Let’s Put New Rental Housing Where We Need It Most
Here is how to cure Long Island’s current economic stagnation: expand the biomedical industry and multi-family housing simultaneously.
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Long Island Index Blog
A vibrant discussion about the past, present, and future of our region.
Unconventional Wisdom from John Kominicki
We have plenty of clean water on Long Island. The problem is the stuff we’re putting into it.
View MoreA Cartoonist’s View from Walt Handelsman
77% of Long Islanders are concerned that the high cost of housing will force members of their family to move away.
View MoreA New Home for Build a Better Burb
CNU will take over stewardship of Build a Better Burb.
View MoreUnconventional Wisdom from John Kominicki
We should have grabbed ‘Cradle of Innovation’ when we had the chance.
View MoreStructured Parking on Long Island?
In a healthy redevelopment environment, local governments, professionals, developers, and builders come together to imagine and create great projects.
View MoreUnconventional Wisdom from John Kominicki
It’s better to have unicorned and lost than never to have unicorned at all.
View MoreBig Box Reuse
Vacant big box stores get a new lease on life.
View MoreUnconventional Wisdom from John Kominicki
There are, in truth, many cool places to live on Long Island for those who can afford them, and developers are building more, in downtowns, near train stations and along the beach. Patchogue, Wyandanch, Ronkonkoma – one by one, some of the Island’s most ‘burbish backwaters are being transformed into rental meccas.
View MoreParkingPLUS Design Honored
The ParkingPLUS Design Challenge revealed new concepts of parking design that incorporate needed local amenities and make parking facilities an architectural attraction for downtown areas.
View MoreA Cartoonist’s View from Walt Handelsman
The number of Long Islanders aged 70 and older is expected to increase by more than 220,000 over the next 25 years, while those aged 15-30 will decrease by 80,000.
View MoreProtecting and Enhancing Water Quality on LI
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.
View MoreUnconventional Wisdom from John Kominicki
Most recently, Long Island has focused on becoming the nation’s next innovation hot spot, taking advantage of the incredible research that goes on at Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, Brookhaven National Lab and Stony Brook University.
View MoreGas Station Reuse
Where fuel pumps used to stand, diners eat at outdoor tables under twinkling lights in St. Louis, MO; a gleaming modern kitchen has replaced an auto-body space in Berlin; and two abandoned stations in Amsterdam now charm passersby with the shifting lights of an LED art installation.
View MoreLong Island’s Third Track – Fast Track to Future Growth
Have you tried getting from New York City to Long Island during rush hour on the LIRR?
View MoreResearch Institutions Are a Vital Economic Engine on Long Island
Long Island is blessed with some of the most renowned and innovative research institutions in the nation.
View MoreUnconventional Wisdom from John Kominicki
The real danger of brain drain, however, is not the loss of our youth. It’s the gain of senior citizens, the big chunk of around-50 people now who will be 25 years older in 2040.
View MoreA Cartoonist’s View from Walt Handelsman
“Imagine a place where you have to wait two months to see your eye doctor, where the restaurants start dinner service at 4 and it’s lights out by 9.”
View MoreTransforming Mobility on LI Requires the ‘Third Track’
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 More20-Minute Living
Responsible for such dynamic mixed-use projects as the Brewery Blocks in Portland, Oregon, Gerding Edlen’s philosophy was inspired by, among other things, the town squares of Europe, Denmark’s bicycle culture, the juxtaposition of modern and historic spaces in London, and the sheer beauty of the natural environment that surrounds them daily.
View MoreA Promising Model for Bipartisan Cooperation on Long Island
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 MoreUnconventional Wisdom from John Kominicki
Bankrupt and with miles of empty track, the LIRR was forced to settle for the only other business around: Moving people to New York City and back again.
View MoreA Cartoonist’s View from Walt Handelsman
“Transit-oriented developments offer enormous potential for Long Island by reducing congestion, preserving existing single-family neighborhoods and offering Long Islanders both young and old the opportunity to live in downtowns with a broader mix of housing and greater access to New York City.”
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This 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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