Lo que verá en la papeleta
Consolidar las funciones de la oficina de mapas del condado y de asignación de direcciones, y crear un mapa digital de la ciudad en el Departamento de Planificación Urbana. Hoy en día, el mapa de la ciudad consta de mapas en papel repartidos en cinco oficinas.
El "sí" crea un mapa digital consolidado de la ciudad.
El "no" mantiene cinco funciones distintas de asignación de mapas y direcciones, administradas por las oficinas de los presidentes del condado.
Lo que dice esta propuesta
Esta propuesta haría que el Departamento de Planificación Urbana (Department of City Planning, DCP) se encargara de crear, mantener y digitalizar un único mapa de la ciudad.
Lo que significa esta propuesta
El mapa de la ciudad define legalmente los nombres, anchos y trazados de las calles. Actualmente, el mapa de la ciudad está gestionado por cinco oficinas topográficas, una en la oficina del presidente de cada condado. El mapa de la ciudad consta de 8,000 mapas en papel. Esta propuesta requeriría que el Departamento de Planificación Urbana (Department of City Planning, DCP) consolidara estos mapas en papel, que se mantienen por separado, en un único mapa de la ciudad centralizado y digitalizado.
Votar "sí" creará un mapa digital centralizado de la ciudad mantenido por el Departamento de Planificación Urbana.
Votar "no" mantiene los mapas en papel de cada condado separados y administrados por las oficinas de cada presidente del condado.
Summary of Statements – Vote Yes on Proposal 5
Supporters of Proposal 5 see the creation of a unified digital City Map as an important step toward speeding up months- or years-long processes that depend on city maps, such as infrastructure and housing projects. Supporters think this proposal would make public information more readily available, especially to New Yorkers with disabilities. “Modernizing administration of the City Map would increase the efficiency and effectiveness of government operations and speed up the time needed to advance public and private projects that involve changes to the public realm” (Citizens Budget Commission). The Center for Independence of the Disabled, New York (CIDNY) writes that the current system of 8,000 paper maps in five different borough offices present challenges for people with mobility or vision disabilities, and “a digitized map will provide clearer, more consistent information on street names and layouts, while allowing residents to access this information from home.”
Institutional and elected respondents:
- Citizens Budget Commission
- Center for Independence of the Disabled, New York (CIDNY)
- Climate Changemakers
- Open New York
Number of statements: 6
Summary of Statements – Vote No on Proposal 5
Those who oppose Proposal 5 range in their reasoning, from concerns about the vagueness of the proposal and doubts about its value, to belief in the value of paper maps, to warnings that the Department of City Planning is ill-equipped to take on the work of each borough’s Topographical Bureau. Staten Island Borough President Vito J. Fossella writes, “By design, the Topographical Bureaus are kept local and close to the expertise of both their workers, who maintain highly technical maps, and to the professionals and Borough residents who often need and use these maps,” and when Staten Islanders need help resolving a land use or property issue, “because the Topographical Bureau is managed by staff who understand their community, they deliver fast, direct service to residents.” Fossella continues, “this move would put these functions in an agency that lacks the genuine human interaction that is needed for results. DCP is also notorious for being overburdened, with long backlogs and inaccuracies. This move has the potential to slow processes, create further service backlogs, weaken accountability and make it harder for everyday New Yorkers to get help.” Council Member Robert Holden adds, “A single digital map sounds helpful, but this measure is vague on cost, privacy, and who gets to change it.”
Institutional and elected respondents:
- Staten Island Borough President Vito J. Fossella
- Council Member Robert Holden
Number of statements: 5
