Return to Toolbox Main. Released in 2007, PlaNYC was an
unprecedented effort undertaken by Mayor Bloomberg to prepare
the city for one million more residents, strengthen our economy,
combat climate change, and enhance the quality of life for all
New Yorkers. The Plan brought together over 25 City agencies to
work toward the vision of a greener, greater New York. PlaNYC
complements other City efforts, such as crime, poverty,
education, public health, or social services. The Plan focuses
on the physical city, and the functionality of its
infrastructure in everyday lives: housing that is too often too
expensive, neighborhoods that need more playgrounds, aged water
and power systems overdue for upgrade, congested streets and
crowded subways. To address the risks posed by climate change,
this plan presents plans to help NYC accomplish the following: •
Reduce and track greenhouse gas emissions; • Assess
vulnerabilities and risks from climate change; • Increase the
resilience of the city’s built and natural environm