The final Long Island Index report was released on Thursday, April 19. The presentation of the report included remarks from Nancy Rauch Douzinas and Ann Golob.

In this "Exit 10/55" segment, TV 10/55's Richard Rose interviews Nancy Rauch Douzinas of the Rauch Foundation and Dave Kapell of the Right Track for Long Island Coalition.

Adelphi President Robert A. Scott hosts John Cameron, Chairman of the Long Island Regional Planning Council and Managing Partner of Cameron Engineering & Associates, David Kapell, former mayor of Greenport, LI, of the Rauch Foundation, Dr. Nancy Douzinas of the Rauch Foundation, and David Colone, Chair of the Suffolk County Planning Commission to discuss critical issues facing Long Island, New York.

Economists project that Long Island’s economy will stagnate over the next 25 years, with jobs growing at an overall lower rate than the past two decades. Nancy Rauch Douzinas, President of the Rauch Foundation and Publisher of the Long Island Index discusses how targeted actions and region-wide initiatives could address some of the Island’s most intractable economic issues.

Susan Fuhrman, Teachers College, Columbia University and Nancy Rauch Douzinas, Trustee, Teachers College and President, Rauch Foundation

Can Long Island be a world class innovation powerhouse? That is the question that the Long Island Index is asking. Watch the video below to learn how Long Island has the necessary assets, which if properly managed, could redefine the region into a major economic and innovation powerhouse.

Video created for the Long Island Index 2011 report showing the key problems facing the region.

This was the opening segment at the 2010 Long Island Index Launch.

Dr. Nancy Rauch Douzinas, President, Rauch Foundation speaks at the Launch of the Long Island Index 2009 at Hofstra University, January 30, 2009.