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Unconventional wisdom from John Kominicki: OK, not in your backyard. But how about your garage and basement?

By Long Island Index, July 5, 2017 in Housing

Imagine a new kind of housing stock that could accommodate both young professionals and older empty nesters, that was easy to zone, quick and affordable to build and came without appreciable environmental impact. No height or density variances required, thank you, and forget the usual traffic snarls and grousing by the civics. This is living

Unconventional wisdom: To build utopia, it looks like you should do the nailing off site

By Long Island Index, June 21, 2017 in Development, Housing

Google plans to build 300 modular apartments for workers at its new Mountain View campus near San Francisco, where average rents for a 650-square-foot one bedroom now top $2,250 a month.

Long Island Index Unveils New Interactive Map, Providing Consumers and Policymakers with Easy-to-Access Information on Long Island and its Communities

By Long Island Index, April 24, 2017 in Long Island Index

The Long Island Index, a project of the Rauch Foundation, today launched a new interactive map that enables Long Islanders to access easily an extraordinary array of data about Long Island and its communities. The map – available at www.longislandindexmaps.org – provides a wealth of information about the region, its characteristics, and key indicators –