Of all those who have arched an eyebrow about the proposed carriage-horse deal, one group has a gripe relevant to the broader city: the parks advocates who are worried about the use of a public resource to support a private business.
Play and prayer. Tension and friendship. Celebration and complaint. All were on display when we dispatched a team of reporters to take the city’s temperature on a particular day in several Bronx parks.
Three years ago, City Limits wrote about a bit of legal minutiae involved in a plan to redevelop Willets Point in Queens. A state appeals court now says that language could halt the project.
The city comptroller has found flaws in how the city tracks tree pruning. Here’s some helpful background from a 2012 City Limits special report.
Advocates are pressing City Councilmembers and the mayor for repairs to two green spaces. Parks funding is set to increase, but not enough to meet community needs, they say.
The space on the East River in Sunset Park was expected to be open more than two years ago. City officials say it’s 95 percent complete, but the current design falls short of some promises.
Activists and pols say it’s the least DEP can do in light of the over-budget billions they’re spending on the filtration plant.
In 2000, a war memorial in Saratoga Park was stolen off its pedestal. Amid a complicated mix of changes in Bedford-Stuyvesant, there’s an effort to restore it.
Concerns about unruly teenagers taking over Starlight Park reflect broader resentment about the borough’s share of the Parks Enforcement Patrol force.
A walkway at Jerome Slope needs repair, but—under a system that park advocates hope to change—the Parks Department must find an elected official to fund the fix.
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