This is HUGE.
From New Yorkers for Parks:
| “In February, we launched the Play Fair Campaign – demanding $100 million in additional investment for the NYC Parks Department to support much-needed maintenance and operations funding after decades of underinvestment. After uniting over 140 organizations [including Sara Roosevelt Park Community Coalition!] to form the Play Fair Coalition, meeting regularly with parks advocates to understand their needs, holding two rallies at City Hall attended by hundreds of New Yorkers, gathering more than 540 Play Fair petition signatures, giving hours of testimony, and attending multiple meetings with Council Members… City Hall has listened! Here’s what we know so far about this funding: – $12M in restored funding including: – $9.5M to baseline and finally make permanent 100 City Park Workers and 50 Gardeners positions …fighting for since 2014! Funding to extend the beach and pool season – $31M in new funding for: Additional maintenance workers and gardeners 50 new Urban Park Rangers 80 new Parks Enforcement Patrol officers Additional funding for forestry Funding for GreenThumb gardens We are especially thankful to our founding Coalition partners, the New York League of Conservation Voters and District Council 37. We also want to thank Speaker Johnson for his fearless leadership and dedication, the City Council for their ongoing support of our campaign, and the Administration for working to ensure that parks have not been forgotten this budget season. “ |
and we all thank New Yorkers for Parks for their fierce, relentless and principled leadership in this fight.