Discussion: OpeNYC

Mayor Bloomberg has announced PlaNYC, a planning process for looking at New York’s next 25 years. If trends continue, the city may add almost one million new residents by the year 2030. The city is preparing a strategic plan to define how to deal with the implications of such dramatic growth.

New York New Visions, broadening the scope of its work beyond the World Trade Center reconstruction, will host a discussion: "OpeNYC Where will people live and work? Can they easily get around? Where will they relax and play?"

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‘Contested Streets’ Screening and Panel Discussion: ‘What Can Be Done About Traffic in New York City?’

By Aaron Donovan |
Following Sierra Club NYC‘s monthly general membership meeting will be a special showing of Contested Streets, a new documentary showing the way to livable, gridlock-free streets — from the Battery to the Bronx, from Staten Island to Coney Island. After the film, a panel discussion of NYC transportation issues by: City Councilman John Liu, chairman of […]

Panel: What’s Driving Congestion Pricing? A Discussion with the Experts

By Aaron Donovan |
Democratic Leadership for the 21st Century, in conjunction with NYU’s Robert F. Wagner School of Public Service, present a discussion about an issue affecting all New Yorkers. The panel will include: Kathryn Wylde, President and CEO, Partnership for New York City John Liu, City Councilman (D-Queens) and Chairman, City Council Transportation Committee Walter McCaffrey, former […]

Discussion: GreeNYC

By Aaron Donovan |
Mayor Bloomberg has announced PlaNYC, a planning process for looking at New York’s next 25 years. If trends continue, the city may add almost one million new residents by the year 2030. The city is preparing a strategic plan to define how to deal with the implications of such dramatic growth. New York New Visions, […]

Discussion: MaintaiNYC

By Aaron Donovan |
Mayor Bloomberg has announced PlaNYC, a planning process for looking at New York’s next 25 years. If trends continue, the city may add almost one million new residents by the year 2030. The city is preparing a strategic plan to define how to deal with the implications of such dramatic growth. New York New Visions, […]

Panel Discussion: The Humane Metropolis: People and Nature in the 21st-Century City

By Aaron Donovan |
Recalling William H. Whyte’s 1958 anthology The Exploding Metropolis, this program explores innovative approaches to making cities and suburbs greener, healthier and more equitable. Rutherford H. Platt, editor of The Humane Metropolis: People and Nature in the 21st-Century City (University of Massachusetts Press, 2006) and professor of geography at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst, is […]

Panel Discussion: Security at What Cost? Balancing Security and Public Space

By Aaron Donovan |
A panel of design and engineering experts along with public and private sector officials will discuss the implications of security on contemporary urban streetscapes. Andrew Manshel, Senior Vice President, Real Estate Development, Greater Jamaica Development Corporation, will moderate a panel including: Robert Ducibella, Principal, Ducibella Venter & Santore, Ray Gastil, Director, Manhattan Office, New York […]