Shore, the Village of Bayville is looking to keep young professionals on Long Island, and so it plans to allow additional apartments in its downtown business...
Suffolk Plan Won’t Save the Aquifers by Using Sewers to Promote Development
The following was written for the Long Island Press. The original can be read here. The sole source of every Long Islander’s drinking water is being threatened by over-development, pesticides and rising sea levels. But are the policymakers pitching sound planning...
Pols Should Remember Developing and Planning Differ
The following was written for the Long Island Press. The original can be seen here. The recently announced creation of a regional planning alliance between the Town of Islip, Town of Brookhaven and Suffolk County could mark a new era of cohesion on Long Island…or not....
Letter to the Editor – Newsday: Solutions for a Costly Long Island
The following appeared in the May 3, 2015 edition of Newsday on page A33. The original can be read here. The relationship between land use and income growth is strong, especially as our region continues to replace our former industrial legacy with age-restricted...
To Plan for LIRR, Watch the Gap Between Illusion and Reality
The following was written for the Long Island Press. The original can be read here. When it comes to public transportation policy, the difference between delusion and optimism is big enough to drive a train through it. Policymakers are always prone to thinking big...
Don’t Blame Zoning for Long Island’s Lack of Affordable Housing
The following was written for the Long Island Press in April 2015. You can read the original piece here. Over the years a growing coterie of self-described pro-growth urbanists and like-minded real estate experts have turned up their noses on suburban land-use...
Letter to the Editor – New York Daily News: In the Zone
The following appeared in the April 18, 2015 edition of the New York Daily News on page 25. You can read the original here. Syosset, L.I.: Re “The unkindest cut” (editorial, April 16): The conversion of valuable industrial and manufacturing sectors to residential use...
