Three Main Challenges:

• Growth• An Aging Infrastructure• An Increasingly Precarious Environment

The Plan

•Land•Housing•Open Space•Brown Fields

•Water•Water Quality•Water Network

•Transportation•Congestion•State of Good Repair

•Energy•Air Quality•Climate Change

Bronx Brooklyn Queens Manhattan Staten Island

Population peaked at 1.47 million in 1970.

Population peeked at 2.74 million in 1950.

Comprised of 19.7% of the city’s population in 1950.

Population peeked at 2.33 million in 1910.

Smallest population of any borough.

Lost more than 300,000 residents due to rising crime and suburban appeal.

Will remain the city’s largest borough.

Population will comprise over 28 % of the city’s population in 2030.

Will experience second highest growth rate through 2030.

Will reach historic peak of 552,000 by 2030.

By 2030, will reach previous population peek.

By 2030, will near its 1950 population peek.

By 2030, will peek at 2.57 million residents.

By 2030, will have a projected 1.93 million residents.

By 2030, will have the oldest city’s oldest residents.

Emission Levels

We want to decrease emission levels

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