More Jobs and Less Crime in NYC Thanks to City Planning: Carl Weisbrod reSITE 2016

“Affordable housing is today’s number one issue.”

Keynote speaker at reSITE 2016 Carl Weisbrod, the Commissioner of New York City Planning, brings more than thirty-five years of experience to the job – he worked under Mayor Bloomberg and four other mayors both in the private and public sector. “Housing New York,” which started in NYC in 2014, has the ambition to build 200,000 affordable housing over 10 years. Carl Weisbrod offered inspiration for any city, including Prague: “Right in the zoning plan, we determined that at least 25 to 30 percent of newly built dwellings must be considered ‘affordable.’ We do not want economically depressed sections of the city. These units must be included in market-rate development.”

In two decades New York went from being the most dangerous city in America to the one of the safest cities in America.

reSITE is an international nonprofit platform based in Prague. We work at the intersection of architecture, urbanism, politics, culture, and economics. We act as a catalyst for social action and innovative leadership.

We encourage an exchange of ideas about making cities more livable, competitive and resilient. We protect and promote public space, architecture, and sustainable development in cities.

Why? To stimulate action for sustainable urban design and therefore better cities. We stand for public space.

www.reSITE.cz/en/

reSITE je nezisková organizace, jež působí na pomezí urbanismu, architektury, politiky, kultury a ekonomiky ve světě stále rostoucích měst.

Naší misí je vytvářet města příjemná k životu pro příští generaci. Jsme katalyzátorem společenských inovací. Jako mezinárodní platforma podporujeme výměnu a sdílení nápadů a řešení, jak vytvářet odolná a konkurenceschopná města pro 21. století.

reSITE propojuje odborníky, samosprávy měst, širokou veřejnost a tvůrčí profese nad otázkami designu, financí a udržitelného rozvoje měst.

reSITE podněcuje udržitelný urbanismus s cílem vytvořit lepší a konkurenceschopná města. Veřejný prostor nám leží na srdci.

www.reSITE.cz

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