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Describing on Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg's disclosure on last month that city planners were drafting a strategy to cope with this expected growth, Daniel L. Doctoroff, the deputy mayor for economic development, said the city could accommodate a million additional people or maybe more, but only if it began planning for their needs now. He said that they have the capacity through rezoning and underutilized land to go well over that number. Mr. Doctoroff said that it opens up great opportunities only if the growth is smart, if we have the things that make cities worth living in. he said the strategy would explore opportunities for growth both citywide and in 188 individual neighborhoods. Elaborating on Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg's disclosure, Daniel L. Doctoroff, the deputy mayor for economic development, said the city could accommodate a million additional people or more, but only if it began planning for their needs now. Mr. Doctoroff said the strategy would explore opportunities for growth both citywide and in 188 individual neighborhoods. Among the goals of the plan, Mr. Doctoroff said, are to produce greater geographic diversity more jobs in Downtown Brooklyn, Flushing, and Jamaica in Queens, the South Bronx, Harlem, and the Far West Side and to preserve manufacturing jobs.