Heartland Town Square Proposal Is Too Big For Only Islip Town Board’s Approval
The following was written for The Long Island Press on March 17, 2015. You can read the piece here. Could one small township have the power to approve the largest development project in Long Island’s history? That seems to be what’s shaping up for Jerry Wolkoff’s...
Now Is Not the Time to Electrify More LIRR Tracks
The following was written for the Long Island Press. You can read the piece here. The latest proclamations by a Suffolk County town and village to help spark improved Long Island Rail Road service in Suffolk County aren’t as electrifying as they might appear. In fact,...
The Foggiest Idea in Newsday: Be Realistic, Honest About Long Island’s Future
The following appeared in Newsday in both print, on page A23, and online, on March 2nd, 2015. You can read the online version here. Long Island's regional future is not being guided by thoughtful analysis, but by a patchwork of specialized studies that put the needs...
Public Comments: Nassau Comptroller Maragos’ Nassau 2025
The following was read for the public record on February 26, 2015 Good afternoon. My name is Richard Murdocco. I am a lifelong Long Islander, and at 28, am a young professional who is currently building a life in the region. I have my Masters in Public Policy...
All Style, No Substance
It would seem to an outsider after reading recent headlines in various local and regional newspapers that Long Island is short on high paying jobs, yet has surplus amounts of taxes to go around. To make matters worse, the roads are decaying, downtowns are dying and...
Is Long Island’s Future Biomedical?
The Long Island Index, partnering with the Long Island Association, issued a new report yesterday that explores expanding the biomedical sector on Long Island, along with the creation of expanded housing opportunities to help support this growth and the workers it...
Long Island Is Dying…Yet Again
As my friend Jim Russell, a demographer who writes for Pacific Standard Magazine would say, it seems that Long Island is dying…yet again. A new survey, conducted by Jeffery Guillot’s Suburban Millennial Institute has shown that 64% of young adult Long Islanders are...
The 2015 Blizzard Bust
The following was written for Long Island Business News. The Nor'easter churning up the Atlantic Coast had the Tri-State region on edge since Friday. New York's Governor Cuomo enacted a travel ban spanning 13 downstate counties across New York. The LIRR and Metro...
Infrastructure Please
From a local village nestled in the hills of Long Island’s North Shore, all the way up to President Obama giving his State of the Union address, it seems like every policymaker is focusing on America’s crumbling infrastructure.This focus is long overdue. The simple...
A Broader Mix of Housing, and Then Some
Recently, Ann Golob and Nancy Rauch-Douzinas, both from the Long Island Index, wrote individual op-eds on Long Island’s housing mix that appeared on the pages of LIBN and in the Huffington Post. The pieces, like many before them, argue that the key to Long Island’s...
