To be a leader you need the two Ms: Motivation and Means
Motivation: purpose, will power
Means: organizations, you need a structure for implementing your idea, someone has to do some homework, someone has to crunch the numbers.

Austin Tobin: Executive Director of Port Authority
Go getter
Gave credit to his staff when they were initiating projects

Brown Article:
the crucial variable is the density of administration confidence

Bureaucratic organizations are built to resist innovation.

Amanda. Chair NYC City Planning Commission.

You need every agency on board to accomplish something.
Benchmarks

NYC
Global City
Sustainable City
City of Neighborhoods (5 b0roughs, 188 neighborhoods)
Comprehensive Planning for Significant Sites
Vibrant Waterfronts and Public Open Space
Urban design excellence (good economic development)

The mayor of NY cannot be involved in lower Manhattan. What is the motive for that?

No extra land-->tough decisions!

Howard White is her mentor (public open spaces)

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