One City Built to Last
The news is in: On November 7, 2014, the justices announced they would decide on a lawsuit claiming that the language of the Affordable Care Act doesn’t allow the government to provide tax-credits to low-and-moderate-income health insurance consumers using federally funded Obamacare exchanges operating in more than 30 states. Indeed, there’s a medical quagmire. And there is a lack of communication between doctors, staffing and patients. For example, the Affordable Care Act isn’t just about insurance coverage. The legislation is also about transforming the way health care is provided. In fact, it has brought in new competitors, services and business practices, which are in turn producing substantial industry shifts that affect all players along health care’s value chain. Read Amy Armstrongs story on page 16. On page 21, our reporter Judy Magness, profiles companies all over the country making incredible advances. Take a look at Functional Medicine and the driving breakthroughs in breast cancer while The news is in: On November 7, 2014, the justices announced they would decide on a lawsuit claiming that the language of the Affordable Care Act doesn’t allow the government to provide tax-credits to low-and-moderate-income health insurance consumers using federally funded Obamacare exchanges operating in more than 30 states. Indeed, there’s a medical quagmire. And there is a lack of communication between doctors, staffing and patients. For example, the Affordable Care Act isn’t just about insurance coverage. The legislation is also about transforming the way health care is provided. In fact, it has brought in new competitors, services and business practices, which are in turn producing substantial industry shifts that affect all players along health care’s value chain. Read Amy Armstrongs story on page 16. On page 21, our reporter Judy Magness, profiles companies all over the country making incredible advances. Take a look at Functional Medicine and the driving breakthroughs in breast cancer while
y amy m. armstrong NEWYORK’S GREEN REVOLUTION New York City has embarked on an aggressive plan to curb the predicted impacts of global warming thus setting an example for other major metro areas to follow in their own respective efforts to thwart the threats caused by warmer ocean temperatures, melting glaciers, rising coastal waters and greater inclement, dramatic changes in weather patterns. THE SUIT MAGAZINE - NOV 2014
As of Sept. 2014, NYC is now the world’s largest city making a public commitment to lower its greenhouse gas emissions by 80 percent over 2005 levels by 2050. It is a benchmark environmentalists say could make a significant difference in the plight of the planet. It is also a benchmark analyst of industries supporting green construction and sustainable retrofitting consider possible if the powers that be put their money where their respective carbon footprint would be otherwise. “Climate change is an existential threat to New Yorkers and our planet. Acting now is nothing short of a moral imperative,” NYC Mayor Bill de Blasio said as he unveiled the program’s lofty goals on Sept. 21 during Climate Week NYC as the United Nations held its annual climate summit at its NYC headquarters. “New York City must continue to set the pace and provide the bold leadership that’s needed – and becoming the world’s largest city to commit to an 80 percent reduction in emissions by 2050 is central to that commitment. By retrofitting all of our public buildings with significant energy use in the next ten years, we’re leading by example; and by partnering with the private sector, we’ll reduce emissions and improve efficiency while generating billions in savings and creating thousands of jobs for New Yorkers who need it most.” It’s dubbed “One City Built to Last” and even though it is de Blasio functioning as the talking head and most recently making the appearances at the installation of solar panels at the Kennedy Campus housing seven borough high schools – officially , where the carbon reduction is slated to hit the city’s emissions rates, it is NYC First Deputy Mayor Anthony E. Shorris, who is in charge. He is the city’s second-in -command and in charge of the day-to-day operation of city government and the provision of core services across the five boroughs. Yet, this new environmentally-conscious and possibly economically beneficial – at least for the providers of the goods and services required to make it reality – program may possibly be what puts the final feather in his decades-long career as a municipal servant. As protestors from every imaginable environmentally-oriented cause not only lined, but flooded NYC streets for the People’s Climate March, deBlasio joined in with them promoting “One City” as the answer to the Big Apple’s problems and perhaps a blueprint for other cities to adopt. According to this year’s annual Greenhouse Gas Inventory conducted by city officials, nearly three-quarters of NYC greenhouse gas emissions result from the current energy demand to heat, cool and power buildings. It is a segment of the city’s environmental problems that deBlasio says can be fixed by first retrofitting more than 3,000 public-owned buildings with energy-efficient upgrades in the HVAC system and installing solar energy systems at more than 300 public buildings. One City calls for retrofitting to be completed by 2025. City officials estimate the retrofit project to result in a $1.4 billion energy cost saving by 2025 with the potential of the city experiencing a savings of $8.5 billion by 2050 – the One City target date for the 80 percent reduction in greenhouse gases. More importantly to the pocket books of New Yorkers, the retrofitting of privately-owned buildings through an expanded partnership THE SUIT MAGAZINE p.19
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y amy m. armstrong<br />
NEWYORK’S<br />
GREEN REVOLUTION<br />
New York <strong>City</strong> has embarked on an<br />
aggressive plan <strong>to</strong> curb the predicted<br />
impacts of global warming thus setting<br />
an example for other major metro<br />
areas <strong>to</strong> follow in their own respective<br />
efforts <strong>to</strong> thwart the threats caused by<br />
warmer ocean temperatures, melting<br />
glaciers, rising coastal waters and<br />
greater inclement, dramatic changes<br />
in weather patterns.<br />
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