Bloomberg Delivers Sustainability Speech at NYLCV Event

At an event hosted by NYLCV on December 12, Mayor Michael Bloomberg delivered a major speech outlining ten goals for making New York a sustainable city by 2030. The mayor's address also launched the next phase of the city's sustainability agenda -- a three-month public outreach effort, called PlaNYC, which will result in specific proposals for reaching each goal. [CLICK HERE to read the media coverage.]

The 2030 goals were:

• Creating enough housing for almost a million more people.
• Ensuring that every New Yorker lives within a 10-minute walk of a park.
• Adding to the capacity of our regional mass transit system, so that travel times stay the same - or get better.
• Developing critical back-up systems for our water network.
• Reaching a full state of good repair for New York City's roads, subways, and rails for the first time in history.
• Providing cleaner, more reliable power for every New Yorker by upgrading our energy infrastructure.
• Reducing the city's global warming emissions by more than 30% by 2030.
• Achieving the cleanest air quality of any big city in America.
• Cleaning up all of our contaminated land.
• Opening 90% of our rivers, harbors, and bays for recreation by reducing water pollution and preserving our natural areas.

NYLCV Executive Director Marcia Bystryn kicked-off the multi-media event with an introduction of the mayor.

The mayor's speech was followed by a panel discussion moderated by NBC News Special Correspondent Tom Brokaw. The panelists were: Majora Carter, Executive Director and Founder, Sustainable South Bronx; Diana Fortuna, President, Citizens Budget Commission; Edward Ott, Executive Director, New York City, Central Labor Council AFL-CIO; Dr. Cynthia Rosenzweig, Research Scientist, NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies at Columbia University; and Robert Yaro, President, Regional Plan Association.

[Read Mayor Bloomberg's full address.]

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