Letter to the North Shore Sun regarding Mount Sinai Center and Artist Lake Plaza
What follows is a letter that was published in the North Shore Sun in June XX 2011. Originally, the letter was slated to be a series of comments submitted to North Shore Sun Reporter Jennifer Gustavson. Jennifer decided that the comments should be passed to the...
A Response to ABCO
What follows is a selection from my piece "In Response to the Comments, Objections & Questions of the Affiliated Brookhaven Civic Organizations. This document was submitted officially to the Town Board for the public comment section of the Carmans River Watershed...
Letter to the Long Island Press regarding "The Future of Long Island Explored in New Report"
The following is a letter to the editor that was published in the Long Island Press the week of June 9th to June 15th. It was written in response to Spencer Rumsey's "The Future of Long Island Explored in New Report" from May 19th, 2011:To Mr. Spencer Rumsey,My name...
Will Nassau County Tax Payers Fund A New Coliseum? (A Response)
As published on the NYMuniBlog on May 31st, 2011, and can be seen here: http://nymuniblog.com/?p=1173(scroll down!) Interesting things are happening in Suffolk County’s neighbor to the west. Nassau County, has made two critical decisions recently. First, the County...
Newsday’s Coverage on Water Worries
Page A12 of 6.6.11's Newsday (top) and Newsday Online's picture of the 6.6.11 Press Conference on Suffolk County's water quality. I am pictured here holding the "PLAN FOR OUR FUTURE" sign.Below, a screen grab from News12's coverage of the event:More to come on "Water...
Newsday on "Water Worries"
Betting on Legacy Village Again
As seen on Three Village Patch: Legacy Village is dead, but the battle is not yet over for both environmentalists and the community of Yaphank. As Dick Amper, executive director of the Pine Barrens Society, always asks… “What’s Steve Levy got against Yaphank ?”Levy...
Regional Planning on Long Island Needs Solid Leadership
As seen on NY MuniBlog on 4/4/2011:In recent years, there has been a shift of tone in the discussion of planning on Long Island. What once was a pragmatic, scientific and data-backed approach has given way to an ideological and political dog and pony show. This era of...
"Smart Growth" is not a universal term
As seen in Newsday on February 18th, 2011. This is the original version of what appeared in print and online.Hello, My name is Rich Murdocco. I am writing in response to David Pennetta’s February 14th Opinion piece entitled “Business Needs Nassau to Recover”. Mr....
The Carmans River Plan: Thoughtful, Consensus-based planning across Intergovernmental Levels
As Seen on the NY Municipal Blog, February 14th, 2011Development on Long Island is almost always a Herculean task. With various stakeholder groups coming from out of the woodwork to champion or fiercely oppose any project being proposed, the culture of development is...
