Tributes to acclaimed Long Island journalist John Kominicki, following his untimely death earlier this month, have rightly focused on his outsized impact – on journalism on Long Island, on colleagues at work, and on the rooms of people he captivated with stories, songs, and opinions. I had the distinct pleasure of knowing John for
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Long Island – world-renowned for its single-family homes – has fewer multifamily housing options than other suburbs near New York City. We have fewer rentals than our suburban neighbors in Connecticut, New Jersey, and New York; we pay more in rent, and we have less housing near transit stations. Not surprisingly, Long Island’s population between
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Long Islanders want more housing options, and the economic growth of the region requires them. The good news is that two recent studies by the Long Island Index, a project of the Rauch Foundation, highlight the specific challenge and reveal a way to overcome it. Two dramatic shifts in housing needs have emerged that necessitate
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Long Island is enormously dependent on the quality of our water – for daily living, for our world-renowned beaches and tourism, and for our vital fishing industries.
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Long Island is blessed with some of the most renowned and innovative research institutions in the nation.
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Despite being the birthplace of the magnetic levitation train, which just set a world speed record in Japan at 375 miles per hour, Long Island is served in the 21st century by a railroad whose system of tracks is essentially the same as it was when it was laid out in the 19th century
View More Leaders of Suffolk County, its two largest towns – Brookhaven and Islip – and the Long Island Rail Road have joined together to create the Ronkonkoma Hub Regional Alliance, the first of its kind in the region, to advance the massive Ronkonkoma Hub project to completion.
View MoreThis 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.
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