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October 28, 2011
Hey Bloomberg, Buy Your Own 7 Train to New Jersey!
Forbes
by Stephen Smith
An article about Mayoral support for extending the #7 subway to Secaucus contains this appraisal of the Bloombergian legacy.
Bloomberg has, overall, been a good mayor for New York, but his success in governing has not lived up to his reputation as a businessman. New York has improved its position over the past decade, but so have all American cities – it’s hard to attribute it to his leadership, specifically. The Hudson and Atlantic Yards redevelopment projects are his two greatest accomplishments, and both have been dogged by accusations of cronyism.
NoLandGrab: Referring to two development projects whose only "development" is a half-built arena as the Mayor's greatest accomplishments is wildly off-base. Atlantic Yards may be the greatest misstep of his tenure, while things like 311, PlaNYC2030 and the remaking of the city's streetscape actually are noteworthy achievements.
Posted by eric at October 28, 2011 1:46 PM