"Create many thousands more affordable housing units by converting some of the city's public golf courses into mixed income developments, with garden allotments and wetlands. Deck over Robert Moses's Cross Bronx Expressway and create a spectacular new park. Devise a network of dedicated lanes for e-bikes and electric scooters so they will endanger fewer bicyclists and pedestrians. Pedestrianize Lower Manhattan. Not even 10 percent of people there arrive by car."
"Build more mental health crisis centers citywide. Provide more clean, safe public pay toilets that don't cost taxpayers $1 million apiece. Convert more coastline into spongy marshes, akin to what exists at Hunter's Point South Park in Queens, to mitigate rising seas and floods. Dedicate more of the city budget to public libraries and parks, the lifeblood of many neighborhoods, crucial to public health and climate resilience. The city devotes barely 2 percent of its funds to them now."
A new mayoral agenda proposes converting public golf courses to mixed-income housing with gardens and wetlands, decking over the Cross Bronx Expressway to create a park, and pedestrianizing Lower Manhattan. Plans include dedicated e-bike and scooter lanes, more mental-health crisis centers, affordable public pay toilets that are cost-effective, and coastal marsh restoration for flood resilience. Increased budget allocation for libraries and parks is recommended, noting current funding near 2 percent. The plan supports following through on a $400 million Fifth Avenue makeover and emphasizes climate resilience, public health, and equitable urban space.
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