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New York City

THE FIVE BOROUGHS

Manhattan

Brooklyn Bronx Queens Staten Island

Current Population: Approx. 1.54 Mil

In 2030: 1.83 Mil

Current Population: Approx. 2.47 Mil

In 2030: 2.72 Mil

Current Population: Approx. 1.33 Mil

In 2030: 1.46 Mil

Current Population: Approx. 2.23 Mil.

In 2030: 2.57 Mil

Current Population: Approx. 443,728

By 2030: 551,906

“May experience the second-highest growth rate of any borough through 2030.”

“Brooklyn will likely remain the city’s largest borough in 2030.”

“…the Bronx will remain New York’s youngest borough, with a median of thirty-three years.”

“This growth is fueled by a mix of immigrants from more than 100 countries.”

Staten Island “is the only borough that has experienced growth each decade between 1950 and 2000.”

By 2030, the number of residents over 65 will increase by nearly 60%

By 2030, Brooklyn will nearly reach its population peak of 2.74 million residents recorded during the 1950’s.

By 2030. Bronx is expected to revisit its 1970 population peak of 1.47 million.

By 2030, the borough is projected to house 2.57 million residents, resulting in a new peak population.

By 2030, much like Queens, Staten Island will also experience a new population peak of 551,906 residents.

The Environmental Challenges Facing NYC

• Despite the efforts of The Clean Air Act, enacted in 1970, much of New York’s metropolitan areas still fall short of the Federal standards for ozone and soot.

• 52% of the city’s tributaries are still deemed unsafe.

• Nearly 7,600 acres of brownfields still exist throughout the city.

• Global warming and climate change.

The Proposed Plan

• AIR: Promotion of mass transit; reduction of harmful emissions; switching to cleaner fuels and eliminating plants prone to pollution; planting trees.

• WATER: Development of new infrastructures, such as the New Croton Aqueduct; improving the city’s wasterwater treatment infrastructures

•BROWNFIELDS: Identification of contaminated areas; development of “remediation guidelines”; creation of offices devoted to the problem.

• CLIMATE CHANGE: “The sum of all the initiatives in this plan.”

“EMISSION BREAKDOWN, 2005”TOTAL = 58.3 MILLION METRIC TONS

Residen-tial; 32%

Com-mercial;

25%

Institutional 12%

Industrial 10%

Cars and Trucks 20%

Transit 3%

Sales

ResidentialCommercialInstitutionalIndustrialCars and TrucksTransit