Center for Urban Research Creates Interactive Maps on Long Island's Future

The CUNY Mapping Service, part of the GC's Center for Urban Research, has created a series of interactive maps that allow the public to explore how Long Island's communities have changed over the past four decades, and how these changes have contributed to the region's current economic and housing issues.

The maps accompany a report by the Long Island Index, a project of the Long Island-based Rauch Foundation. Titled "Long Island's Future: Economic Implications of Today's Choices," the report examines initiatives that could boost job creation throughout the region, and includes cases studies on the Route 110 Corridor in Suffolk County and the Village of Westbury in Nassau County.

The maps are the basis of an article in The Atlantic's CityLab  this week titled 3 Reasons Long Island is Dying."

"These maps enable Long Islanders to explore the changes that have taken place in their communities over the past 40 years and to appreciate more fully why it is imperative to consider new opportunities for future growth," said Steven Romalewski, Director of the GC's Mapping Service. "Engaging Long Islanders in understanding what the past means for future growth is crucial to building consensus around Long Island's economic future."