Here is a fact to get our competitive juices flowing

Long Island is losing young people much faster than our suburban neighbors in the tri-state area.

These other communities are providing something essential that we aren’t: a diversity of housing types.

There are 43% fewer rentals here than in neighboring suburbs.

Far more housing options are available for young adults in suburban New Jersey and Connecticut, and in suburbs north of New York City, than on Long Island. So, while almost 75% of Long Islanders are worried about young people leaving the region because of high housing costs, only 44% of suburban New Jersey residents and 48% of residents of nearby northern New York and Connecticut suburbs share that concern.