Shoveling Against the Tide
Hey gang, studies are showing that the brain drain is hitting Long Island. Let’s keep these young people! How? Let’s build cool downtown apartments. Put them right by the train station. Let’s give ‘em Wi-Fi for their iPads and smartphones. Most importantly: Let’s make...
Common Sense
When it comes to policymaking on Long Island, it’s time for some common sense. We say that our taxes are too high, that our roads are too congested and yet we let invested groups shape the very policies that drive all of these factors, and are then surprised that...
The Foggiest Five: Neal Lewis, Executive Director, Sustainability Institute at Molloy College
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 Neal Lewis, who is Executive Director of the Sustainability Institute at Molloy College. Neal's answers reflect his...
Made On Long Island
Once, the sounds of industry echoed across Long Island. Once, the product of thousands of hours of labor thundered overhead. But now, these companies and their quality jobs are gone, and we’re worse off for it. Across the region, areas that once created jet engines,...
Insight on the Future of Long Island
Recently, the Foggiest Idea launched an all-new feature called The Foggiest Five, which asks influential Long Islanders five questions regarding the future of the region. The feedback to the feature has been positive, with the first round of answers by Suffolk...
The Foggiest Five: Andrew Freleng, Chief Planner, Suffolk County
The Foggiest Five is a series of questions that have been asked to people of influence in land use and policymakers across Long Island. The series will be featured on The Foggiest Idea regularly. Many thanks to Andy Freleng of Suffolk County for taking the first step...
Forward Thinking
One county sprang up in the shadows of old money estates and from the soils of the vacant plains, while the other saw a steady march of growth east across the pitch pine forests and rocky coastline. In the present day, it’s hard to escape the bustle of Long Island’s...
Beyond Islip
Is the fate of the region in the Town of Islip’s hands? Recently, the Town of Islip’s Planning Board approved Islip Pines, Serota’s longstanding development proposal for a 136 acre tract of land along Sunrise Highway. For decades, the civic community, chambers of...
Sunrise on Long Island
As the sun rises slowly above Orient Point, a gentle sea breeze rolls off the dunes to pass between the reeds and sea grass. The sun’s light moves farther west, passing between the boats moored at Greenport Harbor; the docks empty thanks to the frigid temperatures....
Back to Basics
Thanks to Karin Caro and her friends at Blu Chip Marketing, I recently appeared on Michael Watt’s web show to have an in-depth discussion of Long Island’s regional issues. The topics included Long Island’s regional economy, the brain drain, housing and more. Much of...
