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PLANYC 2030

A Bill de Blasio figurine, among religious artifacts, in Italy. (Photo: Salvatore Laporta/Getty)

De Blasio Headed to Vatican to Talk Inequality and Climate Change with Pope

Mayor Bill de Blasio will head to the Holy See on Monday to give a speech on his environmental agenda and meet with Pope Francis.
By Will Bredderman
Michael Bloomberg. (Photo by Oli Scarff/Getty Images)

OneNYC Needs More Data, Fewer Slogans

New York doesn’t need a fantastical wish list of “gimmes.” We need the mayor to adopt his predecessor’s fanaticism for analytic rigor, budgeting candor and implementation specificity.
By The Editors
Mayor Bill de Blasio announces the release of “One New York: The Plan for a Strong and Just City" in the Bronx. (Demetrius Freeman/Mayoral Photography Office)

Bill de Blasio Calls for the End of Garbage by 2030

Mr. de Blasio rolled out a "Zero Waste" plan today as part of his One New York program.
By Jillian Jorgensen
<em>Illustration by Paul Kisselev</em>

Incoming Prospect Park Alliance President Sue Donoghue On Open Space and Diversity

By Chris Pomorski
The ribbon cutting. Only a few more of these left that Bloomberg can claim before he leaves office.

Among the Last Pedestrian Plazas of the Bloomberg Era, Marcy Avenue Plaza Is Unveiled in Brooklyn

By Kim Velsey
Doctoroff.

Without PlaNYC, Hurricane Sandy’s Devastation Would Have Been Much Worse

By Daniel L. Doctoroff
Wavy gravy, baby. (Wikimedia Commons)

Dan Doctoroff Still Wants Waterfront Development—So Long As ‘Fools’ Evacuate Next Time

By Matt Chaban
Which one of these roofs is not like all the others? (Bing Maps)

Mayor Bloomberg Puts His Money Where His Mansard Is: White Roof for Mansion, Green Roof for Foundation

By Matt Chaban

Let’s Make a Deal! How Mike’s Mild-Mannered Closer Seth Pinsky Got the City Building Again

By Observer Staff
Green giant. (AP/NYM)

Green Bureaucracy: In Two Years, City Has Passed 25 Percent of Its Sustainable Building Bills

By Stephen Duffy
Angela Pinsky. (Photo by Kiki Conway)

What Does Seth Pinsky’s Wife Know About Real Estate? A Lot, It Turns Out.

By Daniel Geiger
Looks like fun. (Spencer Tucker)

When Some Blacktop and Monkey Bars Will Do

By Stephen Duffy

Staten Island Blows! Windmills Mulled for Fresh Kills Park

By Matt Chaban

Burn! The Problem with Charging Renters for Heating Oil

By Matt Chaban

Bloomberg’s Plan for Making Energy Out of Garbage

By Amanda Sterling

Bloomberg: More Solar Panels, Less Heating Oil for NYC

By Amanda Sterling

Zoning the Sustainable City

By Steve Cohen

New York Lags Several Cities in Certified Green Buildings–Surprising, Right?

By Eliot Brown

Term Limits, Democracy and Sustainability

By Steve Cohen
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