About PlaNYC at 20
In December 2006, Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg announced the creation of PlaNYC: A Greener, Greater New York, a comprehensive sustainability and infrastructure plan for New York City. In April 2027, PlaNYC was released, featuring 127 initiatives spanning housing, transportation, energy, parks, air quality, water infrastructure, and climate change. Twenty years and multiple iterations later, PlaNYC has had an increasingly evident impact on New York City and its residents, and has directly influenced urban sustainability efforts around the world.
To mark the 20th anniversary of PlaNYC, scholars, practitioners, and participants in the original PlaNYC have written conference papers that represent the definitive history of the original PlaNYC and NYC’s overall sustainability efforts – providing a detailed view of how policy and politics come together. These papers will be presented at the PlaNYC at 20 Conference, to be held on Thursday, December 3 from 8:30 a.m. to 6:30 p.m. at Columbia University's Low Library.
When: Thursday, December 3 • 8:30 AM - 6:30 PM
Where: Low Memorial LibraryNew York, NY
Conference Papers
- You Can’t Manage What You Don’t Measure: PlaNYC and New York City’s
Greenhouse Gas Inventories by Jon Dickinson - PlaNYC’s Impact on Building Energy Policy: From Disclosure to Mandates in NYC and
Elsewhere by Katrina M. Wyman, Cecil Scheib and Russell Unger - Data-Driven Environmental Policy in Times of Economic Turmoil: PlaNYC’s Successful Initiative to Clean Up the Heating Oil Sector by Carter Strickland, Thomas Matte, Jason Schwartz, Kevin Cromar, Isabelle Silverman-Bodmer, and Iyad Kheirbek
- Mobilizing Private Sector Actors: New York City’s University Carbon Challenge by Howard Apsan
- Greening Taxis and For-Hire Ground Transportation: A Sustainable Turning Point Inspired by PlaNYC by Matthew W. Daus and Benjamin Listman
- How PlaNYC cleared the path – slowly – for New York City’s adoption of congestion pricing by Nicole Gelinas
- People, Practices, and Ambition: PlaNYC’s Legacy for New York City’s Transportation System Revisions by Eric Beaton
- The NYC Plaza Program at 20 by Andy Wiley-Schwartz and Emily Weidenhof (paper forthcoming)
- Transportation Innovations and Public Space by Janette Sadik-Khan and Seth Solomonow (paper forthcoming)
- Heat Crises and New York City Government, 1995-2025 by Kara Schlichting and Avraham Zion Kuighadush
- Embedding Risks of Climate Change into the Sustainability Plan for New York City: The Role of the NPCC in PlaNYC by Cynthia Rosenzweig, William D. Solecki, Maria Dombrov, Erica Albert, and Daniel Bader
- Wetlands Protection and Management in NYC since PlaNYC 2007 by Marit Larson, Rebecca Swadek, and Chris Haight
- Green Infrastructure in New York City: A Case Study of the Systematic Integration of Engineered Natural Climate Solutions Into City Infrastructure by Carter Strickland, Franco Montalto, and Angela Licata
- MillionTreesNYC: Growing an Urban Forest through Public-Private Partnerships by Kristen L. King, Lindsay K. Campbell, Jennifer Greenfeld, Novem Auyeung, Erika Svendsen, and Ben Osborne
- Expanding and Improving the NYC Parks System by Colleen Alderson, Emily Humes, and Lindsay Campbell (paper forthcoming)
- PlaNYC and the Bloomberg Administration’s Rezoning Efforts in Retrospect, 2002-2026 by Eric Kober
- Brownfield Cleanups and PlaNYC by Dan Walsh (paper forthcoming)
- Past, Present, and Future Sustainability and Resilience Planning in NYC by Jennifer Ventrella and Elizabeth M. Cook
- Environmental Protection and Economic Development by Steve Cohen and Tal Henig-Hadar
- From Local Action to Global Impact: How Cities are Driving Urban Sustainability Transition by Anyi Wang, Dong Guo, and Harman Bagga
- Building Behavior Change into Government: GreeNYC and the Policy Adoption Gap by Roya Kazemi
- Building a Coalition for Local Climate Action: PlaNYC, the Sustainability Advisory Board, and the Campaign for New York’s Future by Amy Chester and Dani Simons
Conference Agenda
When: Thursday, December 3 • 8:30 AM - 6:30 PM
Where: Low Memorial LibraryNew York, NY
High-Level Run of Show:
- 8:30 a.m. - 9:00 a.m. Check in and Breakfast
- 9:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. Breakout Sessions
- 12:00 p.m. - 1:00 p.m. Lunch
- 1:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m. Plenary Sessions
- 4:00 p.m. - 6:30 p.m. Networking Reception
Event Photos
Check back here after December 3rd for photos of the conference.