Done Right, Huntington’s Plan for Melville Could Have Local/Regional Benefits
The following was written for the Long Island Press. The original can be read here. When it comes to the future of Long Island, residents should ditch the NIMBY attitudes and be constructively open-minded—but only if their local government promises to be responsive to...
Long Island Suffers When Nassau and Suffolk Can’t Get Their Act Together
The following was written for the Long Island Press. The original can be read here. Up until last week’s piece on the Nassau Coliseum, the focus of my work for the Long Island Press has been mostly a critical look at recent planning efforts undertaken by Suffolk...
Prudent LI Growth Depends on Data-Backed Strategy
The following was written for the June 5, 2015 edition of Long Island Business News. On Long Island, many associate getting approval for development as a success - a hard fought victory for business over the irrational NIMBYism that rules the Nassau and Suffolk...
Despite Hype, Nassau Coliseum is a Monument to Poor Planning
The following was written for the Long Island Press. The original piece can be read here. Could change finally be coming to one of Nassau’s most underutilized sites: the Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum, and the 77-acre sea of asphalt that surrounds it? It’s...
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....
