The Foggiest Five: Hilary Topper, President, HJMT Public Relations Inc.
The following are answers to The Foggiest Five, a set of questions asked to influential Long Islanders on the future of the region. This round features answers from Hilary Topper, CEO of HJMT Public Relations Inc. The views presented are the author’s alone, and do not...
The Root Cause of Resident Concern
As any driver in Nassau and Suffolk County knows, Long Island’s roads are crumbling. Nassau County is taking steps to rehabilitate county roadways, but it seems their methods have been mired in controversy thanks to large-scale tree removal efforts that have been...
An Open Letter to Martin Cantor of Destination Long Island
The following was written in response to a recent Long Island Business News Op-Ed authored by Destination LI's Chief Economist Martin Cantor. To the Editor: In the October 3rd edition of LIBN, I was stunned to read fellow policy writer Martin Cantor pen the following...
Lawrence Aviation’s Future
One of Long Island’s most volatile Superfund sites is finally on the road to recovery, thanks to sound planning. Port Jefferson, the quaint harbor-front village that is one of Long Island’s most vibrant, has been, for decades, home to the region’s nastiest Superfund...
Looking West
The following appeared in the East Hampton Press, The Southampton Press and 27East.com. Long Island’s East End is unlike any other area of the New York metropolitan region, with its ample fields and a low-slung sense of rural ease that is not felt anywhere else on...
The Foggiest Five: Former Suffolk County Executive Steve Levy
The following are answers to The Foggiest Five, a set of questions asked to influential Long Islanders on the future of the region. This round features answers from former Suffolk County Executive Steve Levy, who served in office from 2004 to 2011. The views presented...
The Power Broker at 40
Forty years ago this week, Robert A. Caro published his seminal masterwork “The Power Broker.“ The themes of true power and it’s inherent use as a means to an end, captured the public’s imagination. Moses’ “at all costs” mentality that drove his successes from the...
Hey IDAs, Seriously?
Seriously IDAs? Is Nassau County, with a straight face, arguing that a gym locker can constitute a “landlord-tenant relationship?” Or that Oceanside’s Costco can be considered a “tourist destination?” There is a rotten smell in Mineola, but unfortunately, it’s...
The Foggiest Five: Jocelyn Wenk, Associate Director, Long Island Index
The following are answers to The Foggiest Five, a set of questions asked to influential Long Islanders on the future of the region. This round features answers from Jocelyn Wenk, who is the Associate Director of the Long Island Index, a project of the Rauch...
A Former County Executive’s Take on Things
The following was published on newgeography.com, based off of my LIBN piece "A Former County Executive's Take on Things". That piece served as the foundation of this New Geography piece, expanding on the original themes. Recently, former Nassau County Executive Tom...
