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Letter to the editor: A family-friendly city must be a parks-friendly city – Bronx Times
Mayor Eric Adams has laid out an ambitious goal: to make New York City the best place in the nation to raise a family. He has touted meaningful progress – on reducing crime, building more housing and implementing tax relief. But if New York is to truly become a place where families can thrive, the mayor must address one glaring omission: our public parks. Parks are essential to a family-friendly city.
NYC really needs more parks workers
Parks are fundamental to a liveable New York City. Green spaces and trees improve our health and clean our air, tourism and cultural events in parks boost our economy, and pools, playgrounds and playing fields bring joy to New Yorkers of all ages. But in the past two years alone, the New York City Department of Parks and Recreation has lost funding for more than 700 jobs which have yet to be restored — and we see the impact on our city’s parks every day.
Op-Ed | NYC’s parks are in crisis; Mayor Adams can make it right – Caribbean Life
Our Parks Department’s staffing levels have experienced a five-year decline, with this year being the lowest second only to drastic cuts in FY21, at the pandemic’s onset. The $25 million budget cuts announced in November inexplicably targeted the historically strapped agency, slashing its budget by 5% and eliminating key programs aimed at swim safety, maintenance of our city’s natural areas and crime reduction.
Op-Ed | NYC’s parks are in crisis; Mayor Adams can make it right
Our Parks Department’s staffing levels have experienced a five-year decline, with this year being the lowest second only to drastic cuts in FY21, at the pandemic’s onset. The $25 million budget cuts announced in November inexplicably targeted the historically strapped agency, slashing its budget by 5% and eliminating key programs aimed at swim safety, maintenance of our city’s natural areas and crime reduction.
PÓDCAST: ¿Qué cambia con los proyectos de ley sobre inmigración aprobados en Texas?
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La Cámara de representantes y el Senado en la legislatura de Texas aprobaron tres proyectos de ley de inmigración en los últimos meses. Tanto los demócratas como grupos de defensores de inmigrantes y exjueces de inmigración los han criticado. En Texas se han impulsado varios proyectos de ley sobre inmigración durante la última sesión legislativa, y tres fueron aprobados recientemente.
By Daniel Parra Verified, Adam Ganser, Tatyana Turner, Emma Whitford Verified, Daniel Parra Mejia Verified
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How New York City can do its part to save and protect precious parkland
This year, our city will spend more money on the NYPD’s overtime budget than our entire 30,000-acre park system. And the Parks Department continues to be outpaced by other city agencies. New York City’s parks should be the best in the world, but we invest in what we prioritize — this budget once again showed that the administration is not prioritizing the Mayor’s promise to provide adequate funding for critical parks maintenance and operations.
Opinion: Mayor Adams, protect our city by funding our parks
By Mark Levine and Adam Ganser June 29, 2023 11:17 AM ET As summer arrives, New Yorkers across the five boroughs are filling our parks and green spaces and enjoying the benefits – from recreation space to simply a place to breathe. These spaces are invaluable to communities, serving as the lungs of our city and acting as essential green infrastructure by helping to improve air quality and mitigate the effects of climate change.
Mr. Mayor, fulfill your parks pledge: Investing 1% of the city budget in parks was a promise that must be delivered Original
As the weather warms and flowers start blooming, New Yorkers are flocking back to our city’s more than 1,700 parks. These greenspace sanctuaries are the heart of our city — keeping us healthy and happy, connected to our community, and protected from extreme weather. But in recent weeks, Mayor Adams released both his executive budget proposal and PlaNYC, his long-term strategic climate plan.
People and Places are Key to New York City’s More Livable, Prosperous Future
New park investments (photo: Ed Reed/Mayoral Photography Office) New York took a big step forward last month when Governor Hochul and Mayor Adams released Making New York Work for Everyone, a plan with 40 commitments meant to steer New York City toward economic growth and livability. The report sets goals and policies for reinvigorating the city’s commercial corridors and fostering vibrancy by addressing commute times, housing, public space, outdoor dining, and more.
Opinion: Proposed parks legislation points to path forward on capital process reform
Earlier this month, the New York City Council Parks and Recreation Committee held a hearing on two pieces of proposed legislation that will have a far-reaching impact on streamlining the way our city gets critical infrastructure built and repaired across the five boroughs. The first bill would require the Parks Department to develop a strategic blueprint for reducing the timelines on capital construction projects by 25%.
Let's overhaul the city's capital process for the sake of our parks, playgrounds and libraries
Mayor Eric Adams took a step toward doing so when he convened a capital process reform task force, charged with speeding up the time it takes for the city to complete projects. Change is not only necessary, it's achievable. The city Department of Design and Construction, which manages many city-funded capital projects, has made meaningful progress under its 2019 strategic blueprint, reducing the average time to get projects done by about six months.
New Yorkers for Parks
Op-ed: Let’s overhaul the city’s capital process for the sake of our parks, playgrounds and libraries By Adam Ganser and Jonathan Bowles August 30, 2022 The pandemic has led New Yorkers to embrace the city's social infrastructure like never before, at parks, playgrounds, libraries and cultural venues.
NYC’s parks need more green
Each summer, the impacts of severe heat result in the death of 350 New Yorkers. A new report from the city comptroller predicts the number of annual heat-related deaths in New York City could increase to 3,000 in the next 60 years as extreme weather events become more frequent and severe.
1% for parks is not too much to ask
With spring upon us, parks season is here — and once again New Yorkers are turning out by the thousands to relax and find community in their local parks and open spaces. Parks have always been integral to the health of New York City. The pandemic has made that fact inescapable as open spaces became a special kind of haven for people breaking out of what so many have felt to be the isolation of the past couple years. Yet too many New Yorkers do not have access to parks or quality green spaces.
Opinion: This Budget Cycle, NYC Must Prioritize Funding for Parks Original
‘Let’s be clear: taking away resources from the Parks Department at a moment when the agency is still working hard to recover from another Covid-era budget cut in 2020 would be a severe mistake that leaves parks under-staffed, unkempt and unsafe.’ Adi Talwar Old Putnam Trail located in Van Cortlandt Park in the Bronx. CityViews are readers’ opinions, not those of City Limits.
Dedicate a penny of every budget dollar to NYC parks
Don’t be fooled by these cold white winter days. Spring is just two short months away. As we emerge from the snow and yet another COVID-19 variant, New Yorkers will again have their eyes on our parks to provide safe havens to be with their families, friends and communities. And as climate change, public health and public safety dominate our daily news cycle, the time is now for transformative investment in our city’s parks system.
Vision Zero Cities Op-Ed: How To Manage a City of Eight Million
Not-for-profit officials Elizabeth Goldstein and Adam Ganser have an idea for the next mayor: Why not designate a high-ranking Director of the Public Realm? The proposal is similar to one put forward by the livable streets non-profit Open Plans, which is advocating for an Office of Public Space Management. A version of this op-ed will appear in Transportation Alternatives’s Vision Zero Cities Journal as part of the 2021 Vision Zero Cities Conference, Oct.
Building big without breaking the bank: How New York City should fix a broken capital construction process
The candidates running to be New York City’s next mayor have proposed wise investments to help ensure an inclusive recovery from the COVID crisis, targeting new funds to close the digital divide, bolster the transit system, overhaul NYCHA facilities, build homes for the homeless and protect the environment. But with the city facing long-term fiscal uncertainties, New York also needs ideas for how to save money even as it spends.
Op-Ed | Parks are critical infrastructure — NYC’s next mayor needs to treat them that way | amNewYork
Photo via Getty Images Sign up for our PoliticsNY newsletter for the latest coverage and to stay informed about the 2021 elections in your district and across NYC After a long pandemic winter, spring is here again. And already New Yorkers are turning out in huge numbers to enjoy their neighborhood parks and open spaces. Last year the pandemic underscored what has always been true—that parks are crucial to our physical, mental and social well-being.
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 towards doing that is restoring the devastating budget cuts that have brought us to this inflection point.’ Jeanmarie Evelly The lawn at Brooklyn’s Sunset Park in August 2020. We’ve seen two contradictory things happen with our city’s open space over the course of the past year.
Build new parks where they’re needed most
By Carter Strickland and Adam Ganser New York Daily News | Jul 27, 2020 at 5:00 AM People sit in designated social distancing circles at Domino Park in Williamsburg, Brooklyn, New York on Friday, May 15, 2020. (Gardiner Anderson/for New York Daily News) To keep New Yorkers safe during the COVID-19 pandemic, earlier this year, outdoor spaces including playgrounds and ball fields near over one million New Yorkers were closed.
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