Bloomberg's Plan

On June 11th, NYC released its plan for reconstructing the city in response to climate change in general and Superstorm’s Sandy (and Irene too) in particular. (and let’s not forget that snowy Noreaster the weak after Sandy!) The plan is called the Special Initiative for Resilience asnd Reconstruction (SIRR). http://www.nyc.gov/html/sirr/html/home/home.shtml It will cost 19.5 billion (about 10 billion of that is allocated, 5 billion is around, needs another 4 billion). Over the next couple days I will be posting re: the following: 1) what does the plan cover? Why does it not include the most critical piece of NYC infrastructure in Zone A (hint: where most of our food comes in)? 2) what two agencies are the key players in the implementation? (hint: one is city, and not a public agency; the other is federal and just had its budget cut) 3) what sort of model of economic development does the plan utilize to (re)develop so many vulnerable NYC neighborhoods? (hint: you've seen it before and it failed.) 4) is there an existing model of economic development that can promote a sustainable resilient NYC metropolitan region in a way that is equitable, inclusive and genuinely democratic? (hint: you betcha!) MORE TO COME AND SEE YOU JULY 31st at South Ferry station 10:30am!