At NYLCV-Hosted Event, Mayor Bloomberg Unveils Sustainability Goals For NYC Through 2030

Bloomberg Delivers Sustainability Speech at NYLCV Event

At an event hosted by NYLCV on December 12, Mayor Michael Bloomberg delivered a major speech outlining ten goals for making New York a sustainable city by 2030. The mayor's address also launched the next phase of the city's sustainability agenda -- a three-month public outreach effort, called PlaNYC, which will result in specific proposals for reaching each goal. [CLICK HERE to read the media coverage.]

The 2030 goals were:

• Creating enough housing for almost a million more people.
• Ensuring that every New Yorker lives within a 10-minute walk of a park.
• Adding to the capacity of our regional mass transit system, so that travel times stay the same - or get better.
• Developing critical back-up systems for our water network.
• Reaching a full state of good repair for New York City's roads, subways, and rails for the first time in history.
• Providing cleaner, more reliable power for every New Yorker by upgrading our energy infrastructure.
• Reducing the city's global warming emissions by more than 30% by 2030.
• Achieving the cleanest air quality of any big city in America.
• Cleaning up all of our contaminated land.
• Opening 90% of our rivers, harbors, and bays for recreation by reducing water pollution and preserving our natural areas.

NYLCV Executive Director Marcia Bystryn kicked-off the multi-media event with an introduction of the mayor.

The mayor's speech was followed by a panel discussion moderated by NBC News Special Correspondent Tom Brokaw. The panelists were: Majora Carter, Executive Director and Founder, Sustainable South Bronx; Diana Fortuna, President, Citizens Budget Commission; Edward Ott, Executive Director, New York City, Central Labor Council AFL-CIO; Dr. Cynthia Rosenzweig, Research Scientist, NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies at Columbia University; and Robert Yaro, President, Regional Plan Association.

[Read Mayor Bloomberg's full address.]

[Watch the video in broadband or dial-up.]