Growing the City and Protecting the Environment

This chapter looks at Mayor Michael Bloomberg's remarkable record in economic development, emphasizing how he changed New York City in ways that will be felt for decades into the future. It highlights the role Bloomberg played in reshaping the urban landscape, which is considered as his most important legacy as it affected the daily lives of citizens the most. It also discusses Bloomberg's signal achievement in the physical transformation of the city, particularly on parks and pedestrians. The chapter cites the analyses done by journalists and scholars on Bloomberg's economic development, which called attention to his ignorance of the unintended consequences of his large-scale development in the city's neighborhoods. It dwells on Bloomberg's passionate belief that more jobs can reduce poverty.