Could Bloomberg Be Getting The Green Hint?
The New York Mayor’s newly approved waste management plan (much pooh-poohed here on the Upper East Side for its inclusion of a marine transfer station in the neighborhood) has some good elements to increase recycling and composting (use dailykos’ login to access the full article). It includes an independent office of recycling, to be run by the Council on the Environment of New York City (CENYC), who also run other successful programs such as the city’s Greenmarkets.
This follows last month’s announcement that the Mayor would create an Office of Sustainability, charged with identifying strategies to reduce the City’s greenhouse gas emissions.
Add to that signs that the Bloomberg Administration may finally be exerting some initiative over the DOT and that Deputy Mayor Daniel Doctoroff is pushing for action on bike lanes…
Could Mayor Bloomberg be getting the message?