Van Auken concludes with challenges of extreme weather and eroding trust
Van Auken says the city faces extreme weather, a cost of living crisis, deepening inequality, and all-time low trust in government, and that OME is scaling historic civic engagement traditions while forging new models to involve New Yorkers.
New York City has a long history of wielding the power of our city government to engage New Yorkers borough by borough, neighborhood by neighborhood.
But today, we face new challenges and at a different scale.
More extreme weather, a cost of living crisis, and deepening inequality.
Trust in government is at an all-time low, eroding our ability to get feedback and craft responsive policy.
OME is both scaling up historic traditions of civic engagement and forging new models to get all New Yorkers involved in meeting today's challenges and building an affordable future.
Thank you.