Beth Williams Liou

Attend a public hearing in any of suburban Long Island’s 100-plus cities, towns and villages, and you’re likely to hear a lot of grumbling. Employers complain they can’t find workers. Millennials complain they can’t afford to raise children where they grew up. Baby boomers complain about grandchildren living far away. People complain about the traffic, the taxes and the rundown shopping malls and vacant office parks eroding the tax base.