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Calarco launches infrastructure initiative
Long Island’s infrastructure can play a key role in the region’s post-pandemic recovery.
Now, Rob Calarco, the presiding officer of Suffolk County’s Legislature, is taking a lead on how to improve the region’s infrastructure in order to meet the needs of residents and businesses.
Last week, Calarco held a roundtable discussion, bringing together local stakeholders, public agencies, experts, and advocates in order to set priorities. It featured 20 speakers from industries such as business, energy, labor, building trades, child care, government, and technology.
“In addition to the tragic loss of life and immeasurable stresses of the COVID-19 crisis, one of the most glaring outcomes of the last year has been the relocation of people from densely populated metropolises like New York City to various towns and villages across Long Island,” Calarco said in a statement. “No
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A study this week shows the unequal impact the pandemic had on Long Island’s downtowns. It says businesses in lower-income communities and businesses of color were hit the hardest.
Rauch Foundation commissioned the study, and was presented at the Long Island Regional Planning Council s quarterly meeting this week.
Sulin Carling, co-author of the study, said many struggled to access capital and online marketing tools.
“Without support, there’s really a risk of broad loss of downtown businesses in lower income communities and communities of color,” Carling said.
“Our downtowns have really sort of had a lot of challenges and some of them have done really well, some of them have been nimble, some of them have been creative and some of them have come up with really interesting ways to address and blunt some of these challenges,” Co-author Shuprotim Bhaumik said.
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