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With our thanks for your service.

Their exploration of the Lower East Side included our Sara Roosevelt Park, its gardens and parkhouses. They were guided by Wendy Brawer, ED of GreenMap (who has made numerous visits to Denmark).

The visitors were curious to learn how the many different ‘walks of life’ live side by side around this park (Denmark is experiencing recent immigration that have diversified their previously more homogenous society. Its citizens are looking for ways to make a successful welcome). They have expertise in advocacy for resilience and community building.

All of our Community garden’s efforts – even in the midst of all the difficulties here – were of special interest.

They noted the local real estate pressures including the fight for Rivington House and the successful outcome of a data-base of community deeded properties (along with the parallel efforts to fight for Rivington House and all nursing homes and their occupants). They also noted with interest the communities successful fight for Essex Crossing’s 50% affordable housing!

Green Map System  is a Stanton Building Task Force partner. Green Map advises and educates communities globally on intelligent responses to climate change and environmental sustainability. They help communities “map” their own neighborhoods which in turn builds internal resources and a sense of ownership by those communities.

We thank the Nordea Fonden and Green Map for their visit!

Thank you to Audubon’s Richard Santangelo Program Director, For the Birds!

And volunteers for Audubon Patty and SDR Park volunteer Will and K.

Weeding, raking, trash pick-up and general housekeeping!

And thank you to BRC intern who swept and tidied the front of the BRC!

Parsons: SCHOOL OF CONSTRUCTED ENVIRONMENTS

At the invitation of Eirini Tsachrelia, the SDR Coalition swung by to witness the creative renderings of the Parson’s students.

It was a joy to be with open minds and talents as they thought through how the park could house a theater space.

We admire the curiosity, intelligence, dedication, care and ingenuity of both the students and their professors as they explored the tensions between creative invention and real-world practicalities while honoring the people and cultures on behalf of those they made their beautiful buildings for. 

Project Assignment description below:

Despite heavy rains the neighborhood came out to listen to Officers Bozzo and Urena talk about the state of the Park as well as hear issues concerning the neighboring community. [some statistics below] and serve pizza!

Many of the long-time Sara Roosevelt Coalition gardeners were in attendance, University Settlement, CM Chin’s office, 10 Stanton Street, nearby neighbors as well as the fledgling Stanton Block Association. Thanks to the officers, the 5th Precinct and the community for showing up!

Among the issues: Poor lighting throughout the park, the Public Hotel, dogs off leash in the children’s playground at Rivington Playground (sitting on the picnic tables, etc) Dogs aren’t allowed in playground!, Homeless assistance, drug overdoses – get the drug dealing out of park!!, Park’s department need to sweep for needles – get local providers to meet with police, Parks and neighborhood to solve needle refuse problem, discouraging to volunteer expert gardeners to have to navigate needles/feces, etc when gardening, concerns about losing volunteers and access for children’s gardening and nature learning with these issues unresolved.

Other issues not covered? Write to the Community Board, go to Police meetings, write to comments here.

5^th Precinct Captain and officers:

1 Murder/homicide, 2 robberies, 4 felony assaults, 2 grand larcenies for the year

Enforcement for the year 57 total arrests: 21 for uniformed officers, 36 for narcotics officers, 6 NCOs, 65 total summons issued in park

20 Total joint operations (including plain clothes officers): 8 w/ Parks Enforcement Patrol, 5 homeless outreach, 4 internal anti-crime, 3 w/ narcotics, 184 directed patrols

Implemented a light tower in Stanton area, Increased uniformed presence throughout the park, Increased patrols, More joint operations planned.

New York City Comptroller Scott M. Stringer

NYS Senator Brad Hoylman

and

Upstate/Downstate Housing Alliance

INVITE YOU TO A TENANT TOWN HALL

FIGHTING FOR NYC:
THE FUTURE OF RENT REGULATIONS AND TENANTS’ RIGHTS

November 28, 2018

Doors Open 6:00 pm

Event Starts 6:30 pm

New York Public Library

Stephen A. Schwarzman Building , Celest Auditorium

476 5th Avenue

New York 10018

Featuring:

Scott M. Stringer,  New York City Comptroller

Brad Hoylman, New York State Senator

Aaron Carr, Housing Rights Initiative

Sheila Garcia, Community Action for Safe Apartments

Delsenia Glover, Tenants and Neighbors

To RSVP and for more information, please call (212) 669-3916, or email action@comptroller.nyc.gov. 

If you need language translation services or other special accommodations,

please call (212) 669-4315. Accessible facility.

Join them:

Sunday for a smashing good time. There will be lots of fun family friendly activities, tons of giveaways, face painting, refreshments and more! The NYPD will have a patrol car onsite for the kids to explore. Arts and crafts activities will be provided by the Girl Scouts, Pillow Talk Fine Art, and the East River Park Coalition. 

K and Bin, a new volunteer from the Chinese Planning Council (CPC), worked yesterday on the plot up front under Bob’s watchful eye.

Weeding, thinning and pruning with 7 bags of garbage and weedy overgrowth removed.

Part of the SDR Park’s efforts to make the park garden areas more open for police and PEP enforcement and for greater accessibility for Park staff cleaning efforts and to make rat borrows visible.

And better able to see the beautiful roses: