Employment Trends Value Added per Employee Growth in Wages over the Past 10 Years Rate of Unemployment Unionization Rates Over Time Growth and Prosperity Household Income Distribution Industry Clusters Supportive Business Environment Local Bidder Preference Laws Nonemployer Businesses Business Vitality Growth Rates for Long Island Fast 50 Companies Innovative Economy Venture Capital Financing Number of Patents Generated Gross Metropolitan Product Federal Research and Development Investment NYS Research and Development Funds

Educational Readiness Poverty Index Racial and Ethnic Breakdown Student Stability Teacher Turnover Free and Reduced Lunch Percent of Students with Limited English Proficiency Performance Tests Graduates Receiving NYS Regents Diplomas College Readiness Graduation Rates School District Consolidation Equity between School Districts Quality Measures Alternatives for LI Schools Early Childhood Education Availability of Child Care Child Care Affordability

School Budget Votes Fragmented Government The Cost of Fire Protection Governing Performance Measures, Trust and Services Voter Turnout for Presidential, Gubernatorial, County Elections

Natural Resource Conservation Air Quality Water Quality Trends in Water Consumption Trends in Energy Consumption Garbage and Recycling Rates Trends in Pesticide Use Brownfields Redevelopment

Classifications / Definitions Nassau County Land use Suffolk County Land Use Long Island Land Use

Expenditures and Revenues Balance of Payment Bond Rating Per Capita Property Taxes School Taxes Property Taxes

Potential for Downtown Redevelopment Development Review Process Zoning Codes Transit Oriented Development Recommendations Issues Facing Redevelopment Efforts

Land Protection - Acres Protected Disappearing Open Space Using / Protecting Open Space

Vibrant Communities Changing population: population size, race and ethnicity, age distribution Migration Numbers

Housing Options on Long Island Building Options in the Downtowns High Housing Cost Burden Ratio of Median House Value to Median Household Income Home Sale Prices compared to Affordability Gross Monthly Rents and Share of Renter-Occupied Units Share of all New Residential Permits Issued for Multi-Family Units Housing Affordability Housing near Rail Stations Home Mortgage Trends

Transit Ridership Mass Transit Change in Transit Ridership Change in Number of Vehicles per Household Motor Vehicle Registrations Intermodal Transportation Time to Commute Vehicle Miles Traveled

Safety Net Food Stamp Recipients Homeless on Long Island Cost of Self-Sufficiency Standard Poverty Hunger

Number of Arts Organizations Funding for the Arts Juvenile Arrests Downtown Business Centers Trends in Property and Violent Crimes Heading in Right/Wrong Direction Most Important Problems Leaving Long Island Identifying with Long Island Life on Long Island

Healthy People Ambulatory Care Sensitive (ACS) Condition Hospital Discharges Paying for Hospital Care Percent of Adolescent Births Child Well-Being Rankings Percent of Children with Low Birth Weights Mortality Rates due to Heart Disease