"I think it's an underestimate," Patchogue Mayor Paul Pontieri said, of the bureau's estimates that the village lost 59 people. Officials said high housing costs and taxes could explain any population loss.
The Island population declines are "something that policymakers should be paying attention to . It has to do with the future prosperity of the region and the metro area as a whole," said one expert.
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The decade-slong trend of people leaving Long Island is part of a broader trend of New Yorkers leaving the state in pursuit of an affordable place to live, experts say.
Angèle Reinders, professor at Eindhoven University of Technology (TU/e), has been appointed Solliance’s new director. Reinders will lead the new broad focus of the Dutch/Flemish/German solar energy partnership.