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Mayor's priorities for managing growth: more housing, parks and mass transit
Crain’s New York covered Bloomberg’s remarks made in a speech to the League of Conservative Voters in “Mayor Bloomberg sets goals for growing City” regarding his vision of how the city should manage its expected population growth to nine million by 2030.
That growth, coupled with an aging infrastructure, will take its toll on the city’s environment and require some sweeping changes. “Growth is a challenge that can produce great benefits, but only if we prepare for it and guide it,” said Mr. Bloomberg.
His top three goals are to create enough housing for the expected surge in population, to ensure there are enough parks and green space, and to add capacity to the regional mass transit system.
