The following was first published exclusively on The Foggiest Idea on March 30, 2018. As Suffolk County Executive Steve Bellone touts his record of suburban transformation in a pair of identical op-eds in two different...
Read MoreThe following was published as part of The Future of Everything’s Ask the Thought Leader series on March 15, 2017. You can read the original here. “Cities of the future are likely to look very similar to the cities of...
Read MoreThe following quote was published in the Winter 2017 edition of On Common Ground, the National Association of Realtor’s free, semi-annual magazine. The publication presents a “wide range of views on smart growth...
Read MoreThe following was published in the Long Island Press on October 10, 2016. You can read the original here. In the heated debate about whether or not local zoning codes are choking us, New Age urbanists who propose environmentally...
Read MoreThe Long Island Index, partnering with the Long Island Association, issued a new report yesterday that explores expanding the biomedical sector on Long Island, along with the creation of expanded housing opportunities to help...
Read MoreIt seems 2015 is hitting the ground running, with influential Long Islanders touting the need for more apartments, more sewers and the need to keep the region’s young people “downtown.” From the comments of panelists,...
Read MoreYesterday, the Long Island Index released a detailed report on the economic benefits of constructing a third track for the LIRR main line. The synopsis of the Long Island Index data can be read here, with a more detailed...
Read MoreWhen 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...
Read MoreOne 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...
Read MoreRecently, Clifford Sondock wrote a letter to the editor in Newsday regarding Long Island’s groundwater. The letter can be read below in italics, as well as here on Newsday.com. My response follows. Why the alarm over Long...
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