Summary Proliferation of local ordinances is detrimental to affordable housing. Task force recommends reform and greater accountability of local housing authority boards. Proposed Department of Environmental Quality should ensure balance between economic growth, public health and the environment. Sprawl eats up our open space. It creates traffic jams that boggle the mind and pollute the air.
Sprawl can make one feel downright claustrophobic about our future.
Vision of the state as a High-Tech Development Corridor for the XXI century. The year 1997 was the most important year for land preservation in the state. We're moving aggressively to put the Environmental Bond Act to work for our people in a way that's going to dramatically improve the quality of life for all New Yorkers. To prevent imbalances between communities offering job markets and those with affordable housing, and to avoid growing traffic and more spending on highways, communities must look beyond their boundaries. They must see growth as a regional issue and plan it together, the way the Portland Metro does.