Welcome to the Long Island Index Blog

“We hope that you enjoy the Long Island Index Blog, talk about it with your friends, share its data and commentary, and help us create an even more vibrant discussion of Long Island’s future.”

Nancy-Rauch-DouzinasThis addition provides us with a flexible and timely vehicle for conveying data about Long Island, providing fresh fact-based analysis of recent developments, and offering relevant commentary on related topics. Through it we hope to reach more Long Islanders, extend our visibility in digital and social media, and engage more people in the public discussion of Long Island’s future. We hope to engage our readers with a variety of visual offerings, including infographics and even cartoons.

We will have frequent postings by the Long Island Index’s experts as well as contributions from such renowned outside commentators as Walt Handelsman, the Pulitzer Prize-winning cartoonist who worked for Newsday for many years, and John Kominicki, former publisher of the Long Island Business News. Their insights are already available on this page.

We hope that you enjoy the Long Island Index Blog, talk about it with your friends, share its data and commentary, and help us create an even more vibrant discussion of Long Island’s future, grounded in facts and enlivened by the extraordinary talent and commitment of our region.