Neither Joe Lhota nor Bill de Blasio will write the kind of personal checks that Mayor Bloomberg did. But that doesn’t mean they can afford to ignore this important sector.
The environmental progress New York City—and Brooklyn especially—have made reflects federal legislation and local infrastructure. But it’s also been a story of community groups working to make their neighborhoods healthier.
Detailed data confirm that today’s Brooklyn is different. An inclusive civic infrastructure is what’s needed to turn mere change into real progress.
While others have Paris and Rome, we’ll always have Brooklyn. But justifiable pride of place should not make us reluctant to look deeper and examine serious challenges to Brooklyn’s well being.
The director of Brooklyn’s leading foundation writes that the borough’s indisputable successes bring an obligation to look out for those whom recent changes haven’t favored.
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