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"Experts" on Affordable Housing

Posted by Richard Murdocco | May 24, 2013 | Housing

Recently, Newsday published a letter to the editor of mine on the Long Island Regional Planning Council’s approach to tackling the region’s affordable housing issues. The letter can be read here.

The Foxes Are Watching the Hen House

Posted by Richard Murdocco | May 14, 2013 | Housing

The following was published on LIBN’s Young Island: It was very exciting to read that the Long Island Regional Planning Council (LIRPC), an entity that I often criticize for not actually getting anything done, started up a...

Thanks to Suburbia, the Car Can Never be the Next Cigarette

Posted by Richard Murdocco | May 13, 2013 | Transportation

The following was published on TheTruthAboutCars.com on 5/10/13.I have two interests that are often in conflict with one another. One is my love of the automobile. The second is urban planning. Recently, I was reading a response...

Think Big

Posted by Richard Murdocco | Apr 8, 2013 | Economic Development

Long Island has a few development concepts that just won’t go away. These concepts go beyond the generalities of “smart growth”, “walkable” and “downtown-feel”. These are huge and lumbering big-picture projects with regional...

You Can’t Build Your Way Out of an Economic Hole…But You Can Zone It

Posted by Richard Murdocco | Apr 1, 2013 | Economic Development

The following piece was published on Long Island Business New’s Young Island on 4/2/13:The following is the conversation held at every regional summit on Long Island:Advocate: Let’s keep our young people from leaving! There’s...