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January 4, 2009
Mayor needs an economic plan
Crain's
While no one would suggest the mayor can solve all the local economy's ills, he needs to come up with new programs that offer immediate aid and support. He should start with the city's vital tourism trade, as well as small businesses and emerging industries. He must rethink his affordable-housing plan, which can't succeed unless there is more new construction, and he has to explain how he will keep such crucial projects as the redevelopment of the West Side rail yards, Atlantic Yards and Willets Point on track.
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NoLandGrab: Wouldn't it be more important to start with explaining WHY these projects should be continued in their current forms when alternate plans would make much more sense and not wreak economic havoc?
Posted by amy at January 4, 2009 9:53 AM