new York City, NY

PlaNYC, Mayor Bloomberg's long-term strategic plan to create a greener, greater New York, contains 127 initiatives to meet 10 key goals. The City issues an annual progress report that documents our progress toward to plan's overall goals as well as individual interim milestones set for each of the 127 initiatives (2009 and 2015 milestones). In addition, the City has a set of sustainability indicators that help track our progress toward our goals.

The Mayor's Office of Long-Term Planning and Sustainability includes a Director, Deputy Director, Senior Policy Advisors (3), Policy Advisors (8), and Policy Analysts (3).

1. Support city executive and senior management team in the design of overall strategy and process for the project
2. Develop criteria, policies and procedures for sustainable programs
3. Maintain updated Sustainability Plan and Climate Action Plan
4. Draft procedural and training manuals, process flow charts, and implementation plans
5. Coordinate and lead City's Green Team
6. Develop Sustainability Plan and Climate Action Plan
7. Track and report about sustainability programs underway on a regular basis through the City's performance management program
8. Track, monitor, and report utility usage and greenhouse gas emissions of city operations
9. Track, monitor, and report greenhouse gas emissions at the community level
10. Foster, develop, and launch projects in partnership with city departments and external stakeholders
11. Identify and secure funding resources from outside sources (ex. Federal grants) for projects
12. Represent the City at key meetings
13. Develop a multi-faceted communication strategy within the organization and the community to promote the City's efforts locally, statewide, and nationally to gain recognition
14. Perform financial analysis on ongoing and new projects

NYC Local Law 17 of 2008 required the Mayor to update the city's long-term sustainability, which has a 20-year time horizon, every 4 years and issue an annual progress report on the plan. In addition, the Office of Long-Term Planning and Sustainability was codified in law and is now a required office within the Mayor's Office. The City is also required by local law to issue an annual carbon inventory for both citywide and municipal government emissions as part of our effort to reduce citywide GHG emissions 30% by 2030.