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The latest of these environmental stewards, standing out against mediocre competition, is Mayor Michael Bloomberg. He will leave office having prodded the city toward making its air and water cleaner, and its streets and buildings greener, and toward being more responsible about confronting climate change and handling its trash.
The candidate who succeeds him will have a lot of solid plans and ambitious goals to work with. The challenge will be to fulfill and expand them, despite the day-to-day emergencies and distractions that tend to blur and constrict worthy visions over the long term.
Times Poll: New Yorkers Really Love Bike Lanes, Bike-Share, and Plazas
Across boroughs, ages, races, and income levels, New Yorkers like bike lanes, bike-share, and plazas.
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This morning, the New York Times released a comprehensive poll on what New Yorkers think of Mayor Michael Bloomberg and programs from his administration. Bike-share, bike lanes, and plazas got high approval numbers across boroughs, ages, races, and income levels. Many of the mayoral candidates might be hesitant to acknowledge it, but New Yorkers love their livable streets.
I'd like Cthulhu to run as a candidate because current choices for mayoral race is like picking a lesser evil of the herd. Why pick a lesser evil when we can just go all out and pick a greater evil, Cthulhu.
Whats up with this stupid obsession with "green". More important issues than to worry about tree hugger concerns.
How did you like Hurricane Sandy? Do you like the idea of once in a century storms becoming once in a decade ones?
NYC can't do that much by itself, but being the most prominent city in the US means that what it does ges noticed and copied in other cities.
The idea of being green as a tree hugger thing is antiquated. It's become increasingly apparent there are substantial economic costs, a lot of unaccounted for externalities, that are biting us in the ass and will come to a head if we don't shout down that brand of incredible stupidity and basic economic and scientific illiteracy.
Remember all that chimp screaming when the BP oil spilled into the Gulf? All you greenie having a mental breakdown...hmmm, almost took care of itself, didnt it.
So go ahead....hug a tree....you know its old school, but you still like it. Just hope its not a city tree used by about a thousand dogs.
Anything that gets rid of internal combustion engines has a LOT to do with the environment.
Ban cabs in New York City and we would have nirvana overnight.
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