New York City Plan for Sustainability

Yesterday Mayor Bloomberg proposed a series of projects and regulations to turn New York into “the first environmentally sustainable 21st-century city.” Most contentious is the proposed $8 a day charge for anyone driving into lower Manhattan, but the proposal included improved public transit for neighborhoods without access to subways (that would be completed before congestion charges are instituted). The proposal also calls for the creation of a New York City Energy Planning Board and an Energy Efficiency Authority to oversee conservation efforts.