Rethinking Environmental Review: A Handbook on What Can Be Done

May 1, 2007 - by Hope Cohen

with a foreword by Richard Ravitch

New York City's environmental review process was instituted so that public officials would understand the full environmental implications of a development project and could plan for any necessary changes to municipal infrastructure and services. Over time, the process has evolved to become a hindrance to all developers, especially small-scale ones. Rethinking Environmental Review offers simple and effective suggestions for reform.

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One to One, CUNY TV, 01-21-08

Op-Eds:
Yes, Mayor Bloomberg, streamline environmental review, by Hope Cohen, New York Daily News Online, 02-13-09
Building Blocks by Richard Ravitch and Hope Cohen, The New York Times, 08-05-07

In the Press:
A Start on Trading Cumbersome (City) Environmental Review for the Civic Work of Planning Atlantic Yards Report, 05-18-07

Julia Vitullo-Martin: Julia Vitullo-Martin is a Senior Fellow at the Regional Plan Association and Director of the Center for Urban Innovation. Her work focuses on development issues such as planning and zoning, housing, waterfront development, environmental review, building and fire codes, and...
Hope Cohen: Hope Cohen is associate director of RPA's Center for Urban Innovation. Before coming to RPA, Cohen was deputy director of the Manhattan Institute's Center for Rethinking Development, where she focused principally on issues of urban environment and infrastructure, publishing...

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