We love that New York City is booming, but growth also presents challenges – by 2030, the city will have one million more residents, an aging infrastructure and a more severe climate. That’s why M+R is helping the Campaign for New York’s Future – a broad coalition of 150+ civic, business, labor, environmental, religious, public health, and community groups – unite around Mayor Michael Bloomberg’s bold and visionary PlaNYC goals to make a cleaner, healthier and more livable New York, while also making a significant contribution to fighting climate change.
PlaNYC initiatives include creating more affordable housing, launching a congestion pricing pilot program, ensuring that all New Yorkers live within a 10-minute walk of a park, and reducing global warming emissions by more than 30% by 2030.
With help from M+R, the Campaign has organized advocacy days in Albany and neighborhood town hall meetings; launched an advocacy web site; mobilized a sea of supporters in green t-shirts at public hearings; coordinated direct mail and telephone outreach to educate New Yorkers; handed out leaflets on subway platforms; created a compelling TV ad about air pollution's dangerous effects on New York City kids and a short film about the benefits of congestion pricing; garnered press coverage in all of NY’s major papers; and much more.
For more information, please contact Michael O'Loughlin at moloughlin@mrss.com or (917) 438-4609.
