PlaNYC Progress
It's Finals Time for the City Too
As the academic year comes to a close, it seems like an appropriate time to give the city a grade for its progress on PlaNYC--its project of greening the city. The New York League of Conservation Voters has done just that. Well no grade yet actually. Just a progress report. 
The press release for the report states: "In the year since the launch of PlaNYC, the Bloomberg administration has made significant strides in implementing its sustainability goals. But a new report by the New York League of Conservation Voters Education Fund concludes that the administration should prioritize its actions in the next 20 months to ensure that future city administrations continue and enhance the effort to create a greener New York City."
We at CISC couldn't agree more. If there is any hope of this plan staying afloat in a post Bloomberg NYC, significant steps (read: legislation must be passed!) towards realizing the plan. Congestion pricing, if anything was an example of the uphill battle the city faces in turning the project of PlaNYC into a reality. This progress report commends the positive steps already taken, while highlighting where we could be doing more.
The Green Queen Bee
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Other issues worthy of consideration. For example, will the new living quarters to house 1,000,000 additional New Yorkers be built in places that could be swamped in foul or extreme weather conditions? If so, who gets to live in them... or does that depend on the view?