Charted: Pandemic Gives Boost to City’s Housing Supply
By Richard Murdocco The following are quick hits of editorial analysis from The Foggiest Idea on the local and regional developmental issues that matter. For more, be sure to LIKE TFI on Facebook. According to data cultivated from the New York City Department of City...
Quick Hits: Hauppauge Schools Pushes Back Against Rezoning, Housing Supply Pushed to the Brink
The following are quick hits of editorial analysis from The Foggiest Idea on the local and regional developmental issues that matter. For more, be sure to LIKE TFI on Facebook. By Richard Murdocco SMITHTOWN AND HAUPPAUGE SCHOOLS AT ODDS OVER INDUSTRIAL PARK REZONING...
Quoted in Newsday: New Life for Old Central Islip Psychiatric Center
The following excerpt is from an article by Carl MacGowan that was published in the Sunday, January 17th edition of Newsday. You can read the entire piece here. A mix of apartment units and a traffic circle Rich Murdocco, who publishes The Foggiest Idea, a blog on...
Editor’s Note: Capitol Insurrection Is The Dangerous Culmination of Divisive Politics
The following was written in response to the insurrection at the U.S. Capitol on January 6th, 2021. By Richard Murdocco The storming of the U.S. Capitol Building was a treasonous and disgraceful act, and those who both encouraged and participated in the insurrection...
New Moynihan Train Hall Offers Hopeful Start to the New Year
The following was exclusively published by The Foggiest Idea on December 31st, 2020. Interested in supporting The Foggiest Idea’s award-winning reporting and analysis? Click here. By Richard Murdocco After decades of enduring the cramped, dingy confines of Penn...
Public Comments: Hicksville Rezoning A Step in the Right Direction For Oyster Bay
The following comments were formally submitted on December 21, 2020 to Oyster Bay Town Supervisor Joseph Saladino and members of the Town Board. To Town Supervisor Joseph Saladino, Members of The Town Board, and Mr. George Baptista: My name is Richard Murdocco, and I...
Quick Hits: After PSEG Failures, LIPA to Consider Privatization, Municipalization, or Other Steps in 2021
The following is a quick hit of editorial analysis from The Foggiest Idea on the local and regional developmental issues that matter. For more, be sure to LIKE TFI on Facebook. By Richard Murdocco First published December 18th, 2020. Updated on December 21st, 2020....
Quick Hits: Builders To Target Shopping Centers, Empty Big Box Stores for New Housing
The following is a quick hit of editorial analysis from The Foggiest Idea on the local and regional developmental issues that matter. For more, be sure to LIKE TFI on Facebook. By Richard Murdocco December 6th, 2020 Builders and trade leaders argued that vacant...
Exclusive to TFI: Should Long Island Give Industrial Development Agencies the Business?
The following was exclusively published by The Foggiest Idea on November 20, 2020. Interested in supporting The Foggiest Idea’s award-winning reporting and analysis? Click here. By Richard Murdocco As millions in tax breaks continue to roll out, are Long Islanders...
Quick Hits: Coronavirus Pandemic Shifts Voter Composition in New York Suburbs
The following are quick hits of editorial analysis from The Foggiest Idea on the local and regional developmental issues that matter. For more, be sure to LIKE TFI on Facebook. By Richard Murdocco November 2nd, 2020 According to the latest reports in the Wall Street...
