Staten Island. Current initiatives Wind turbines Although an advocate for urban parks and Fresh Kills Park itself, Molinaro has butted heads with the New York City Department of Parks and Recreation over their refusal to consider the construction of wind turbines for renewable energy on the site. New York City Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg, a Molinaro ally, also holds an opinion that the former landfill is a place where renewable energy should be generated but prefers the installation of a photovoltaic system instead. Landfill roadways Molinaro has also butted heads with the New York City Department of Parks and Recreation over their refusal to open up currently unused former New York City Department of Sanitation roads within the landfill. Molinaro believes that with the opening of these roads congestion around the Richmond Avenue commercial district, which includes the Staten Island Mall would be alleviated. In the past, his predecessor Guy V. Molinari, and former New York State Assemblyman Eric Nicholas Vitaliano also held an opinion that the roads should be opened. In April 2011 the New York City Department of Parks and Recreation announced that it would construct a bicycle and pedestrian path along the park's eastern border. References 1931 births Living people HIV/AIDS activists American conservationists American health activists American people of Italian descent People associated with wind power Conservative Party of New York State politicians People from the Lower East Side Staten Island borough presidents Activists from New York (state) Politicians from Staten Island