Bill Keller, the former executive editor of The New York Times, and now a columnist for the paper, offers a compelling assessment of Michael Bloomberg's legacy as mayor of New York City. Here's a part:
After last year’s superstorm, he commissioned an impressive blueprint for a more resilient city and has begun by rezoning vulnerable areas. “His response to Sandy at the human level was appalling,” said Joan Byron, an urban planner who is director of policy at the Pratt Center for Community Development. “But the infrastructure stuff is brilliant.”
Words to ponder: "the infrastructure stuff is brilliant." Take a closer look, here.
Interestingly, Keller concludes:
But Bloomberg leaves behind a great 21st-century city, a dauntingly high bar for his successor and a pretty good argument for noblesse oblige.
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