November 9, 2007 | Read Time: 1 minute
New York’s proposal to become environmentally friendly, which includes reducing auto traffic by charging fees to drive in parts of Manhattan, has earned a lot of attention from the news media. But local nonprofit leaders are raising questions about it, reports City Limits, an urban-affairs magazine in Manhattan.
During a meet last month with members of Mayor Bloomberg’s administration, New York environmental organizations, community activists, clean-water groups, and others said that among other concerns, the proposal, known as PlaNYC, lacked ideas from charities and overall was more of a public-relations effort than sound policy.
Angela Sung, an official from the mayor’s office, defended the administration, saying that in the winter of 2006 it met with more than 100 advocacy organizations, held town hall meetings in the Bronx, Brooklyn, and other boroughs, and received 3,000 comments on its Web site.
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