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Kensington: What Price a Dog Park?

In Councilman Brad Lander’s district, citizen budget delegates learned quickly how expensive simple projects can be. But they also found much could be accomplished without spending a dime.

ByTom DiChristopher 0Comments

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Government Investigations

As City Plants Trees, Benefits—and Some Burdens—Grow

The city’s MillionTrees program fights asthma and global warming. But tightening maintenance budgets, increasingly severe weather and decades-old planting decisions complicate trees’ contribution.

ByPaul Bufano and An Phung 0Comments

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Government In Depth

NYC Continues Efforts To Curtail Art Vending In Public Parks

The city and local artists are battling in court over rules that would reduce by more than 75 percent the number of artists selling their work in Union Square Park,…

ByShane Dixon Kavanaugh 0Comments

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Government Housing and Homelessness

Between Two Beaches, Debate Crests Over A Park

Does a verdant spot in surfside Brooklyn need a makeover?

ByAlissa Ambrose 0Comments

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Calling All Communities To A Picnic In the Park

An online tool for real-world fellowship and activism celebrates the affiliations it has created.

ByLaura Silver 0Comments

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Park Plants Sprout Fast, Fertilized By Pollution

A botany study underway in Central Park yields surprising results.

ByEileen Markey 0Comments

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WATER UNDER THE BRIDGE:
RENEWING A W. HARLEM PARK

New proposal would spruce up Riverside Park, adding new amenities for neighbors.

ByDavid Giles 0Comments

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Battery Park City Recharged

The 1960s promise to fund low-cost housing through Battery Park City languished for decades. Why the city finally made good on its pledge.

ByCity Limits 0Comments