PEP is Ticketing Dog Walkers Who Use Playgrounds and Athletic Fields
Please walk dogs along the park sides – not in the playgrounds or fields. Our park workers clean up dog leavings every day. You may be picking up after your dog, but the city can’t guess who will or won’t. Dogs are simply not allowed there. And some children (and adults) are afraid of dogs. Even your sweet tempered one!
Instead, organize to find a site in this park for a dog run? We probably can only accommodate a small dogs in one of the plots. It would take a lot of work and some bureaucracy to get through.
Perhaps in front of the Broome Street Building? That are could use more active positive use? We have long asked for the cars to be removed – this could be another, better, park-use of that space.
We are entirely volunteer driven with very few funds. So everything we do is from your effort – the effort of our communities.
And…a reminder: adults are not allowed in the playgrounds without children. This is a safety precaution. Not personal.
CB 2 Human Services Committee: A Presentation by DHS and Housing Works On An Integrated Care Facility to Address Street Homelessness
“231 Grand Street will “provide medical and behavioral health care, case management, housing placement, and other social services” to area homeless.”
Links to Details in Cantonese and Mandarine language
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1K4c47WKvlnNNGqJK3uAM9JwvPs7_sDVC/view
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1K8KEJPLS0B7rza2Wr5-AHU1Q7pMWu4Fm/view
Piloting a Model of Integrated Care to Address Street Homelessness
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1bnpmbszEaYXA1mc9Wd3_LxdPeCVIk2_D/view
Presentation to Community Board 2
February 24, 2022
Charles King of Housing Works
”If everyone on earth planted six native trees over six years it could help to mitigate climate change.” – Diana Beresford-Kroeger
New York Times Using Science and Celtic Wisdom to Save Trees (and Souls)
– Cara Buckley reporter
Diana Beresford-Kroeger: “medical biochemist, botanist, organic chemist, poet, author and developer of artificial blood…her main focus for decades now has been to telegraph to the world, in prose that is scientifically exacting yet startlingly affecting, the wondrous capabilities of trees.”
under the tutelage of a maternal grandaunt, she was taught ancient Irish ways of life known as the Brehon laws. She learned that in Druidic thinking, trees were viewed as sentient beings that connected the Earth to the heavens. She was also versed in the medicinal properties of local flora..”
“her treasured trees grow, all climate-change resistant to varying degrees: the kingnut, a blue-needled fir and a rare variant of the bur oak. She began creating her arboretum after learning that many key tree species prized by First Nations people for medicines, salves, oils and food had been razed by colonizers centuries ago.”
…and much more….
Sexual Harassment Prevention
We are all in this together. Let’s do the real work to ensure respectful working conditions for everyone. Especially vulnerable workers.
2005 M’Finda Kalunga and the BRC Senior Nutrition Center – Juneteenth
Building upon the [Sara] Roosevelt Park Community Coalition’s early Juneteenth’ and Multi-Cultural Festivals
s:
Organized by Debra Jeffreys-Glass
In coordination with the M’Finda Kalunga Community Garden and the BRC’s Senior Nutrition Center
Mayor Adams Appoints NYC Parks Leadership
New NYC Parks Leadership – February 4, 2022
Susan Donoghue Appointed Commissioner
Iris Rodriguez-Rosa Appointed First Deputy Commissioner
“Parks are more than places for recreation and enjoyment — they are powerful tools for equity,” said Mayor Adams. “For too long, many communities throughout our city have been denied easy access to these vital spaces. Under the leadership of Sue Donoghue and Iris Rodriguez-Rosa, we will work to ensure that every New Yorker can enjoy the myriad benefits greenspaces can provide.”
Susan Donoghue will serve as the commissioner of the City of New York Parks & Recreation. In that role, she will oversee more than 30,000 acres of land under the agency’s purview, including parks, playgrounds, recreational facilities, and beaches. A staunch advocate for parks equity, Donoghue will ensure that the agency’s mission of preserving and expanding well-maintained parkland is aligned with the mayor’s goal of reducing long-standing disparities in access to greenspace.
Iris Rodriguez-Rosa will serve as the first deputy commissioner. As first deputy commissioner, Rodriguez-Rosa will manage the agency’s efforts to improve parks throughout the city and create more high-quality greenspaces. A veteran of NYC Parks who currently serves as the Bronx borough commissioner, Rodriguez-Rosa has been a steadfast champion for better parks in underserved areas.
About Susan Donoghue
Susan M. Donoghue will serve as New York City Parks Commissioner. She currently serves as President of Prospect Park Alliance, the non-profit organization that operates the park in partnership with the City of New York, and Prospect Park Administrator.
In this dual appointment by Prospect Park Alliance and NYC Parks, Sue is responsible for setting the vision and overall strategy for Prospect Park, Brooklyn’s flagship, 585-acre park. Sue leads a workforce of 200 Alliance and NYC Parks staff in the day-to-day operations of the park, which spans from landscape management to maintenance and operations; design and construction; volunteer services; visitor services; public programs and other functions that keep the park green and vibrant.
As President of the Alliance, Sue oversees fundraising and revenue-generating activities that provide $12 million in general operating support for the park each year. Since her appointment in 2014, she has been responsible for raising over $130 million for capital improvements in the park, including the recent restoration of the Flatbush Avenue perimeter and new entrances to the park, and the upcoming restoration of the Vale in the park’s northeast corner. Sue led the development of a comprehensive strategic plan for the Alliance, establishing the framework for continued innovation and success. She also spearheaded the transformation of People + Culture at the Alliance through the lens of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion.
Prior to her appointment, Sue served as a Senior Advisor and Assistant Commissioner at NYC Parks, where she played a leadership role in PlaNYC, Mayor Bloomberg’s blueprint for enhancing the city’s sustainability. Sue earned a Master’s in Public Administration from NYU’s Robert F. Wagner School of Public Service. She is a long time New Yorker, and she and her husband and three children avidly enjoy New York City parks as part of their daily life.
Commissioner Donoghue will report to Deputy Mayor for Operations Meera Joshi.
About Iris Rodriguez-Rosa
Iris Rodriguez-Rosa will serve as first deputy commissioner of the New York City Department of Parks and Recreation. She currently serves as Bronx borough commissioner.
Rodriguez-Rosa started her career organizing tenants and the community in Williamsburg Brooklyn in the late 1970s under the Federal Comprehensive Employment and Training Act (CETA) program. She then began public service with the City with Brooklyn Borough President Howard Golden as a community Board liaison and later in 1979 became the District Manager for Community Board 4 in Bushwick Brooklyn, deemed then as the youngest ever appointed. Iris began her career at Parks in 1986 serving as Director of Community Boards; continued as an operations manager in upper Manhattan and for the better part of 20 years; and later served as Chief of Recreation in the Public Programs division in both the Bronx and Queens. It was in this capacity that she realized that bringing health & fitness opportunities to New Yorkers was exceedingly important, and that parks and facilities offer the perfect environment for creative programing. It was with her initial efforts and support from Parks that she was able to obtain programming funding from elected officials for events such as movie nights, family days and concerts.
As of June 2015, Iris has served as the Bronx Borough Parks Commissioner. In this role she helped work with and merge the Friends of Van Cortlandt Parks and the Van Cortlandt Conservancy to become what is now the Van Cortlandt Alliance; she has been a champion along with former Bronx Borough President Ruben Diaz Jr. on the renovation of the Orchard Beach Pavilion; and she has helped execute countless playground renovations for the benefits of hundreds of thousands of New Yorkers across the city. Iris is the adoptive parent to her two nieces Sylvia and Jasmine. and helps care for her nephew Jason and grandnephew Amir. Her anchor and best friend are her husband Manny Rosa, and they have five beautiful grandchildren: Noel, Sophia, Annabel, Rafael, and Aaron Jeremiah.
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