NYC Mayor’s Office Strives for Environmental Equity
A new project is about to help New York City make strides toward environmental equity. Working in partnership with the NYC Mayor’s Office of Climate and Environmental Justice, the engineering and consulting firm Buro Happold is teaming up with urban planning nonprofit Hester Street to develop an environmental justice report and online data portal, aiming for an early 2023 release date. “The hope is this will be a foundational report,” said Chris Rhie, associate principal at Buro Happold. It will, for the first time, “take a comprehensive look at all the ways environmental justice has played out in New York City.” The City Council’s passage of Local Laws 60 and 64, signed into law by former Mayor Bill de Blasio in 2017, mandated the launch of these publicly available resources. At the same time, growing cultural awareness of environmental inequities has also fueled the initiative. Currently, Buro Happold is gathering …
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