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Newly passed legislation may lower the threshold for acceptable lead levels in water fountains in New York public schools. Hundreds of fountains in city parks have tested above that new…

ByLiz Donovan 1Comment

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Jul 2021

NYC Parks Get a Funding Boost Following Covid-Related Cuts

In addition to paying for more than 200 park rangers and patrol officers—positions cut from the previous year’s budget—the allocated money will support community gardens, forestry management and equity initiatives.

ByLiz Donovan 5Comments

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Jun 2021

Uncategorized

For Bronx Community Gardeners, Mutual Aid Continues Even as City Reopens

‘If you wait for the city to do it for you, you’re going to be waiting forever,’ Mike Young, founder of the Padre Plaza Community Success Garden. ‘Why are we…

ByGriffin Kelly 0Comments

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Mar 2021

Government Opinion

Opinion: Park Season is Almost Here. It’s Time for NYC to Reinvest in Open Space.

‘Now is the time to realize a new era for parks, a vision for recovery with green open spaces at the center of our new urban landscape. The first step…

ByAdam Ganser and Peter Koo 3Comments

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Feb 2021

Government Investigations News

Nonprofits Say They’ve Felt a Legal Squeeze from the De Blasio Administration

Parks groups and BIDs believe the city has tried to offload legal liability onto small organizations that are built to rally volunteers and sweep plazas, not battle lawsuits.

ByJarrett Murphy 1Comment

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Jan 2021

Climate and Environment

Mayoral Hopefuls Issue Competing Climate Plans

The early attention suggests a new urgency around climate resiliency eight years after Superstorm Sandy’s toll.

ByJarrett Murphy 3Comments

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Jun 2020

Government Podcasts

Budget Axe and Pandemic Padlocks Have Put City’s Parks Under Pressure

The mayor’s decision to open parks but ban swimming has prompted an outcry. Meanwhile, proposed budget cuts to the already underfunded Parks Department threaten to strain the system during a…

ByJarrett Murphy 0Comments

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Jun 2020

Opinion

Opinion: Now More Than Ever, NYC Needs Nature, and NYC’s Nature Needs Funding

‘As we start to recover from this pandemic, it’s clear that New York City’s investments in natural areas need to be sustained for both their short-term benefits — like recreational…

BySarah Charlop-Powers

ByEmily Nobel Maxwell 5Comments

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Apr 2020

Opinion

Opinion: Don’t Puncture the City’s Lungs By Cutting Park Funds

‘In these scary days of coronavirus, Central Park and the other green spaces in our city refresh and reassure us; even though we need to stay six feet apart due…

ByEileen Monreale

ByEmily Mandelstam 2Comments

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Oct 2019

Government In Depth Investigations

Evidence of Growing Need for Capital in the City’s Aging Parks

There are signs decades of too little maintenance funding and of a greater need facing aging parks across the city—something advocates says could amount to a looming crisis.

ByHarry DiPrinzio 4Comments

NY Lawmakers Seek Stricter Lead Safety Standards for School Water Fountains. What About Parks?