Bloomberg's Development Strategies: Who Benefits?
![]() Mayor Michael Bloomberg's development plan will remake neighborhoods like Long Island City, Throgs Neck, and downtown Jamaica. Articles in this Feature: |
Mayor Michael Bloomberg's administration has launched development strategies in over 20 New York City neighborhoods to create new offices and new housing. At a recent forum at the Milano Graduate School, three experts gave their views on how the city's development strategies can best help New York.
Create Conditions for Business to Thrive by Sandy Hornick
An
outline of the city’s plan to revive lower Manhattan, develop the west
side of Manhattan, and strengthen business districts in Brooklyn, Queens
and the Bronx.
Developing Affordable Housing and Jobs by Brad Lander
The Bloomberg
administration is the first to create an urban planning policy around
economic development, but the mayor’s plans also present considerable
costs and risk.
Reform the Building Code by Julia Vitullo-Martin
The most important
thing the city can do to secure its future in housing and development is
to bring down construction costs.

