using science, technology, engineering and/or math (STEM) to improve a community in New York City.

We would like to learn how you would use science, technology, engineering and/or math (STEM) in the following scenario: You have been elected to head one of the New York City government departments listed below. You have been granted $10 billion dollars to use to improve your community. Please tell us which agency you would be the head of and how you would use the money to change your community to make it better. What would you make them do? Remember, to describe your community and explain how you would use STEM.
• The Department of Environmental Protection
• The Department of Buildings
• The Department of Sanitation
• The Department of Transportation
• The Department of Health and Mental Hygiene
• The Department of Parks and Recreation
• NYC Emergency Management
• Department of City Planning
• Mayor’s Office of Urban Agriculture