Long Island Index Archive 2003-2018
Nancy Rauch Douzinas, publisher of the LI Index, presents the last LI Index at C.W. Post in Brookville Thursday, April 9, 2018. Credit: David L. Pokress
For 15 years the Long Island Index – created and published by the Rauch Foundation – served as the regional index for Long Island. The goal of these reports was to chart how Long Island was doing on an annual basis and to ensure that the data provided is useful, unbiased information that will lead to greater community awareness of Long Island issues and to serve as a catalyst for action. In 2018, the Rauch Foundation selected Newsday's nextLI initiative to carry on the tradition of producing and publishing high-caliber research and information that is essential to navigating Long Island’s future challenges.
The Long Island Index published regular reports summarizing changes in key indicators impacting the region.
One of the cornerstones of the Long Island Index work was the publication of survey reports taking the pulse of LI.
Reports and videos that focused on the region as a whole.
Reports on the segregation found within LI's educational system.
Infographics on a range of environmetal indicators studied.
Infographics and cartoons on Long Island's changing population.
Reports on Long Island's many local levels of government and the complexity that creates for the region.
Reports that studied the need for more housing on Long Island, how to build it and why.
Reports on downtown development strategies that could help Long Island.
Reports measuring key transportation indicators on an annual basis and other studies on expanding the LIRR.
Reports commissioned on how different industries in the region could impact regional economic growth.
