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Join the PlayFair Coalition (see below) and New Yorker for Parks call to restore and upgrade NYC Parks funding. City parks cover 14% of NYC but the NYC Parks budget is just 0.5% of the total City budget. NYC’s parks are critical infrastructure that have been overlooked and underfunded for
with LES Black & Red by Dennis RedMoon Darkeem a new installation celebrating Black and Indigenous histories of the Lower East Side Free and Open to the Public Opening: Saturday June 19th at M’Finda Kalunga Garden’s annual Juneteenth Celebration Rivington Street at Chrystie includes a libation and procession to Thursday, June 10th 4 – 5pm Go NY4Pks site to register “Urban planner and author Ann L. Buttenwieser will be in conversation with author and professor Emily Raboteau to look back at The Floating Pool Lady project – and forward to future possibilities in an evolving world of public health and racial justice developments. The Turtles Are Back: Photo by Jasmine
Rob Watson Photos of Rivington Upgrade:
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Intrepid and long time gardener in M’Finda Kalunga Community Garden and Sara Roosevelt Park, Pam Ito of The Hort is being honored tomorrow. From Council Member Chin: “Tomorrow evening at 6:00 PM our event honoring community leaders in celebration of Asian American Pacific Islander heritage month!”
Link to Register From the Chinatown Partnership and the Chinatown BID
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M’Finda Kalunga Community Garden: This Saturday (5/22) from noon to 4pm with the help of Partnership for Parks, we will be hosting It’s My Park Day! On this day, we come together to celebrate our park and work together. Partnership for parks is donating mulch, plants, and bench paint. Now, |
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