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The Plan - Focusing on the five key dimensions of the city’s environment — land, air, water, energy, and transportation — we have developed a plan that can become a model for cities in the 21st century
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1: Open schoolyards across the city as public playgrounds
Open schoolyards as playgrounds in every neighborhood

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2: Increasing options for competitive athletes
Make high-quality competition fields available to teams across the city
3: Complete underdeveloped destination parks
Fulfill the potential of at least one major undeveloped park site in every borough
4: Provide more multi-purpose fields
Convert asphalt into multi-use fields
5: Install new lighting
Maximize time on our existing turf fields by installing lights for nighttime use
6: Create a public plaza in every community
Create a new or enhance an existing public plaza in every community
7: Green our underutilized street and sidewalk space
  • Fill every available street tree opportunity in New York City
  • Expand Greenstreets program

Mayor Bloomberg and Bette Midler Plant the First of One Million Trees and Launch MillionTreesNYC
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Read the PlaNYC report on Open Space (in PDF)		 MillionTreesNYC
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Read Progress Report 2008 on Open Space (in PDF)
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Topics:
2005 Tree Census, NYC Department of Parks and Recreation

General Websites:
PlaNYC Initiatives at the Department of Parks and Recreation
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